Posts by Kieran Mckeown
Pivot To Product: The Power Of The North Star Metric
In the race for successful product development, speed often takes centre stage. But amid the frenzy of fast flow, it’s easy to lose sight of what truly drives value. Imagine being part of a product team, caught in the perpetual race of delivering features at lightning speed, wondering if they truly matter. In this relentless…
Read MorePivoting to a product-based operating model: mobilising your first value stream
In today’s dynamic world, adaptability is key to survival. Traditional, rigid structures are giving way to more fluid, product-centric operating models that emphasise value delivery and customer satisfaction. In a recent point of view, we highlighted that organisations that have pivoted to a product-centric operating model are outperforming their peers by 4x. The benefits of…
Read MoreProduct Value Stream based Operating Models: Where are you on the journey?
Companies that are product value stream aligned outperform their peers by 4x. Organising by value stream enables companies to achieve faster delivery, higher quality, and higher customer satisfaction through: When working with leaders to determine where they are on their journey to being product and E2E Value Stream aligned, we have found the below diagram…
Read MoreWhy Shift to Product?
Organisations are increasingly recognising the limitations of the traditional project-based approach and are instead shifting towards a product-centric model to effectively respond to the fast-paced business landscape. This transition is not merely a matter of semantics; it represents a fundamental reorientation towards sustainable value creation and customer-centricity. The shift from projects to products represents a…
Read MoreWhy It’s Time to Design Your Digital Workforce of Tomorrow, Today
Where we stand, today As both leaders and colleagues we are facing an unprecedented level of digital disruption, budgetary pressures, and increasing demand to deliver the right talent to the right place at the right time across the workforce. With the abundance of ongoing technology investment GenAI and automation are simultaneously meant to simplify and…
Read MoreDiscussing findings from our latest Agile Culture Survey with the Agile Business Consortium
JCURV’s Vikram Jain and Georgie Povey recently took part in an Agile Business Consortium panel discussion discussing the findings from our latest Agile Culture Survey. Key takeaways that stirred the conversation: 1. Leadership’s Substantial Impact on Business AgilityThere is an undeniable influence leaders have over business agility. Their actions and decisions ripple through the organisation,…
Read MoreJCURV’s Vikram Jain discusses findings from our recent State of Agile Culture report on, Sky News, Ian King Live
Listen to Vikram Jain, JCURV’s founder and Managing Director, discuss our recent State of Agile Culture 2023 report findings on Ian King Live.
Read MoreOur State of Agile Culture report is available now
The benefit of agility in organisations is ever-increasing, yet cultural issues are a leading impediment to its successful adoption. Our Third State of Agile Culture Report, in collaboration with Agile Business Consortium and Truthsayers, examines the impact of different leadership styles on agile culture, business agility, organisational resilience, and commercial performance. Some top insights include:
Read MoreWhy traditional PMOs are stuck on ‘red’
Many organisations are reinventing their change approaches and operating models so they can thrive in uncertain and volatile markets. In many cases, project management offices (PMOs) remain untouched, under-invested, and exempted from these necessary challenges. This significantly compromises performance. However, organisations whose PMOs adopt agile principles and capabilities are outperforming their competitors and experiencing 2x…
Read MoreBuilding Retail Agility: Dr. Marten’s Advice to the Industry
“We have a mantra at Dr. Martens – you can do anything, but you can’t do everything”. Listen to Dr. Martens colleagues including Chief Technology & Information Officer Ronald Garricks and Chief Data Officer Nick Sawyer discuss the challenges they are currently facing within the retail industry and their roles. They explore how an agile…
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