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Frameworks and Outcomes: The Real Conversation
Many still chase certifications, but the real power lies in outcomes. This article questions the obsession with frameworks and argues for a shift toward results, value, and practical delivery.
People Are Still at the Heart of Agility in 2025
Explore why people, not processes, remain the true engine behind agile success. Based on insights from our latest panel, this article dives into the human side of transformation, leadership behaviour, and why lasting change always starts with mindset.
The Transformation Trap: Why Big Change Often Fails
Why do so many agile transformations stall? This article explores the myths of big change, the rise of agile theatre, and why clarity, context, and coaching matter more than rollout plans.
Opinion Article: Agility Is a Timeless Concept
Explore why agility remains relevant through decades of change. This piece rethinks agility as a mindset, not a trend, and highlights what makes it stick—regardless of frameworks.
Empathetic Agility in 2025: The Hidden Catalyst for High-Performing Teams
Unlocking the Power of OKRs: Insights from John Coleman’s Webinar
Discover how Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) can drive organisational success. Insights from John Coleman’s webinar on setting goals, aligning strategies, and adapting to complexity.
Artificial Intelligence Transformation At Lithe
Every week new AI tools pop up. It’s hard to keep track of all of these innovations and so hard to keep up. I’ve just heard a song which was a remake of a Rihana song, but then in the style of a 70s soul train song! Yes I can still hear that it’s not produced, but this will soon change.
How Lean and Structured Teams Amplify Productivity
In her talk, How a Lean and Structured Team Topology Amplifies Productivity, Rutuja Joshi focused on the change management process, and how it impacts productivity in organisations.
Implementing Sustainable Organisational Agility
How do executives progress with implementing authentic, sustainable and organisational agility to achieve their goals? How do they evolve from where they are to where they go next?
Agile is great, but sometimes it’s easy to miss the point
Agile has been a buzzword in the business world for quite some time now. Which company doesn't want to jump on the bandwagon of Agile ways of working, especially with remote working being here to stay?
“Honey, I shrunk the backlog” – Rebuilding agile processes
Many successful teams deliver backlog items every day, but their backlogs aren't consistently getting any smaller. Delivery success is overshadowed by the never-ending backlog.
A Case Study in building an adaptive, flexible organisation
Dinesh was faced with another complex challenge while engaging with an international client in consumer services: implementing organisational design whilst coaching for technical excellence.
Organisational Ambidexterity: Managing Tensions
Usually, tensions arise when there is a tug of war between capability and demand. If left to themselves, the results can be chaotic. The balance of tensions is fundamental to Russ Lewis’ philosophy.
“Kanplexity” – Kanban for Complexity
In our recent Lithe Talks, John Coleman talked us through Kanplexity, which relies on the concept of sense-making developed as part of the Cynefin framework.
The basics of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) is a goal-setting framework that was developed by Intel in the 1970s and has since been adopted by many successful companies.
What is Kanban and how can it work for me?
Kanban is a method for managing and improving work across all kinds of organisations. It was developed by Toyota in the 1940s as a way to improve efficiency and has since been widely adopted in a variety of industries.
Basics: Continuous Improvement (Kaizen)
Kaizen is a philosophy and set of practices that was developed by Toyota in the 1950s and has since been widely adopted in industries around the world.
Agile Transformation: 6 steps not to miss
An agile transformation is the process of adopting agile principles and practices in an organisation to improve the way work is managed and delivered.