From lean specialist to scrum master

Have you ever helped people to apply those lean techniques so they can then innovate under conditions of high uncertainty?

Actually yes, I did and I am doing. This is part of my job. One of the things that needs improvement is my coaching skill.

A Scrum Master may need permission to coach. Some might consider it easier to get rid of you rather than deal with the issues you expose. What has your experience been of organizational gravity, and of overcoming the systemic impediments of a culture which holds change back?

I have experience with people being reticent to change. Usually they understand the benefits of the methods after I explain them. In my experiences I've found that people are scared of big changes but if you downscale them in smaller changes the people become more comfortable. 

Those smaller changes are often local optimizations, which improve matters and are worth doing, but which also throw organizational impediments to business agility into starker relief. These systemic impediments become comparatively obvious, and you will be the one revealing that it is incumbent upon managers to do something about them. Organizational change cannot be satisfactorily delegated.

It's easier for an organization to change its Scrum Master than it is for an organization to change itself. If you are comfortable with that risk, and understand the importance of soft skills in addressing what is essentially a cultural problem, then becoming a Scrum Master may be a reasonable ambition.

I understand. Thank you for your insight. It's clear that I need to improve. 

Becoming a scrum master is a risk that I am willing to take.