Agile was never meant to be implemented.
If you've tried "agile" and it didn’t deliver, you're not alone. Many teams are “going through the motions” but not seeing results. Does any of this sound familiar?
Someone outside your team defines your processes or you need approval to deviate from the established enterprise standards.
Your team's processes and meetings have multiplied while clarity has diminished.
Collaboration only occurs when the team is complaining about how they work.
Priorities are unclear and you're still expected to deliver everything by a fixed date.
You deliver more frequently, but you still don't know if your customers are happy.
These aren't a failure of agile. They are a failure of context, culture, and coaching.
Agile didn’t start with frameworks and processes. It began with questions and curiosity. Before the Agile Manifesto was signed—before Scrum, SAFe, and certifications turned it into an industry—there were bold teams challenging assumptions and testing ideas.
That’s the spirit we bring to your organization.
At OnBelay, we help you build the conditions where real agility thrives—where teams are empowered to explore, adapt, and grow. Because agility is not a set of practices, but a mindset of fearless curiosity and the willingness to let go of what no longer serves you.
Agile isn’t the goal. It’s the way forward.
Coaching
Team-based, day-to-day application of the agile principles to your specific context. Activities may include: making work visible, establishing team cadence, capturing meaningful metrics, building stakeholder relationships, defining acceptance criteria, etc.
Baseline workshops that create alignment on the meaning of all these words being thrown around like agile, kanban, lean, etc. You keep using that word...
Skills workshops that teach teams how to discover and deliver customer-centric solutions. Some possible topics: story mapping, story writing, opportunity strategy trees, stakeholder mapping, collaboration contracts, empathy mapping, writing gherkin, etc.
Facilitation
Exploring, defining and agreeing to Strategic Intents, as well as implementing structures for effective Strategy Deployment.
Using autonomy, safety, and structure to model kick-A$$ collaboration. Teach others the tools, tips, and practices that are essential for running effective meetings and retros.
Hosting Open Space Technology events to create environments where all voices are heard so that innovation can flourish.
One-on-One Mentoring
Executives and Managers: help leaders build the conditions where agility can thrive—a culture of continuous learning, clear priorities, and informed risk-taking
Emerging leaders: mentor folks who are transitioning from practitioner to leader
Disgruntled Early Adopters: support valuable employees who have been struggling to bring about change and are fed up with the slow pace
Resistors: listen to those who seem resistant to change and find ways for them to feel safe and in control of what’s happening to them