Ways of working and agile

Ways of working and agile

Embrace organisational agility and drive long term transformation

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Why you'd want this

Ensure that your shift to agile delivers truly transformational results by getting every dimension of your organisation fine tuned, efficient, cost-effective, and customer-centric. If you're just starting out on your journey to become a hybrid culture, we can provide strategic advisory support to help you shape your executive team's Statement of Intent, and determine what shifting your culture would mean for your organisation's vision and strategy.

Already made the shift and need a strategy? We can help design the perfect roadmap for your target future state and create a hybrid operating model that connects people, strategy, and productivity. We can even help you with change planning that focuses on culture, so you can scale your efforts with confidence. If you're making moves to be a hybrid culture and want to scale, we'll help with the (re)design of operations and HR processes to ensure hybrid-fit.

Where we support

  • Strategic advisory: We'll help you figure out the best ways to work, design your organisation and structure your teams. We'll be your expert guide and coach every step of the way.
  • Extra people power: Need more hands on deck? We'll augment your team with our expert staff who will provide the guidance, coaching, and leadership you need to succeed.
  • Customised learning: We'll design fun and engaging learning activities and content that fit your organisation's unique needs. We'll teach you everything you need to know about agile principles, new roles, daily practice, tools, and technology.
  • Lean Portfolio Management: Are you struggling to align your agile execution to your strategy? We're experts and helping you to visualise your portfolio's of work and align it to your strategy
  • Agile Coach Development Academy: We'll help you define the role, activities, skills, and capabilities of an agile coach. We'll run a recruitment and selection process, and then provide a development academy to build internal capability in readiness for deployment to squads.
  • Agile Coach On Demand: Need some extra support? We'll deploy an internal coach to support 2-3 squads or teams in building their understanding of agile WOW. They'll be there to guide, coach, and cheer you on.
  • Agile launch or flip day events: Let's celebrate! We'll design and facilitate whole-organisation events to mark the change from waterfall to agile WOW. We'll create organisational buy-in, engagement and excitement about the change.

How it will benefit you

Capability uplift in agile mindsets, skills and team practices, and measure your organisational performance and continuous improvement through maturity measurementincreased productivity, adaptability to change, talent attraction and retention, collaboration and communication, employee wellbeing and engagement, cost efficiency, and resilience into the future.

Who to talk to at Five

Nick Mackeson-Smith

Chief Curiosity Officer, Founder and Director
+64 (0) 21 933 397
nick@fivenz.com

James Kitney

Chief Strategy and Transformation Catalyst
+64 (0) 21 1424 117
james@fivenz.com

Biunca Hooper

Transformation and Agility Coach
+64 (0) 21 866 557
biunca@fivenz.com

Lucy Ratcliffe

Design & Culture Alchemist
+64 (0) 21 566 739
lucy@fivenz.com

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