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Faster time to market in Pharmaceutical industry – is it possible?

Authors: Brooke Pannell, Ted Tomoyasu, Nathan Nelson, Ghaleb El Masri, Rachna Verma The pre-covid19 trends in the pharma industry already suggested that, in order to curb the rise of drug prices, companies would need to look at reducing costs related to R&D, just like they have been doing in reducing spend in sales and marketing. According to […]

Advice for Agile teams in organisations struggling in a post-pandemic recovery?

Or as we like to call it – THE SEVEN BE’s Many of you are now working in companies that are struggling. We want to give advice for Agile teams in organisations struggling in a post-pandemic recovery. Acknowledging that for many, we are still mid-pandemic. You may be part of teams that are working through […]

The Backstory – Saytina Vielot

Our Monthly interview with one of the ADAPTOVATE team. Each month we ask one of our team from around the world to answer a few questions. While not in the same league as The Proust Questionnaire – we think it’s a great way to share our stories with you. This month we sat down and […]

What does an established ‘old school’ organisation need to do , to make change, prepare, or even think about implementing agile?

An established organisation is likely to have a deeply entrenched culture and strongly defined processes. Before we discuss what this old-school organisation needs to do to even think about implementing Agile, let’s get something out of the way. “Agile” the word, we all agree is somewhat overused. In fact we haven’t seen it used more […]

4 DESIRABLE TRAITS THAT UNDERPIN A SUCCESSFUL PO

Master these – and you will be winning. At ADAPTOVATE we are often asked what it takes to be a successful Product Owner. (Or PO as it will be referred to from here on). Firstly a reminder of what a PO is. As our partners at Atlassian say “Product owners are the visionaries for the […]

The Back Story – Rachna Verma

Why should you deploy Agile beyond software?- 4 key themes

Agile is being deployed more than ever across industries beyond software development. In this article we share with you 4 key themes of why its important to implement Agile. 2020 has required it. 1. CUSTOMER COLLABORATION OVER CONTRACT NEGOTIATION Customers are integral to all businesses and it has never been more important to work […]

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Scaling Agile. Have you done all you can do to reinvigorate your organisation? In our 7 part checklist series we take you easily through the steps to scale Agile across your business. Download the full set by entering your email below, and we’ll take you straight to them.

Manage disruption and change with Agile PMO

Change constantly surrounds us. This video and more is available on our YouTube Channel. To adapt, it is undeniable that organisations must undergo constant transformation. However, they find themselves hindered by increased barriers, particularly in the face of the new remote working environment. These include: Speed of change Organisations must rapidly pivot and reprioritise projects as business-critical objectives change and communicate and execute them effectively even […]

Using agile to navigate from crisis to sustained success

Authored by Evan Jago, Principal, ADAPTOVATE COVID-19 has disrupted business to its core. As the situation has rapidly evolved, it has created an unpredictable and volatile environment for business to operate in. Companies are facing unprecedented challenges having to adapt business models, product and service offerings, and, ways of working quickly in order to survive. In a high-stakes, fluid and dynamic situation, how do you chart a course to turnaround a business or project? Traditional approaches of command and control, […]

How OKRs (Objective and Key Results) have helped in driving alignment in a not-for-profit organisation.

In our latest podcast episode of The Backlog we speak with Jo McConnell. Jo is the CEO of GOMO Foundation, providing education to girls in Africa. What’s that got to do with AGILE you ask? Well ADAPTOVATE recently had the priveledge to assist GOMO (through our Pledge 1% commitment) to establish and focus in on […]

The Back Story – Krzysztof Mysior

We have piloted with Agile teams and clearly experienced the benefits of Agile ways of working. It’s time to go full Agile. But where to start?

Authored by Tan Tiong Yeow, Senior Consultant, ADAPTOVATE Singapore. Journey with Agile thus far Organizations have been jumping on the Agile bandwagon and standing up Agile teams to pilot and experiment with Agile ways of working. These teams are usually disparate across the organization and some Agile teams are even solely contained within the technology […]

Emerging out of COVID-19 and lockdown – What will recovery mean to our employees.

