The Business End of Agility

In today's fast-paced and rapidly evolving world, leaders face unprecedented challenges in the workplace. Melissa Crawford, a technologist and futurist, shares her insights on navigating this evolving landscape. She emphasizes the synergy between HR and technology, urging leaders to focus on "Team Human" and embrace AI thoughtfully. In this episode, learn about three key focuses Lead...

Why do people stay engaged, loyal, and inspired at work—and in life? According to researcher, speaker, and author Dr. Zach Mercurio, the answer lies in one of the most overlooked human needs: the need to  matter . In this insightful episode, we dive deep into the themes of Zach’s latest book,  The Power of Mattering , and explore how creating a culture of significance can radically improve leaders...

What if everything you think you know about building great teams is backwards? Sandy Mamoli and David Mole, authors of 'Creating Great Teams', discovered something revolutionary when they ditched management spreadsheets and let people choose their own teams. The result? A measured 20% productivity increase and a method now used by thousands across multiple countries. They reveal why manage...

There’s one department in every organisation that lives and breathes people - HR (Human Resources).  While more commonly known as People and Culture, a name change is not the only thing needed in the world of HR.  With change occurring even more rapidly with profound people impacts your HR team is more critical than ever. In this eye-opening conversation, we sit down with globetrotting HR expert N...

When times get tough, it can be hard for us to always show up as our best selves.  Bring that into an organisational context and culture can quickly start to suffer.  In this episode we are joined by the dynamic Emma Kirkman.  Emma is a well known coach, facilitator and consultant with deep expertise and global experience in enterprise change and transformation, culture and organisational performa...

Communication isn't just about emails, presentations and the intranet - it's fundamental to solving core business challenges. In this episode of The Business End of Agility , we delve deep into the art and science of effective communication with our expert guest Eithne Sweeney. We’ll be covering the reality of communicating in the modern workplace. We’ll talk about the simple process of co...

Authors Tony Ponton and Phil Gadzinski, in their book Govern Agility , emphasize the need for organizations to adopt lightweight, dynamic, and adaptive systems that enable faster feedback, better risk management and compliance, and more flexible models. While we might hope that Agile on its own could achieve this, it must be supported by the right governance at all levels of the organization. In t...

So you’ve embraced that AI is here, and perhaps you’ve even done some experiments and had a few exciting productivity gains?  But how do you incorporate AI into the very fabric of your business.  How would functions like marketing leverage AI? What do you need to incorporate into your Business Strategy?  How does AI change the future skills of your workforce? Join us in this episode, where we will...

In this episode we are joined by Future of Work expert and speaker Luke Goetting, where we explore the impacts of multi-generations in the workforce and new generations becoming the majority.  We’ll look at how this changes the needs of our employees, and what this means for organisation culture, leadership and employee engagement. Ultimately our customers and their needs are also changing right a...

In this episode we are joined by the amazing Author and Speaker Kevin Empey to explore just what is the Future of Work, and what it means for organisations, leaders and individuals today. We cover a lot of ground - looking at everything from the relationship of Future of Work with Agility, to how organisations can bring the topic of Future of Work into their strategy, and right through to the comp...

Topics around employees over the last few years has been hounded by words like ‘disengagement’, ‘The Great Resignation’, ‘Quiet Quitting’, ‘Workplace Bullying’, ‘Burnout’ and the trend of declining mental health.  It makes for a grim read. In this podcast we’re to look that in the eye, flip it the bird and see how we can bring some light back into organisations, combining leadership, creativity an...

These days change is occurring so rapidly you can’t even finish saying VUCA* before something else is disrupting you or your business.  Today’s episode is called ‘Change it Up’ and we’ll be exploring different ways on how you can grab business change with both hands.  We’ll look at the different aspects of managing and leading change like that will help us to better future proof, and empower your...

AI is not going to change the world; it already is.  Statistics show up to 40% of roles could be impacted in today’s workforce, while on the flip side McKinsey Global Institute states AI could generate an additional 13 trillion in the global economy by 2030. Businesses that leverage AI will be able to process data and make decisions faster, offer their customers increased personalisation, and redu...

In the space of Business Agility much is said about culture, but culture can be hard to define, shape and nurture - what if we started with something more basic - something that we’ve been doing for thousands of years but seem to have forgotten? In this episode we’ll be chatting with Beth Gervase, Business Agility Lead at ANZ on the importance of Community in organisations, why it’s vital for crea...