2. Consultant
$ ANZ
May – November
2009
Agile Coach
$ NAB, August
2012 – June 2016
Various Capability
& Delivery roles at
NAB from 2009 -
2012
2019
2018
2016
2009
HO Practice &
Capability
$ MLC Life
Insurance
July 2016 – April
2018
Innovator
King & Wood
Mallesons
May 2018
onwards
2008
Consultant
$ Barclays, UK
Project One Consulting, UK
Hewlett Packard, Canada
American Express, Canada
E&Y, UK
Kellogg's, UK
BBC, UK
May 2008 – May 1998
3. Established ‘legal’
organisation
Old-fashioned ways of
doing business and
business model
Successful & thriving
business
Too busy to improve
Image conscious
Traditional mindsets –
The Challenge
4. People & organisational
structures
Products & services
Mission and strategy
Business model
Competitors
Personas and mindset
Unwritten rules
Approach
5. Experiments
Changed language – ‘agile’ and
provided learning opportunities
Tested a new way to ‘win work ‘with a client
Collaborated with universities and
clients on Hackathons
Identified opportunities to test new technology
– AI, Machine Learning
Designed a ‘Future of Work’ event for graduates
Sponsored and hosted an agile event
and meetup
8. What’s the history and key events to learn from
(CultureAmp)
What change is in-flight and how is it prioritised,
planned & governed?
Understand the key metrics and how your
company measures it’s performance
9.
10. Identify where
there is waste in
the system
Understand how profit & loss
is made – where are the
outliers
11.
12. Host events and meetups as learning opportunities –
take stakeholders and connect with like-minded
people
Seek to understand – question
everything then LISTEN
Discover how do ideas happen?
13.
14. Observe and listen to
customer / client feedback
Take teams / stakeholders on site visits to
organisations' you can learn from
Research customer / clients level
of agility and innovation
15.
16. Calculate the time &
effort spent on
governance / ‘silo
calculator’ Marie-Claire
Experiment
with visual
management
boards
17.
18. Build simple case
studies on
experiments
Hold retrospectives
to unlock
improvement
Identify technology to automate & streamline
Seek opportunities to collaborate with universities /
vendors
19.
20. Validate board, exec &
leadership support &
champions to enable growth to
occur
Use games as a way to
engage
Design interactive and experiential learning
methods
Understand how work gets done –
process & workflow – ‘connect the dots’
22. • By the time the public
sees a successful
professional, there is an
iceberg’s worth of
success under the water
level.
• That success is built on a
foundation of “putting
yourself out there” and is
buoyed by the resilience
that comes from being
rejected “1000000” times.
23. ALL I HAVE TO
SAY IS THIS IS
HARD WORK. IT’S
NOT ABOUT
WINNING,
IT’S ABOUT NOT
GIVING UP.
IF YOU HAVE A
DREAM, FIGHT
FOR IT!
LADY GAGA
My session today will:
Share some background information on me
Inform you about my latest challenge
Share my approach so far including some experiments
Provide some practices and tactics for you to try
Answer any questions
Facing into the challenge of introducing and enabling agility and innovation within a profession that has had little change in the last century. Lani navigated through tradition, hierarchy and ego by facilitating an abundance of creative and interactive workshops, events, hackathons and experiments that have inspired and aided individuals and teams to think differently, collaborate, achieve consensus and demonstrate results.
I have been working as a consultant / coach / leader in change for the last 30 years – in the last 10 in Australia…
What do you notice?
Born in the UK, Lani made the switch for love and to live by the seaside, her dedication to helping others make a difference in their work is unparalleled, heavily fueled by reading, asking impactful questions and listening. Her passion is uniting people and teams to identify pathways through adaptive problems and opportunities. Favourite pastimes include learning, boxing, Feldenkrais and hanging out with loved ones, some of which are furry.
Lani has facilitated, coached and mentored executives, leaders and teams to embrace Agile and Lean principles and mindsets in Australia and the UK and is now working as an Innovator at King & Wood Mallesons shaping the law firm of the future by embracing technology, experimentation and innovative practices that create a positive impact for the firm’s workforce and clients.
10 months ago I joined a law firm… faced with this challenge…
Been around for decades
Offering trusted services
Success – Royal Commission
Why do they need to be agile?
