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description: "Posts on influencing people and organizational change, drawing on the book Influencer and its six forces, plus why XP influences teams more than Scrum."
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# Influence: articles

Posts on influencing people and organizational change, drawing on the book Influencer and its six forces, plus why XP influences teams more than Scrum.

HTML: https://www.5whys.com/articles/category/Influence · 7 linked entries (each is plain Markdown) · Site index: [llms.txt](https://www.5whys.com/llms.txt)

- [Different ways to view organizational change](https://www.5whys.com/articles/different-ways-to-view-organizational-change.md) (2012-05-04): A link to Don Gray's post comparing models of organizational change and transition, recommended as a set of design patterns for organizational change.
- [Three reasons not to have your own private office](https://www.5whys.com/articles/three-reasons-not-to-have-your-own-private-office.md) (2011-10-02): Why a team leader should sit with the team rather than in a private office, to stay in the loop, lead by example and handle problems early.
- [Interview: Patrick Kua : Agile Coach](https://www.5whys.com/articles/interview-patrick-kua-agile-coach.md) (2010-04-21): A 29-minute audio interview with agile coach Patrick Kua on types of tests, the definition of done and team leader versus team manager.
- [How to plan and influence change at your company](https://www.5whys.com/articles/how-to-plan-and-influence-change-at-your-company.md) (2009-12-10): How the six sources of influence from the book Influencer explain why change efforts like adopting TDD fail, and how to find the vital behaviors to change.
- [Why XP’s influence is more effective than Scrum](https://www.5whys.com/articles/why-xps-influence-is-more-effective-than-scrum.md) (2009-12-09): Why XP practices like TDD, pair programming and continuous integration change team behavior better than Scrum alone, seen through six forces of influence.
- [How to influence others](https://www.5whys.com/articles/how-to-influence-others.md) (2009-11-30): Two books for team leaders who want to drive change: How to Win Friends and Influence People for one-on-one influence, and Influencer for the macro level.
- [Video: Influence Strategies](https://www.5whys.com/articles/video-influence-strategies.md) (2009-10-16): A pointer to Richard Banks' video on influence strategies based on Linda Rising's work, and why team leads must influence others. It is no longer hosted.


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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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- [RobotPaper](https://robotpaper.ai/): This blog: AI patterns and anti-patterns, AI and coding agents, and engineering leadership.
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