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Keep your people informed of course, but ‘humanise it’ by giving opportunities for 2-way conversations. How: Plan in regular updates, FAQs and two way feedback loops.  Goal: Keep your people updated and aligned to your transformation.  Check: Are they aligned to you and your goals? Are they striving to deliver on them on time? If…

The one thing I’m going to do differently this year is nail the MVP. I mean really do an MVP. That means stop polishing and perfecting!!! Really do minimum… and really focus on value. That will ensure I’m focusing on the right thing, what my customers really want. What’s the one thing you’ll do differently…

Here are 3 steps to get you started: Be flexible in your own mindset and embrace the new way of doing things. Be a champion. Make the delivery lead your new BFF, they’ll be a good source of success stories. Plan comms in 2 week cycles instead of 12 months, and pivot as you go. 

How will you make it meaningful to your people…and not just more noise? We say, 'humanise it!' How: Humanise the vision by stating what it means for your people, and align all updates and comms to it. Goal: Give meaning to the day-to-day work and get buy-in.   Check: Ask 3 people around your company what…

No doubt about it, transformations are deeply complex! But I keep seeing programmes not leveraging or planning in the one critical mechanism that will connect their people to the change. Communication! So is it a wonder there’s no alignment or buy-in from the people? One thing’s for sure - change is the new constant. So…

Wishing my network a very happy and restful festive season. I'm looking forward to down time with loved ones. I’ll also take some time out to reflect on year 1 in the life of The Agile Storytelling Company, our key learnings, and the one thing to do differently next year. I’d like to take this…

No? Try this? - Connect all updates to the reasons you’re changing… e.g. bigger market share, easier approvals etc. - Include what the changes mean for them personally… e.g. professional development, pain-free processes. - And what they mean for the company… e.g. adapt to change faster, survive and compete.  Doing this regularly will embed the…

I took on too much work. And that means long days! Does this happen to you? Here’s an Agile Way of Working you can try. 1. Work out your available time, taking into account meetings, admin, holidays, training, coffee breaks etc. This is your capacity. 2. Now define and prioritise the work. This is your…

Don’t assume people remember the ‘why’ behind your transformation.  It's so easy for the message to become lost in time. Repetition is absolutely key! Regularly connecting your updates back to the reasons behind the changes will land the ‘why’ in the heart of your business.

Usual approach not working?  Try this:  - Instead of asking: Do you have any updates for comms?  - Ask this: Are your deliverables in the next sprint going to make people worry/b*itch/celebrate?  Be specific. Make it quick and easy.

Try this.  Lead the way and share something that you failed at and what you learnt. Then encourage your people to do the same. Actions speak louder than words. :)