Deliberately Designing Culture at Ocado Technology

This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, InfoQ Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke with Douglas Talbot, Head of Organisational Effectiveness for Ocado Technology, about the challenges and opportunities involved in creating a culture of innovation and agility in “a technology company that also does retail”. Why listen to this podcast: - Differences in the way IT is approached in different parts of the worldApplying ideas from agile, lean and Kanban to making business smarter by looking beyond process and practices to the people factors that make a difference to organisational outcomes - Looking beyond the “latest consultancy model of choice” and taking an evidence-based approach to understand what really drives motivation and behavioural change in teams - Leadership is a game of providing clarity of vision and allowing teams to be self-organising and empowered - Cultural change is not really possible without commitment from the very topTop talent wants to work in places where there is a great culture, so culture becomes a competitive advantage Notes and links can be found on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/2hQ5Kdg 8m:35s - Diverse backgrounds of the organisational effectiveness group 9m:05s - Engaging a behavioural economist and an organisational psychologist to ensure there is an understanding of the evidence around group dynamics and motivation 9m:25s - Looking beyond the “latest consultancy model of choice” and taking an evidence-based approach to understand what really drives motivation and behavioural change in teams 10m:10s - Examples of evidence found and changes made Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ: http://bit.ly/2hQ5Kdg You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/2cMnjfW