We connect your strategy to your delivery teams

Teams can follow agile processes and still miss the mark. Agilicist ensures what gets delivered truly reflects your strategic vision.

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Agile methodologies help your teams build things the right way - Agilicist ensures they build the right thing!

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OUR APROACH

Turn strategic intent into actionable work so teams build what matters, not just what’s next.

Even with smart teams and strong agile delivery practices, many organisations still face the same issue: what’s being delivered doesn’t match what leadership actually wants.

Too often, teams work from the bottom up, building features and then retrofitting them to the strategy.

There are two main causes:

1. Strategy isn’t clearly communicated and traceable

2. Objectives aren’t measurable

This creates a disconnect between the boardroom and the backlog. We fix that disconnect

We work directly with your C-suite or strategic leaders to translate vision and goals into clear, outcome-focused objectives. No jargon, just what success actually looks like.

For example: Instead of “grow market share,” we help define, “Increase SME client acquisition by 20% in 12 months.”

2. Structure Strategy as OKRs and KPIs

We help convert strategic intent into measurable OKRs and KPIs, not for reporting theatre, but to give real guidance to teams and programme management.

These become the foundation for aligned decision-making and prioritisation.

3. Build Aligned Backlogs

With measurable objectives in place, we work with product leaders and programme managers to create strategically aligned backlogs: themes, epics, features and even user stories that directly support the top-level goals.

This stops random delivery, dark work and pet projects.

1.Define Measurable Strategy

4. Create Organisational Transparency

We make strategy visible across the business - from senior leadership to delivery teams - so everyone understands what’s important and why.

When strategy is transparent, teams can self-align. When it’s hidden, they guess.

5. Enable Executive Communication

We support leaders in communicating strategy to the rest of the organisation, not just once, but continuously. This ensures alignment isn’t a one-time event, but an ongoing conversation.

We’ve found in many organisations, just because you tell the teams the strategy, it doesn’t mean they remember it. We fix that.

Our Partnerships

"Agilicist didn't just change our practices, they changed our culture"

Gary Gallagher

Director of Product

Source: Google Reviews

CASE STUDIES

88%

Increase in Delivery Predictability

187%

Faster TTM (time to market)

96%

of staff either happy or very happy in their roles

100%

New platform delivered on-time and on budget

70%

Work done by teams is traceable to the strategy

£13bn

Assets Migrated

THE METHOD

UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEM BEFORE YOU TRY TO CHANGE IT.

We go deep on your delivery process to understand
what’s working, what’s blocking, and what’s hidden.
The goal? Insight that provides the clarity to drive smart, focused change.

WE STABILISE THE SYSTEM SO STRATEGY FLOWS INTO DELIVERY.

We bring stability by connecting your strategy to how teams work day-to-day. That means less firefighting, clearer priorities, and more momentum - with everyone pulling in the same direction

WE HELP YOU OPTIMISE, RESPOND, AND DELIVER AT PACE.

Speed is built on clarity and alignment.
Like any high-performance engine, your delivery system needs tuning - calibrated and refined over time to stay sharp, fast, and adaptive in a world that won’t sit still.

Adapt

Align

Accelerate

STRATEGIC INSIGHTS

We help you turn strategic intent into focused, high-impact execution - so your teams deliver real outcomes that directly map to and drive your organisation’s objectives, not just activity. If you want to find out how we do this, explore our content to gain valuable insights into the ever-changing, fast-paced digital world.

Why Great Strategies Die in Delivery

Most strategies don’t fail in the boardroom: they fail in translation. Across UK tech, leaders are crafting strong strategic visions only to watch them unravel during execution. The culprit isn’t ambition; it’s alignment. This article explores the four silent killers of delivery - miscommunication, misalignment, mis-coordination, and mis-adaptation - and outlines how top-performing companies turn strategy into a living system that drives real results.

Darren Emery

4 min read

Handshake in front of agile team and scrum board

When the Best Vendor Isn’t the One That Delivers

You picked a top vendor. The contract’s signed. But your roadmap still slips, customers complain, and your teams burn out. The problem isn’t price or features - it’s delivery capability. Learn how to surface it before you commit.

