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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...
Rachel Kasa
Feb 9, 2021


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...
Rachel Kasa
Aug 18, 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
Aug 16, 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...
Kristen Gyorgak
Apr 29, 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...
Rachel Kasa
Apr 28, 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...
Rachel Kasa
Apr 20, 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...
Rachel Kasa
Apr 7, 2020


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...
Rachel Kasa
Oct 29, 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...
Kristen Gyorgak
Oct 3, 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...
Rachel Kasa
Oct 1, 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...
Rachel Kasa
Sep 2, 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...
Rachel Kasa
Jun 25, 2019


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....
Rachel Kasa
Nov 28, 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...
Rachel Kasa
Nov 1, 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...
Rachel Kasa
Sep 28, 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...
Rachel Kasa
Jul 31, 2018


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...
Rachel Kasa
Sep 27, 2017
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