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How will smart spaces impact your workspace?

We live in a world of multi-offices, multi-city teams and flexible work scenarios. For example, Adaptovate has offices all over the world, and consultants travelling to far corners of the globe at a moment’s notice. When recently looking for new offices in our Sydney and Melbourne cities, what became apparent was how smart spaces are […]

Why can Agile be used in every industry- The universal truth explained

Much has been written about how Agile has extended beyond the software industry. It’s in the boardrooms and backrooms and everywhere inbetween of different industries. We recently sat down with some of our global Adaptovate team. We discussed how agile can be used in every industry. Mark Barber from our Melbourne office, concludes with 4 […]

The Back Story – Steve Walton

ADAPTOVATE MONTHLY INTERVIEW SERIES Our Monthly interview with one of the ADAPTOVATE team. Each month we ask one of our team from around the world to answer 10 questions. While not in the same league as The Proust Questionnaire – we think it’s a great way to share our stories with you. To celebrate July […]

5 Key Challenges with Agile @ Scale – and how to overcome them.

We reached out to some of our global team at Adaptovate. Our mission was simple. To uncover what they have found to be the top challenges with Agile @ Scale. Then importantly, what can be done to overcome them. We all know that Agile requires a very different approach to management and leadership. If this […]

The Back Story – Chelsea Bates

The Back Story – Caitilin Studdert

Addicted to agile teams that are greedy and gutsy

Caitilin makes the connection between her big family and her consulting life… After 20 years of corporate marketing I am addicted to agile and helping teams develop new ways of working. Agile employs cross-functional teams to create a product, service or campaign. The onus is upon the team to consistently test whether what they are […]

Paging Dr House, can television medical dramas teach us about Agile?

Alex makes some valid links between what it is to be an agile team with television medical dramas and how they operate. Would George Clooney have been the amazing doctor he was on ER if it wasn’t for the fact that he and his teams were autonomous? or would McDreamy from Grey’s Anatomy be free […]

Can Agile work without co-located, dedicated teams?

Paul McNamara wrote a really interesting article on whether Agile could without co-located and dedicated teams. Would love to hear your thoughts on if you think it’s possible and what kind of pitfalls teams come up against when trying to form teams that aren’t co-located and dedicated. In the real world, however, it’s not quite […]