Darren Emery

6 min read

Empty executive boardroom table with laptop, representing post-consultancy handover phase.

What Happens After the Big Consultancy Leaves

When the big consultancy leaves, your real work begins. Most transformations don’t fail in the boardroom - they fail in the handover. This is your guide to turning glossy decks into operational momentum, one 90-day plan at a time.

Darren Emery

8 min read

European Ryder Cup golf team lifting trophy after 2025 win.

Win Together, Finish Together: Why Early Cultural Investment Buys You Resilience

When Europe won the Ryder Cup on American soil, it wasn’t just about golf. It was a masterclass in how culture and systems combine to create resilience. Here’s what executives can learn about building fast starts, trust, and buffers that withstand late-stage pressure.

Darren Emery

5 min read

Football academy players training alongside a business team collaborating in an office, representing talent pipelines.

Talent Isn’t Hired, It’s Built: What Scaleups Can Learn from Football

Mid-sized UK firms say they ‘can’t get the talent.’ But this isn’t an HR problem - it’s a strategy problem. Just like football clubs that build academies outperform those that only buy stars, businesses that design better jobs, embed learning, and hire for adaptability scale faster and lose fewer people. Talent shortages vanish when you treat talent as a system, not a shopping list.

Darren Emery

6 min read

THE AGILE KICK-ABOUT

Debating all things Agile with special guest speakers!

If you would like to join us and have a specific topic you would like to debate with us please get in touch!

Get in touch

Channel

The Agile Kickabout - Is Big Room Planning a waste of time???

30:17

The Collaborative Culture in Agile is Flawed!!!

40:44

39:12

We connect your strategy to your delivery teams

Teams can follow agile processes and still miss the mark. Agilicist ensures what gets delivered truly reflects your strategic vision.

OUR APROACH

Turn strategic intent into actionable work so teams build what matters, not just what’s next.

For example: Instead of “grow market share,” we help define, “Increase SME client acquisition by 20% in 12 months.”

2. Structure Strategy as OKRs and KPIs

These become the foundation for aligned decision-making and prioritisation.

3. Build Aligned Backlogs

This stops random delivery, dark work and pet projects.

1.Define Measurable Strategy

4. Create Organisational Transparency

When strategy is transparent, teams can self-align. When it’s hidden, they guess.

5. Enable Executive Communication

We’ve found in many organisations, just because you tell the teams the strategy, it doesn’t mean they remember it. We fix that.

Our Partnerships

"Agilicist didn't just change our practices, they changed our culture"

CASE STUDIES

THE METHOD

UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEM BEFORE YOU TRY TO CHANGE IT.

We go deep on your delivery process to understand what’s working, what’s blocking, and what’s hidden. The goal? Insight that provides the clarity to drive smart, focused change.

WE STABILISE THE SYSTEM SO STRATEGY FLOWS INTO DELIVERY.

We bring stability by connecting your strategy to how teams work day-to-day. That means less firefighting, clearer priorities, and more momentum - with everyone pulling in the same direction

WE HELP YOU OPTIMISE, RESPOND, AND DELIVER AT PACE.

Speed is built on clarity and alignment. Like any high-performance engine, your delivery system needs tuning - calibrated and refined over time to stay sharp, fast, and adaptive in a world that won’t sit still.

Adapt

Align

Accelerate

STRATEGIC INSIGHTS

Why Great Strategies Die in Delivery

When the Best Vendor Isn’t the One That Delivers

What Happens After the Big Consultancy Leaves

Win Together, Finish Together: Why Early Cultural Investment Buys You Resilience

Talent Isn’t Hired, It’s Built: What Scaleups Can Learn from Football

THE AGILE KICK-ABOUT

The Agile Kickabout - Is Big Room Planning a waste of time???

The Collaborative Culture in Agile is Flawed!!!

Agile Outside of Tech

We go deep on your delivery process to understand
what’s working, what’s blocking, and what’s hidden.
The goal? Insight that provides the clarity to drive smart, focused change.

Speed is built on clarity and alignment.
Like any high-performance engine, your delivery system needs tuning - calibrated and refined over time to stay sharp, fast, and adaptive in a world that won’t sit still.