What I did:
Learned about the company structure and teams
Validated the executive team and partners supportive of change
Gathered information on our key products (people) and service offerings
Reviewed mission and strategic priorities
Considered business model – how we make profit and loss
Investigated current and future competitors – not just law firms now – consultancies EY, PWC, KPMG
Learned about the persona and mindset of a lawyer – ego, image, knowledge, risk adverse
Observed ‘unwritten rules’ – start & finish times, dress code, language, lunch times, meeting etiquette, emails, phone calls, socialize, celebrate success, happiness level, leadership enablement and support, training available….
What are your unwritten rules?
I experimented:
Agile term means flexible working
Bid / tender process into workshop scenario – value & simplicity
Gathered information on our key products (people) and service offerings
Sponsored an event with a key note speaker Barry O’Reilly ‘Unlearn’ & Agile Meetups
Collaborated with universities and clients to solve real-life pain points with students and lawyers
Identified opportunities to digitize and automate processes using machine learning software
Some Useful tools – OS Canvas & SessionLab for workshops!
So in sharing some of my approaches and experiences I thought we might explore some more together…
Are you up to play?
I am going to share some pictures and your job is to shout out what you think the practice or tactics !
I’ll take the first answer shouted out
Understand the key metrics and what to measure
Investigate the history and key milestones – any patterns?
Assess what’s inflight and how change is prioritised, planned and governed
Understand the key metrics and what to measure
Investigate the history and key milestones – any patterns?
Assess what’s inflight and how change is prioritised, planned and governed
Understand how profit & loss is made – where are the outliers
Identify where there is waste in the system
Understand how profit & loss is made – where are the outliers
Identify where there is waste in the system
Host events and meetups as learning opportunities for stakeholders
Ask questions to truly understand what, why, who – keep asking and LISTEN
How do ideas occur and how are they assessed, progressed and evaluated
Host events and meetups as learning opportunities for stakeholders
Ask questions to truly understand what, why, who – keep asking
How do ideas occur and how are they assess, progressed and evaluated
Listen to current customer feedback
Go on site visits to organisations you can learn from and take others / teams
Research customer / clients and their level of agility and innovation
Listen to current customer feedback
Go on site visits to organisations you can learn from and take others / teams
Research customer / clients and their level of agility and innovation
Experiment with visual management boards
Calculate the time and effort on governance - producing reports, meetings
Experiment with visual management boards
Calculate the time and effort on governance - producing reports, meetings
Look for opportunities to collaborate with vendors, or uni’s
Produce quick one pager case studies on all experiments
Identify technology roadmap and opportunities to test new technology to automate and streamline
Hold retrospectives in meetings / workshops and identify ways to improve
Look for opportunities to collaborate with vendors, or uni’s
Produce quick one pager case studies on all experiments
Identify technology roadmap and opportunities to test new technology to automate and streamline
Hold retrospectives in meetings / workshops and identify ways to improve
Validate support from the top and gather champions
Processes and workflow - how we do the work – recruit, onboard, procure, pay
Use games as a learning method and a way to engage others
Design interactive and experiential learning sessions & webinars
Validate support from the top and gather champions
Processes and workflow - how we do the work – recruit, onboard, procure, pay
Use games as a learning method and a way to engage others
Design interactive and experiential learning sessions & webinars
Hope you enjoyed the game!
I have shared around 25 ideas for you to try and I’d love to hear how you go!
What might you try?
In providing you with lots of ideas – your job is to consider what’s right in your context and what to try and keep trying….
Mari Andrew is a writer and illustrator living in Washington DC who posts a picture a day on Instagram.
I came across Andrew’s illustration of creative sector success:
By the time the public sees a successful professional, there is an iceberg’s worth of success under the water level.
That success is built on a foundation of “putting yourself out there” and is buoyed by the resilience that comes from being rejected “1000000” times. I’ve said such before, but Andrew’s illustration brings home the point symbolically.
You can follow her on instagram: @bymariandrew.
Of course working with BRADLEY COOPER is a big inspiration!
Finally…
Thank you for your time and feel free to connect with me on linkedin if you want a copy of the slides or any further ideas