An experienced digital workplace implementation expert and adviser on workplace agility who has delivered complex projects for large organisations all around the world
Cerys is driven to create new organisational realities through practical action. Frustrated by the traditional consulting model that leaves behind too many slides and not enough change, she is on a mission to create delivery practices that focus on value, action and visible evolution within large, complex orgs.
She loves to continually address new challenges, crossing disciplines to bring innovative approaches to organisational transformation.
She specialises in bringing clarity to complex, emerging environments through sharing ideas and approaches as an educator, coaching, role modelling & advocating for new ways of working, as well as breaking down impossible goals into manageable pieces and just getting started.
Natural habitat:
Under the sea, scuba diving with sharks
Obsessions:
Coffee, books and shipwrecks
Bad habit:
Bringing too much reality to a room full of creative thinkers
Interests:
Wild swimming, scuba diving, hiking coastal paths
Selected Blog Posts
Creating Psychological Safety in Hybrid Teams
In 2012, Google published the results of Project Aristotle - an in-depth analysis of the conditions needed for a team to be successful. It has led team leaders to re-evaluate the culture and environment they create. Organisations are discussing how to leverage the...
The Cadence of Accountability
One of the first changes a team notices when making the move from traditional ways of working to something more agile and flexible, is how often the words accountable, responsible and ownership crop up in team discussions. Often used interchangeably, they soon become...
Business agile is a system, not a methodology
An increasing number of non-technology projects are set up to run agile (small 'a'). They recognise the futility of trying to replicate pure Agile or Scrum projects and instead need to pick and choose the ways of working and elements that fit their needs (see Lee's...
Transformation is being held back by learned helplessness
In this post, lead consultant Cerys Hearsey explores the barriers created by end-users learned helplessness with Enterprise Social Tools. In 2017, the enterprise collaboration space started to polarise around two approaches - the simplicity and focus on...
Innovation labs are failing. What comes next?
Innovation labs operating at the edge of a company, focusing solely on innovation and R&D were at the height of popularity just a year or so ago, but are now closing at an ever-increasing rate. These siloed, trendy workspaces, that have little contact with the...
Enterprise-wide Agility: Doing versus Being
“Doing agile is a set of activities, but being agile is the state of mind, the ongoing capability, and the cultural adaptability.” ― Pearl Zhu, Digital Agility: The Rocky Road from Doing Agile to Being Agile When working with global firms seeking to inject agility...