And why it’s important for companies to understand what their employee’s expectations will be. In a live video interview last week, the reclusive photographer and writer Sally Mann was asked “how’s life these days?”. She tells Sarah Meister, the photography curator at The Museum of Modern Art this: “It’s pretty much the […]

Very smart people can make very dumb mistakes.

Six traits we’ve identified in companies making the right decision during this time. In this editorial we want to explore the certain traits that are exposing organisations ability to cope with COVID-19 or not. Ask yourself – Which side of history do you want yourself, your team, your company to be on? Before we start […]

Guide to video etiquette. Nine key tips.

WHAT THE ADAPTOVATE GLOBAL TEAM HAVE LEARNED WORKING FROM HOME We are now post Easter. The novelty of working from home is not only wearing off for many, it’s hitting some barriers. Remote working fatigue is setting in. Are we burnt out already? Complacency about social distancing is also setting in. (and that could be […]

What would you do differently weeks ago, if you knew then what you know now?

Hindsight – We all have it now. We’ve seen the memes – that March felt like a year. It’s unbelievable how much has happened in the last few weeks. And what is more incredible is the ability for an entire planet worth of humans, to change behaviour. The above chart is sobering. While it’s […]

The Back Story – Sonya Doshi

INTERVIEW: SEAN WOON – April 2020

In 2020 we are excited to have recently seen our sister business TRIBE launch. Sean Woon is the Managing Director of TRIBE and we sat down with him this week to learn more. Hi Sean and thanks for your time. We are excited to talk with you, at a time that is so […]

12 Ways To Motivate Remote Working Teams

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REMOTE WORKSHOPS – It can be done. Here’s how.

Note: we are not affiliated with any of the tools mentioned below. This is just how we have learned from experience the tools we know and can recommend. There are a lot more out there, so you can take our suggestions or find what works for you. REMOTE LEARNING & WORKSHOPS. – DOING AGILE VS […]

5 important takeaways from Agile transformations outside of software development

Article written by our European office of ADAPTOVATE By Maja Kurzyna For the past 20 years, Agile has transformed profoundly the culture of IT and software development teams. Today, as many companies are completing their digital transformations, Agile practices are spreading internally. Online or mobile sales channels are not a shiny innovation anymore. They […]

How can my team celebrate mistakes (we are big on test and learn, but what happens when we genuinely fail?)

Over 10 different ideas to help your team learn from failure. Firstly, let’s look at why it’s important to celebrate mistakes – it is becoming more accepted that a growth mindset at work leads to better results. We take on feedback and challenge ourselves to always do better. But of course this implies that […]

The Back Story – Qiu Lu

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7 things your organization can do now to accelerate gender equality in the work place.

Start with this question. – DO YOU NEED TO IMPROVE YOUR WORKPLACE GENDER EQUALITY? You would have had to be living under a rock not to have International Women’s Day stories coming at you for the past week. (ADAPTOVATE included.) That’s a good thing. While ADAPTOVATE support equality every day, we all need a push […]

Six tips to keep your remote working teams engaged and motivated during Coronavirus

Due to CO-VID19 there is an increase in remote working. Here we provide our six recommendations for managing remote working teams in this uncertain time: Align your remote working teams on a goal to give purpose The goal is shared, even if the location is not. When worldwide events are uncertain, simple, clearly […]

What do these women have in common? Diana Nyad, JK Rowling, Katherine Johnson, Yalda Hakim, Joan of Arc, Harriet Tubman

To celebrate INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY on March 8, it’s important to think about the women who have inspired us along the way, and share that inspiration. The trailblazers who have paved the way towards improved equality for women around the world. #eachforequal So we asked some of our ADAPTOVATE team this question: If you could […]

Creative ways to run a retrospective differently

WHAT IS A RETROSPECTIVE? First up – for those for whom Agile Methodology is a somewhat new way of working – a retrospective is one of the ceremonies in Agile. (watch our team discussing ceremonies here – 3 min watch). Retrospectives in Agile methodology are done regularly and kept short. For example they can happen […]

AGILE EXPLAINED: The Role of the STANDUP

Editors note on Stand-ups in Agile Methodology during Covid-19 : The below article about Stand-ups still makes sense (even more!) in our current climate of working remotely. If you are reading this article in the future and have returned to work, it all still applies. However if you are currently working from home, or you […]