Posts by Kieran Mckeown
How to build a robust data culture in your business
Data has the potential to transform your business. But extracting and applying its true value requires more than data literacy; building and embedding a strong data culture is essential for long-term success. Without one, the large investments you’re making into your data technology risk being wasted and their potential benefits left unrealised. Education is no…
Read MoreNews UK: Transforming Culture and Mindset
Our Founder, Vikram spoke alongside Gill Bennet and Kirsteen King from News UK about their agile transformation journey and how it improved the speed, efficiency and effectiveness of delivery. It created a huge cultural and mindset shift, fundamentally changing how the organisation approached communication, collaboration and planning. Watch this video for the full story!
Read MoreAgile World On Leadership Agility with JCURV and Bill Joiner
Agile World hosts Sabrina C E Bruce and Karl A L Smith meet with JCURV‘s Ben Hutchinson and Bill Joiner, thought leader and CEO of ChangeWise to discuss how leaders can empower their teams and develop true business agility, set against findings from the latest State of Agile Culture report.
Read MoreLife as a JCURVer
Hear from JCURVers why they do what they do, the difference they are making and what makes them proud
Read MoreAgile World on Agile Transformation at News UK with JCURV, Agile Business Consortium and Truthsayers
Agile World hosts Sabrina C E Bruce and Karl A L Smith meet with News UK, JCURV, Agile Business Consortium and Truthsayers to discuss the journey News UK went on to transform the way they deliver change, set against findings from the latest State of Agile Culture report.
Read MoreWave goodbye to heroes – why heroic leaders over-control and under-utilise their team
Involving others in decision making is a key part of agile working, enabling companies to motivate their teams to deliver the best results for their organisations. Good leaders create a supportive environment, empowering teams to make decisions while retaining accountability for the outcome of those decisions. Our second annual State of Agile Culture report revealed an interesting…
Read More“State of Agile Culture: A Deep Dive with News UK”
Hear Gill Bennett from News UK describe their transformation journey
Read MoreNew joiner blog: Kieran’s reflections on four months with JCURV
I started my career in small start-ups before moving into consulting and joining EY, inspired by the scale of the opportunity and encouraged by the fact that many of the founders I worked with and looked up to had followed a similar path. I found what I was looking for at EY: opportunities to work…
Read MoreTransforming organisational delivery performance through an end-to-end mindset
Is’s obvious to say, but in order to regularly deliver small or large change, organisations require several functions and stakeholders to work together. In practice however, most organisations change processes are burdened by excessive organisational friction. Moving ideas through design, build, test and release can feel like being trapped in a game of snakes and…
Read MoreCan An Agile Culture Help Organisations Overcome ‘The Great Resignation’?
The UK is now learning to live with Covid: a result of the country’s successful vaccine rollout and increasing population immunity. Yet there’s no doubt that we will be dealing with the economic fallout for much longer. Record numbers of people are set to change jobs in a phenomenon known as ËœThe Great Resignation, limiting…
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