Lessons from the innovators
This Saturday night there was nothing worth watching on TV, so my husband and I watched a programme he'd recorded a while before. And I'm...
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Hilary Bryan
- Aug 18, 2020
What does the future hold?
Who knows? I certainly don't claim to. Phrases like the fiction of prediction; predicting the future is like pouring coffee into a cup...
Kristen Gyorgak
- Aug 16, 2020
Yesterday's news, today's agility
Tuesday night Prime Minister Ardern and Director-General of Health Dr. Ashley Bloomfield held an emergency press conference. New...
Kristen Gyorgak
- Apr 29, 2020
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face
At Hilary's Tea & Toast webinar on Build an agile mindset she quoted Mike Tyson. In the lead-up to a fight, Tyson was asked about how he...
Hilary Bryan
- Apr 28, 2020
Over 100 creative ideas and still counting
I was going to start this blog with - Now's the time for creative thinking - but that misses the point. We shouldn't wait for a crisis to...
Hilary Bryan
- Apr 20, 2020
A fresh approach to business agility
Why fresh? Our starting point is the whole organisation. From there, we've weaved together agile ideas from all over.  We're not...
Hilary Bryan
- Apr 7, 2020
A shout out for scenarios, metaphor, and the Beaconsfield mine rescue
Advice is coming thick and fast right now. I've taken plenty of advice on technology for new ways of working. Other, equally important...
Hilary Bryan
- Oct 29, 2019
Out of defeat came some useful learning
Life’s so unpredictable Life and business are unpredictable. I predicted an All Blacks win on Saturday night and didn’t predict I’d end...
Kristen Gyorgak
- Oct 3, 2019
FLINT Future of Work conference takeaways
Yesterday I attended the 1st FLINT Wellington Future of Work Conference. The afternoon was packed with topics about the future including...
Hilary Bryan
- Oct 1, 2019
Agile learning: bringing it to life
Yes, we know learning agility is vital as the world and our workplaces change. But what does it mean? Learning agility is about...
Hilary Bryan
- Sep 2, 2019
Business agility – growing and developing
We’re members of the Business Agility Institute and like its thinking and ideas. Here’s another one that’s moving agile thinking way...
Hilary Bryan
- Jun 25, 2019
Agile leaders: enablers and disrupters
We’ve long been business agility fans. See our previous Tea and Toast notes (May 2017) and the White Paper, Crooked Timber Thinking...
Hilary Bryan
- Nov 28, 2018
Agile everything, including HR
Call it what you will – People Capability, Talent, HR – it’s taking up agile. Well, at least in some organisations it’s taking up agile....
Hilary Bryan
- Nov 1, 2018
Gallup is on the agility train and bringing a breath of fresh air
Gallup is well and truly steaming ahead with business agility. But what do they mean by agile? For them it’s simple: the ability of an...
Hilary Bryan
- Sep 28, 2018
Business Agility lessons and highlights
I’ve just spent two days immersed in Business Agility at the Sydney Business Agility Institute Conference. Here are key lessons I’ve...
Hilary Bryan
- Jul 31, 2018
3 important rules for sure-fire Agile success
Want to get to grips with agile, particularly business agility? Three important laws will get you thinking, then going. Without them, and...
Hilary Bryan
- Sep 27, 2017
Great new design thinking ideas
Great to see Jeanne Liedtka getting design thinking across in ways everyone can grasp. This time she’s teamed up with Salzman and Azer to...
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