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How we organize shared services?
Read article: How we organize shared services?Most operating models put shared services in a “Platform” or “enabling function” layer: a stable core (finance, HR, IT, legal, procurement, facilities) that serves delivery units without owning their outcomes.… Continue reading
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Problems, issues, and challenges that the AO method can help solve
Read article: Problems, issues, and challenges that the AO method can help solveAO Method’s problem-solving scope across your organizational knowledge base. Here’s the full list: core organizational tensions, Flow, value, and delivery problems, Culture and behavioral problems, Risk, autonomy, and governance problems,… Continue reading
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AO Retirement approach
Read article: AO Retirement approachMost retirement advice treats a departure as a legal event with people topics attached. Lawyers draft, bankers price, tax advisors optimise, and a change consultant is added to soften the… Continue reading
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Compare BPMN vs. the AO Method
Read article: Compare BPMN vs. the AO MethodBPMN 2.0 is a notation, not a method. What differs between a “traditional” transformation programme and an AO-led one is not whether BPMN is used, but what BPMN is asked… Continue reading
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Credo
Read article: CredoThe Adaptive Organization Credo What I believe about designing organizations that can keep learning I have spent my practice with teams, executives, and systems that were told they were “agile”… Continue reading
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Change vs. Transformation: Why Your “Transformation” Might Just Be Change in a Trench Coat
Read article: Change vs. Transformation: Why Your “Transformation” Might Just Be Change in a Trench CoatMost “transformations” I’ve been asked to lead were never transformations. They were changes wearing a bigger name tag. Change is something an organization does — a new tool, a new… Continue reading
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Published 2026 Transformation Achievements
Read article: Published 2026 Transformation AchievementsThe most useful transformation lessons rarely come from abstract frameworks. They come from real organizations showing measurable shifts in how work, technology, and decision-making are redesigned. I am sharing four… Continue reading
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Hands-on 90′ workshop: “We wanted to do Agile at scale — here’s what the system taught us instead.”
Read article: Hands-on 90′ workshop: “We wanted to do Agile at scale — here’s what the system taught us instead.”The fundamental question I’ve been asking myself for years is: “Why do transformations look good on paper? And why do nearly 70% fail?” When I talk about transformations, I include… Continue reading
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Navigating Power Dynamics in Internal Coaching Supervision for Agile Leaders
Read article: Navigating Power Dynamics in Internal Coaching Supervision for Agile LeadersCoaching supervision gives agile leaders a structured reflective space that improves their self-awareness, ethical judgment, and impact on teams and systems, while also protecting them from burnout and isolation. What… Continue reading
