The Agile Leadership Collective 

Crisis is the mother of invention, or as Plato's Republic said: "our need will be the real creator".

During the COVID crisis, most organisations found themselves scrambling.  We had to throw the rule book out the window and figure out how to best work together, iterating day by day, week by week. We worked adaptively, across silos, to achieve the most important things for our customers.

While we worked remotely and collaborated digitally, many of us had to manage multiple competing priorities across our home and work lives. Not only did we get out work done, but in many cases we were more innovative and creative, resulting in better outcomes.  
 

Many firms are now wondering how they can leverage this experience, now that the worst of COVID seems to be over. 
 

Our September Agile Leadership Collective meeting aims to bring the community together to share what we have collectively learned and how we might apply this to improve our organisations.  How can we capture the innovation that came from this crisis and share this for everyone’s benefit?
 

Wendy Paul

Director of Purpose, Fonterra

Wendy Paul - Wendy is currently the Director of Purpose at Fonterra. Her personal purpose is to build organisational capabilities in anticipating and responding to challenges presented by a constantly changing and unpredictable world environment. She is an executive with a passion for tackling global organisational challenges and delivering improved performance outcomes through cultural change. 

Wendy's focus is on delivering pragmatic, effective and efficient solutions aligned to the desired long term results and outcomes. She believes that shifting leadership mindsets and behaviours are critical to transforming functions including governance, customer services, sales operations, supply chain and crisis/risk management.    

Antony Hall

Head Of Organisational Effectiveness, Auckland Transport

Antony Hall - Antony is currently the Head Of Organisational Effectiveness at Auckland Transport. Antony firmly believes that great employee experiences lead to great customer experiences which in turn lead to real business outcomes.

Antony has had extensive Human Resources, Talent, Employee Experience, Recruitment, Analytics and HRIS experience in both private and public sector organisations. He's passionate about the future of work, and how organisations can set themselves up for the future. He combines his HR knowledge and system implementation background with Design Thinking mindset to bring new strategies of change into the organisation.