Agile transformation workshops that change how teams decide and deliver
I design and run workshops that start with your real work, not a slide deck. We put it on the wall, find where it stalls, and change how it is decided, prioritised and delivered while everyone is in the room.
Most teams do not have a knowledge problem. They have a design problem. Nobody is slow on purpose. They are slow because nobody is sure it is their call.
Kubair Shirazee runs in-person agile transformation workshops for leadership teams, delivery teams and programmes. Formats range from two- to four-hour single-topic sessions to one- or two-day bootcamps and a months-long internal enabler programme. Each works on your own live work. Two AI workshops are new. If you need someone to lead the change rather than run a session, see enterprise transformation leadership, or explore AgiliTea.
Decisions stall when nobody is sure whose call it is. These sessions put your real decisions on the wall and settle who owns them.
One day · About 20 people
Decision system tune-up
A leadership or cross-functional team carrying more work than it has capacity for.
We set the conditions for sound decisions, make the current system visible, test prioritisation under pressure with live work, and agree who owns what. Optional group coaching follows over about four weeks. It introduces no new tool.
You leave with
A shared language for decisions
Clear ownership and honest capacity
A named owner for each decision
…more discipline in planning, clearer ownership, and more honest decision-making.
Faysal Al Ansari, Country Sales Manager, JTI
New · One day · Leadership team
Deciding where AI belongs
Leaders who need to decide which decisions AI may inform, draft or never touch.
We map your real decisions, sort them by risk, speed and reversibility, and try two of them on live work with your own tools. You name a human owner for each one.
You leave with
A one-page decision-rights map
Two experiments to run, with owners
A review rhythm for the next 30 days
New format. I have run it once with a client, as a half-day session.
When the aim is a lasting capability rather than a single day.
One day · Cohorts
Agile and systems thinking day
Universities, community programmes and teams that want the thinking before the tools.
Participants read the system around them, find where it is stuck and plan one small change. Empathy maps, the Johari window and the Stacey matrix do the work.
Small groups. Real work on the wall. One decision made before lunch. A facilitator who will say when something is not working.
People most often ask for more time and more practice, so where the budget allows I recommend two days. No new software is needed: we use the boards, documents and tools your team already has.
A Numu Lite session in Karachi: small groups, real work on the table.
From the room
Short clips from sessions in Luanda, Amman and Egypt.
Luanda, Angola, 2025. Participants at an agile bootcamp.
Amman, Jordan. A participant, four months after the bootcamp.
Participant feedback, Cairo, Egypt, October 2024. Agile Jumpstart workshop.
Teams I have worked with include
What participants say
“He led the workshop with empathy, challenged existing mindsets constructively, and built trust across teams.”
Emily Ghanem SahyounCluster Procurement Lead, Middle East Northwest Africa
“He exuded passion & enthusiasm, not just for his area of expertise but for helping others build their understanding &
knowledge… The work he and the team led really made a difference on our journey.”
Becky ChapmanChief Digital & Innovation Officer, Westminster City Council
“Kubair worked comfortably from the factory floor to senior leadership conversations.”
Akram HebeshaPeople and Culture Director, JTI
“Kubair brings clarity where systems are under pressure. He helped local leadership and functional teams sharpen prioritisation, reduce decision latency, and strengthen ownership across markets, without adding bureaucracy or process overhead.”
Vitalija KanevičienėGM, Vice President, Middle East & Shisha, JTI
“Kubair combines systems thinking with deep respect for local context and delivers capability that lasts. I would strongly recommend him to organisations building resilient leadership capability in complex environments.”
Paulo VeigaVice President General Management, JTI
Questions about agile transformation workshops
How long is an agile transformation workshop?
Most formats run one day. Bootcamps run one or two days, single-topic sessions take two to four hours, and the enabler programme runs over months.
Do we need new software?
No. I use the tools your team already has, including for the AI workshops.
How many people can attend?
About 20 works best for the one-day formats. For larger groups I run the session in cohorts.
Where do you run them?
I have run sessions across Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, the UK and the USA. Every one was in person. Transformation does not work remotely, and I do not pretend it does.
Are the AI workshops proven?
They are new. The decision-making and team-agreement methods inside them are not. I have run both formats with a client, the leaders’ one as a half-day session. I will tell you plainly what has and has not been tested before you commit.
What do we need to prepare?
One real piece of work per team, and the people who make the decisions.
Tell me what you are trying to change
A short conversation is enough to tell whether an agile transformation workshop would help, and which one. I am happy to talk it through over a virtual brew. The workshop itself is always in person.
