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You spend ages mapping out 6 to 12 month plans and campaigns. Then everything changes.  Sick of it?  Try our Agile 2-step approach instead: Stop doing annual plans. Start doing just-in-time, 2 week comms instead. And takeaway the stress of reworks…. and you thought Agile Ways of Working is just for tech teams! ;) 

Or are you just downloading what’s front-of-mind?  Try this. Assign a goal to your comms: Is it about the functional stuff? Or to drive an action?  Or to inspire, win hearts and minds and take people on a journey? Need more help? Check out our free, ready-to-execute Agile Comms Planning tool to get started.

Or does it mean: Upskilling into new Agile team roles Improving the ways of working and the culture Being part of a successful and recognised company? It’s all in the storytelling!

Fact: Change happens. And it’s hard. So change YOUR narrative: Decide to be the comms champion.  Call out 3 things that are good about it. Share those good things with your colleagues/clients/collaborators.

So in the last in this series of three pieces of key Agile jargon, we’ll look at a minimum viable product approach, or an MVP, that you can try.  So in the last in this series of three pieces of key Agile jargon, we’ll look at a minimum viable product approach, or an MVP, that…

So energise them! - Share 3 inspiring stories on the successful adoption of the changes. - 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 remind them of the ‘why’ and what good looks like.  - And show the progress made on the journey to achieving it.

Here’s a simple format: How to tell a customer delivery success story in 3 easy paragraphs: Intro: The current situation/the problem being solved. Middle: How the solution was delivered using new ways of working.  End: What’s good about it? For colleagues, customers and the company.

Try this today.  Record a 60 second video update on your phone. 3 x 15 second bulletins on what’s happening  1 success/team recognition 1 bullet on what to focus on 

Here’s how you tell them! Build a vivid picture of the end goal using outcomes that mean something to your folks. 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐫! 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫! 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫! 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬: - People: Easier processes, more job satisfaction, better decision making  - Customers: Easier to do your business with us, enhance our…

It’s a list of prioritised work that comes out of the big picture framework of quarterly projects or business goals. With the most urgent work at the top, the team always knows what to focus on first. If a new piece of work comes in:It gets added to the backlog, by priority. If it’s more…

I know Agile can be overwhelming!  So let's start with some basic jargon.  #1. What’s a sprint? It’s a two week chunk with agreed deliverables or outputs at the end. It’s about focusing on high value/priority work and getting feedback/inputs at the end of the sprint.  Works within a big picture framework of quarterly projects…

Most projects under resource comms actions! Why risk it? ‘Triple up’ on your comms. It takes three touchpoints for key messages to land.  Try this: 60 second video update from the lead  Weekly bulletin:3 bullets on what’s happening  2 success stories 1 bullet on what to focus on  Create a one-stop info/support hub, e.g.…