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They respond rationally to the system they are standing in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ks-sub\">The last mile is the distance between a decision being made and anyone acting on it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ks-hero-cta\"><a class=\"ks-btn pri\" href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/kubair\/virtualtea?back=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find where your decisions stall: book 20 minutes<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ks-tag\">Enterprise &middot; Community &middot; Governance<\/p>\n<div class=\"ks-clients\"><span class=\"lab\">Worked with<\/span>\n<p class=\"lst\">Novartis&nbsp;&middot; Bayer&nbsp;&middot; Sandoz&nbsp;&middot; JTI&nbsp;&middot; Vodafone&nbsp;&middot; T-Mobile&nbsp;&middot; LUSH&nbsp;&middot; NHS&nbsp;&middot; Croydon Council&nbsp;&middot; Westminster City Council<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:42%\">\n<div class=\"ks-panel\">\n<div class=\"hd\">Measured outcomes <span>JTI &middot; Novartis &middot; Croydon Council<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"r ba\"><i>Cross-functional collaboration<em>JTI, eleven markets<\/em><\/i><b>82%<\/b><span class=\"pair\">of survey respondents report better collaboration across functions. Global benchmark: 59%<sup>1<\/sup>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"r ba\"><i>Digital product delivery cycles<em>Novartis, three continents<\/em><\/i><b>2&ndash;4 wk<\/b><span class=\"pair\">Down from 6&ndash;9 months.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"r ba\"><i>AI use cases, first products piloted with service teams<em>Croydon Council<\/em><\/i><b>6 wk<\/b><span class=\"pair\">From a starting point of 114 stalled use cases.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"src\"><sup>1<\/sup> Digital.ai, State of Agile report, 2023 (global benchmark).<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ks-featured\"><span class=\"lab\">Featured in<\/span><div class=\"its\"><span class=\"it\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cutter.com\/article\/using-mobius-grow-micro-entrepreneurs-pakistan-503111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cutter Consortium<\/a><\/span><span class=\"it\"><a href=\"https:\/\/startupsmagazine.co.uk\/article-how-launch-successful-startup-using-agility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Startups Magazine<\/a><\/span><span class=\"it\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.managementtoday.co.uk\/ceos-become-activists\/leadership-lessons\/article\/1828688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Management Today<\/a><\/span><span class=\"it\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustryleaders.org\/post\/kubair-shirazee-on-how-to-navigate-uncertainty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Industry Leaders<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ks-strip ks-wide\" id=\"ks-strip\"><b>Fri 23 Oct &middot; 12:30&ndash;13:30 BST<\/b><span>Three Teams. Two Countries. Four Weeks. No Budget.<\/span><span class=\"by\">Hosted by Peace Through Prosperity<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/luma.com\/a2so97xe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Details &rarr;<\/a><\/div>\n<script>(function(){var s=document.getElementById(\"ks-strip\");if(s&&Date.now()>Date.UTC(2026,9,23,12,30)){s.style.display=\"none\";}})();<\/script>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns ks-scene ks-wide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:34%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The spark is always there. It just needs the right conditions.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In January 2025 I sat with a room of young people in the Baqa&#8217;a refugee camp in Jordan. Every one of them had been told, in all the ways a system tells you without saying it out loud, that work was not coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the end of the day they were pitching businesses to each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nothing about them had changed in six hours. The conditions around them had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People do not resist change. They respond rationally to the system they are standing in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns ks-pair ks-wide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Different rooms, same problem. Decisions are not flowing, accountability is blurred, and the people closest to the problem have the least influence over the solution.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"ks-callout wp-block-paragraph\">A decision system is the combination of governance, accountability and collaboration patterns that determines how an organisation actually functions, regardless of what the org chart says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Twenty years, three continents, one recurring failure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For over twenty years I have worked as an enterprise transformation leader inside organisations where that system had quietly stopped working: Novartis, Bayer, Sandoz, JTI, Westminster City Council, Croydon Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Three domains, one problem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ks-cards ks-wide\"><div class=\"ks-card\"><img class=\"pic wp-image-5257\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kubair-shirazee-enterprise-transformation-workshop-wall.jpg\" alt=\"A team clustering sticky notes on an office wall under the headings What is working well and What is not working well\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kubair-shirazee-enterprise-transformation-workshop-wall.jpg 900w, https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kubair-shirazee-enterprise-transformation-workshop-wall-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kubair-shirazee-enterprise-transformation-workshop-wall-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kubair-shirazee-enterprise-transformation-workshop-wall-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span class=\"kicker\">Enterprise &middot; Croydon Council<\/span><h3>Decision systems and AI<\/h3><p>I redesign the decision systems behind execution in regulated, high-pressure environments. AI does not create organisational problems. It timestamps the ones already there.<\/p><span class=\"fig\"><b>6 wk<\/b>from stalled to the first AI products piloted<\/span><\/div><div class=\"ks-card\"><img class=\"pic wp-image-5260\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/peace-through-prosperity-empathy-mapping-baqaa-jordan-v2.jpg\" alt=\"Two facilitators on an empathy map in Arabic and English at a Peace Through Prosperity workshop in Baqa&rsquo;a, Jordan\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/peace-through-prosperity-empathy-mapping-baqaa-jordan-v2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/peace-through-prosperity-empathy-mapping-baqaa-jordan-v2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/peace-through-prosperity-empathy-mapping-baqaa-jordan-v2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/peace-through-prosperity-empathy-mapping-baqaa-jordan-v2-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span class=\"kicker\">Community &middot; eight countries<\/span><h3>A social innovation lab<\/h3><p><a href=\"https:\/\/bringptp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peace Through Prosperity<\/a>, self-funded and co-founded with my wife Sahar. Everything we validate, we open source.