A suite of Climate Change Risk Management models for Banks and Asset Managers

Background In December 2015 in Paris, 196 national governments agreed to work to keep the global average temperature below 2°C above the preindustrial revolution mean and targeted under 1.5°C above that level. It has since become clear that even this would not be enough to avoid some of the more severe impacts of climate change. […]

Climate Change Stress Testing and the Bank of England’s Requirements

Central banks have become increasingly involved in the debate over climate change and the impact on the financial system. The Bank of England (BoE) has been a leader in encouraging banks and insurers to assess their exposures to global warming and the risks associated with any transition to a lower carbon economy. The BoE published […]

Programmes in Product-based organisations is not an oxymoron

This thought leadership article is based on our experience supporting many leading global Asset Managers in their new ‘ways of working’ to eliminate waste, reduce handoffs and become more responsive and relevant to their customers. Let us be pragmatic on what a ‘Product’ is in the context of an Asset Manager – what is the […]

COVID-19: Navigate the exit from lockdown

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a truly unique impact. Economies worldwide have all but shut down as governments have sought to halt the spread of the virus and prevent potentially disastrous consequences by locking down and imposing social distancing measures on their populations. Not since the Black Death has a disease so profoundly switched off […]

Business Agility Through Data Agility

The Problem The ability to use data is fundamental to an organisation’s survival. Despite an awareness that the effective use of data underpins corporate success, many organisations are struggling to use data as a valuable resource to support their corporate strategies. We consistently see many organisations still grappling with the basics, lacking a ‘fit for […]

Portfolio Management

In this article you will find perspectives from Holley Holland’s experiences helping a large Global Bank’s Portfolio management function to rediscover new ways of working. The article brings insights from practices and lessons learnt in a number of areas including outcome orientation thinking and planning, value based prioritisation, balanced value stream based MVP funding models, […]

Products over Projects

To launch your small domain-aligned, self-organised team (aka speed boat) the first things we need are Products over Projects. Projects are a popular way of funding and organising change. They organise work into temporary teams and are funded with a business case projecting specific benefits. They are staffed from a “pool of talent” whose members […]