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Unlocking Business Success with our AI-Powered OKR Assessment Tool
In our experience of helping clients implement Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), we’ve noticed that each client starts the project with a different level of knowledge and…
Key Takeaways from Our Agile Yorkshire Talk on OKRs
After an 8-year gap, we finally made it back to Agile Yorkshire in March 2024 where Aaron Mckenna delivered a talk on “Supercharging Alignment with Objectives and…
The Power of Agility: Why Choose a Boutique Agile Consultancy?
At McKenna Agile Consultants we pride ourselves on the quality of our work. In the early days of our company, our internal motto was “Great Relationships, Solid…
Agile Lessons From The Kitchen
I spent a lot of time in 2023 working in Chicago, helping connect strategy with execution by adopting agile techniques with my clients. Coincidentally, one of my…
Navigating the OKR Landscape: Field-Tested Implementation Lessons
We recently shared a case study following our work with a US-based organisation who had achieved some success with OKRs in 2023 but needed external support to…
Bring A Laser Focus to Your 2024 Goals With OKRs
As we approach the end of the year, now is the time to consider what our goals are for 2024. One way we help clients to supercharge…
Running An Agile Book Club
At McKenna Agile Consultants, we love to learn as much as we can from a variety of sources. Considering that we are all operating in a complex,…
Building a Lean-Agile Culture: How We Elevated Portfolio Performance by 9%
Project Background For over a year, McKenna Agile Consultants worked alongside our North American partner with a US charitable organisation to take their agile transformation to the…
Powering Change with the SCARF Model and User Personas in SAFe LPM
In a recent implementation of Lean Portfolio Management (LPM), we encountered a significant challenge – making the change stick. While SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) and its Lean…
Bridging the Gap: Ensuring Alignment of Strategy and Execution
Over the last 18 months, we’ve had the privilege of working closely with an independent public charity in the USA, assisting them on their journey towards embracing…