Releasing Business Agility Seminar

A hands-on seminar designed to help teams see where work slows down and how friction emerges between idea and value.

Releasing Business Agility
A seminar for seeing where work really slows down

Most organisations do not feel slow.
They feel busy.

Plans exist.
Initiatives are underway.
People are working hard.

And yet, ideas still take longer than expected to become value.
Progress stalls in unexpected places.
Energy dissipates.

Releasing Business Agility is designed to make that visible.

Not through slides.
Not through theory.
But through experience.


What this seminar is about

This seminar is not about moving faster for its own sake.
It is about noticing what quietly slows work down.

Participants explore how friction accumulates through:

  • unclear goals
  • competing priorities
  • misaligned decisions
  • distraction and well-intentioned side projects
  • experiments that drift from purpose
  • competition

Through a carefully designed puzzle game, teams experience the dynamics of organisational work — how ideas move, where they stall, and why effort does not always translate into outcomes.


Why a game

Lectures explain.
Experience reveals.

The game makes visible what usually remains implicit:

  • how alignment drifts
  • how small misunderstandings compound
  • how effort increases while value plateaus

By living through these dynamics, participants surface insights that would otherwise remain abstract.


Who this seminar is for

This seminar works well for teams who recognise patterns such as:

  • “We are doing a lot, but not everything is moving.”
  • “Change feels harder than it should.”
  • “We improve processes, but outcomes do not always improve.”

It is particularly suited to:

  • leaders responsible for delivery and transformation
  • teams navigating change or organisational redesign
  • organisations seeking to reduce friction rather than increase pressure

What participants leave with

Participants leave with:

  • a shared understanding of how work actually flows
  • clarity on why some initiatives compound while others stall
  • insight into how misalignment quietly slows delivery
  • practical levers for reducing distraction and increasing focus
  • shared language for discussing improvement without blame

Often, this shared language becomes the most valuable outcome.


How the session runs

  • Half-day, highly interactive seminar
  • Facilitated puzzle game and guided reflection
  • Structured discussion connecting experience to real work
  • Suitable for teams of varying sizes
  • Optional video guide for independent facilitation after the session

A quiet premise

Agility is not installed, mandated, or imposed.
It is released — by removing what is in the way.

This seminar helps teams see where that friction comes from,
so ideas can move into value with less effort and more intention.


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Classification
Type:
Supporting / Product Page
Cultivated Domains: Systems · Communication · Learning
Canon Spine Alignment: Releasing Agility (Map) | Idea → Value (Physics)


Explore the work

This piece forms part of Cultivated’s wider body of work on how ideas become valuable, and how better work is built.

To explore further:

Library — a curated collection of long-form essays
Ideas — developing thoughts and shorter writing
Learn — practical guides and tools from across the work
Work with us — thoughtful partnership for teams and organisations