IT Department Transformation

Created a target operating model and managed journey towards that. Established Agile way of working and team model related to that. Trained and enabled IT leadership and staff on Agile. Coached and mentored IT and business teams on Agile adoption

Business Transformation

“Efficient and cost-effective business transformation. Changing ways of working to make business more efficient and cost-effective. Solutions for today’s financial services challenges. “

Agile Steps on the 1,000 Mile Journey

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step…but it helps if it’s bold and in the right direction!” The insurance industry is at an inflection point – the digital challenge and changing needs of a younger generation mean that insurers need to adapt quickly to the demands of tomorrow’s customers or risk […]

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 […]

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, […]

Data agility

#Thomas Kuhn: the man who changed the way the world looked at science; Fifty years ago, a book by Thomas Kuhn altered the way we look at the philosophy behind science, as well as introducing the much abused phrase ‘paradigm shift’. I strongly believe that we are reaching an inflection point of the so called ‘paradigm […]

Data Migration and Data Management

THE PROBLEM Buy side Investment Managers and services firms continually struggle with data and the ability to confidently use it as a source of information to support their corporate strategies. This is a vital part of any organisation’s survival for the future. However, we consistently see many organisations  still struggling with the basics – the […]