NEIL WALKER

Category: Patterns

  • Agility Requires Holistic Transformation

    In the pursuit of agility, many organizations focus heavily on implementing frameworks and processes—scrums, sprints, ceremonies, and fast delivery cycles. Yet, despite these efforts, many Agile transformations falter and fail to deliver the promised adaptability and velocity. Over years of…

  • Why innovation-driven organisations need the product operating model

    SPARCK, the design and innovation heart of technology consultancy BJSS, published an article I wrote a few weeks ago as part of the ongoing thought leadership into the future of product and innovation. As an agility strategist attached to the…

  • Break Free from Change Anti-Patterns to Unleash Organizational Agility

    In an ever-evolving business landscape, organizations frequently embark on transformation initiatives aimed at improving agility. Yet, many of these efforts falter, ensnared by a repetitive cycle of anti-patterns. Those ineffective practices that are counterproductive to the desired change. Breaking free…

  • Just Enough

    My recent post on Crystal Clear caused a bit of a stir. One of the common threads was around “Just Enough”. In 1996, the product team I led at Reuters transitioned over to DSDM (Dynamic Systems Development Method) from RAD…