Contingency Planning: How to Navigate and Mitigate Risks

Effective product delivery is a constant challenge in today’s dynamic business world. Whether embracing agile methodologies, implementing DevOps practices, or following traditional project management approaches, one common thread runs through them all: the need to manage risk.

Watermelon Metrics: Green on the Outside, Red on the Inside

This blog explores the concept of “watermelon metrics” in business, where surface-level positive metrics mask underlying issues and inefficiencies. It discusses the causes, such as measuring the wrong things, lack of psychological safety, and misalignment of goals. It also provides strategies for detecting and resolving these misleading metrics, emphasizing the importance of transparency, accurate data, and actionable metrics.

Rescuing a Project When It’s Gone Off Track – The Why’s and How’s

This blog explores the high failure rates of digital transformation programs, identifying common causes such as unclear objectives, inadequate planning, resource constraints, and ineffective communication. It provides a high-level approach to recovering derailed projects, emphasizing the importance of assessment, realignment of objectives, revising plans, finding the correct solutions, and enhancing communication.

Business Agility needs resilient systems

Discover how business agility relies on resilient systems to thrive. Learn why system resiliency is crucial for managing risks and maintaining operational availability under stress.

Business Agility needs leaders to put people first

Discover how business agility fosters a people-first culture, enhancing retention and morale. Learn effective practices for refining your hiring process, truthfully representing opportunities, and leading by example.

Business agility success depends on feedback loops

Learn to minimize noise and improve your system of work with transparent and effective feedback mechanisms. Explore strategies for implementing efficient feedback loops to support your business agility journey.

How business agility protects your bottom line by helping you build resilient systems

Discover how business agility enhances risk management and builds resilient systems in our latest article. Learn how to align safety areas with organizational value streams using Lean Control and explore the TACO framework for continuous compliance. Enhance your understanding of business agility, risk management, and resilient systems for a competitive edge. Read now to transform challenges into opportunities for growth.