COLAB INSIGHTS

Welcome to CoLab Insights - a space for sharing ideas that matter.
Here you’ll find thought-provoking articles, practical tools and the occasional freebie designed to help leaders and teams perform at their best.
We’d love to hear your perspectives too.
Story Mapping: Making Work Visible
Ever found yourself lost in the detail?
You’re about to start a new piece of work. Leaders want forecasts, the team wants clarity, and stakeholders want confidence. Instead, everyone’s staring at a flat backlog, drowning in tasks with no real sense of why.
Story Mapping is one of our favourite ways to cut through the noise and reconnect people with outcomes.
Two Years of CoLab Book Club
Two years ago, I started the CoLab Book Club. It was a tricky time in Wellington and I was keen to find a way to support positive, group connections. I wanted to create a regular moment where people could easily come together, learn and share ideas.
A Quick Guide to Lightning Talks
If you’re looking to get on the speaker ladder or hone an idea, then creating a Lighting Talk is a great way to get started.
Unlocking Team Potential using 3V
Explore 3V and see how mastering the balance between Value, Velocity, and Vitality is key to moving teams from surviving to thriving.
Agile Governance using 3V
How do you design agile governance to grow high performing teams?
LeSS in Lean Times
In a world defined by change, adaptability is our greatest asset. This case study shares the story of a financial services company that weathered the storm with grace, resilience, and innovation.
The Future of Agile Coaching
Originally published on LinkedIn, the objective of this white paper is to test our hypothesis - “Agile coaches need a greater focus on personal agility and dynamic teaming to successfully scale agile beyond IT and across our business”.
Skills Secret Santa
Here’s a super successful sweet idea for you to try and you don’t need to wait till Christmas.
3 ways to …
In my experience organisations deal with this dependency problem in different ways. Make sure you can recognise the system you are in.
Against all odds
Agile teams must be co-located to collaborate. They must work on an important product with a long-term future to be motivated.
Tip of the Day – THWADI
Let me introduce you to my friend, THWADI. He’s not very likeable; he creeps into the room, he grows and sits in the way but after a while you don’t even notice he’s there.