<\/p><span class=\"fig\"><b>4,000+<\/b>micro-entrepreneurs since 2012<\/span><\/div><div class=\"ks-card\"><img class=\"pic wp-image-5261\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kubair-shirazee-keynote-agile-saturday-tallinn-2024.jpg\" alt=\"Kubair Shirazee speaking at Agile Saturday Tallinn 2024 in front of a word cloud of crises such as war and recession\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kubair-shirazee-keynote-agile-saturday-tallinn-2024.jpg 900w, https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kubair-shirazee-keynote-agile-saturday-tallinn-2024-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kubair-shirazee-keynote-agile-saturday-tallinn-2024-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/kubair-shirazee-keynote-agile-saturday-tallinn-2024-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span class=\"kicker\">Governance &middot; Better Government<\/span><h3>When institutions stop holding<\/h3><p>Better Government, a think tank on civic governance I co-founded, and a framework for diagnosing how communities are hollowed out &#8212; the same principles applied to civic engagement and adaptive policy.<\/p><span class=\"fig\"><b>5 + 50<\/b>pillars, and resistance strategies<span class=\"credit\">Photograph: Rait Tuulas<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Redesign it and things move. Whether the system is a Fortune 500 or a street market in a conflict zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ks-cards ks-bio\"><div class=\"ks-card\" style=\"border:0;padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kubair-Shirazee-Enterprise-Transformation-Leader-256x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Kubair Shirazee, enterprise transformation leader\" width=\"153\" height=\"179\"><\/div><div class=\"ks-card\" style=\"border:0;padding:0;justify-content:center\"><p>The same approach that moved decisions across eleven markets at JTI helped Akram, a barber in Karachi, go from \u20ac2.88 a day to a barber shop with four people on the payroll in 9 months. The metrics prove it works. The stories prove it matters.<\/p><p style=\"margin-top:.9rem\"><a class=\"ks-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/enterprise-transformation-leader\/\">The longer version<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ks-hero-cta\"><a class=\"ks-btn pri\" href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/kubair\/virtualtea?back=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Book 20 minutes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keynotes and workshops<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ks-keys ks-wide\">\n<div class=\"copy\"><p class=\"ks-sub\">An opening keynote at Agile Estonia, a keynote at Lean Agile London, and workshops run with teams in eleven markets.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"btns\"><a class=\"ks-btn pri\" href=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/public-speaking\/\">Speaking topics and past sessions<\/a><a class=\"ks-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/transformation-workshops\/\">Agile transformation workshops<\/a><a class=\"ks-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/kubair-shirazee-agile-leadership-media\/\">The full press record<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns ks-latest ks-wide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading ks-recent-h\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/agilesociety\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t<strong>Recent Articles<\/strong>\n\t<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-3 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-0d5c60d9 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-5608 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-agilesociety\">\n<figure class=\"ks-figure-block wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/ur\/agilesociety\/ai-redundancies-ai-makes-them-visible\/\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ai-redundancies-card-wall-feature.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ai-redundancies-card-wall-feature.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ai-redundancies-card-wall-feature-300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ai-redundancies-card-wall-feature-15x12.jpeg 15w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-lead-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/ur\/agilesociety\/ai-redundancies-ai-makes-them-visible\/\" target=\"_self\">AI does not create redundancies. It makes them visible.<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-10-20T06:00:00+00:00\">20 \u0627\u06a9\u062a\u0648\u0628\u0631 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-5601 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-agilesociety category-agile-transformation category-prioritisation-and-decisions\">\n<figure class=\"ks-figure-block wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/ur\/agile-transformation\/discovery-phase\/\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/discovery-phase-stale-wall.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/discovery-phase-stale-wall.png 500w, https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/discovery-phase-stale-wall-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/discovery-phase-stale-wall-15x12.png 15w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-lead-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/ur\/agile-transformation\/discovery-phase\/\" target=\"_self\">Discovery dies of old age<\/a><\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2026-10-13T07:00:00+00:00\">13 \u0627\u06a9\u062a\u0648\u0628\u0631 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-5580 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-agilesociety category-ai-and-decision-systems category-prioritisation-and-decisions\">\n<figure class=\"ks-figure-block wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/ur\/agilesociety\/ai-operating-model\/\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ai-operating-model-governance-trap.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ai-operating-model-governance-trap.png 500w, https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ai-operating-model-governance-trap-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ai-operating-model-governance-trap-15x12.png 15w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-lead-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kubairshirazee.com\/ur\/agilesociety\/ai-operating-model\/\" target=\"_self\">The pilot worked. 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