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We are building successful companies and teams
We are RainFellows and we help companies and their leaders to become more productive and efficient using Agile and Lean methodologies. By engaging people across internal borders, we build a culture of collaboration, openness and better communication.
What is our approach?
Agile and Lean
We fine-tune company processes using Agile and Lean methods. Company as whole obtains ability to gain advantage from unpredictable changes. Agile companies report more satisfied customers (higher NPS) and motivated employees (eNPS).
Strategy and focus
We align teams and management by co-creating strategy together. Long term focus on unique vision, short term execution and quarter strategy evaluation keeps everybody pulling the same end of the rope.
People first
We bring people together and they embrace a change (transformation) of company processes. How? People need to change their mindset and understand why and how the change happens. We elevate company culture from “they have decided” or “I know the best” to the level of WE and TOGETHER.
Experience the RainFellows magic
Agile turnkey transformation
Are you starting or in the middle of an Agile transformation? Or are you looking to restart or shift Agile in your organization? We believe that every company needs to find its own path to Agile. At the same time, it doesn’t need to reinvent the wheel – there are plenty of patterns and answers to the questions that are bothering you. We offer you our 20+ years of experience of what works and doesn’t work. Together, we’ll find the optimal path for your organization and guide you along the way.
Tailor-made development programmes
Leaders are the culture and change agents and the engine of the organization. That’s why they need to be developed systematically. Tailored development programmes that move leaders’ skills and attitudes in the direction the company needs over the long term are ideal for this. At the same time, they must take into account what the leaders and the company are ready for at any given time.
With our years of experience in designing programs using experiential learning principles and models, we will work with you to create a program that maximally immerses participants and leads them to practical hands-on experimentation, reflection and peer-to-peer sharing. Not only will the program have an immediate real impact on people, departments and the company, but it will also help leaders take responsibility for their own development and become co-creators of a stronger company culture that promotes collaboration and innovation.
Experiential workshops
The magic of our experiential workshops on Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Agile Culture and Leadership, Scaling, Lean, Kaizen and everything around them lies in the fact that we experience the ideal state together in the first step, which we then apply to the current situation in your company in the second step.
What people appreciate most about them is the interactivity, playfulness and simplicity of our delivery. As well as sharing our experience of leading several Agile transformations and how people solve specific things in other companies.
Individual coaching
As a leader, do you face new challenges every day and don’t have the opportunity to stop and gain perspective? In our one-on-one coaching, we provide a safe space for you to pause, sort out your thoughts, discuss options and possibly gain an outside perspective.
References
RainFellows are professionals with really diverse skillsets that a lot of the growing companies really need. With RainFellows we’ve been able to introduce Agile software development and the Agile way of managing the whole company. This was a crucial part of what we needed in order to transform from a local to a global company.
Petr Svoboda Owner, ShopSys
„Summer 2013 RainFellows coaches were hosting a great one-day workshop for my team on the agile practices. It was really an eye-opener for most of the team-members and helped us to start our journey into agile world. Their approach was both out-of-the-box and inspiring. I would recommend their service to anybody thinking of moving ahead with agile transformations.”
Mikko Arjanmaa IT Development Manager, UPM Raflatac
„Our managers attended a set of workshops with RainFellows to (re)start the Agile way of working, then we had the Agile transformation in our pilot team and from that point on we’ve worked together via mentoring and strategic problem-solving workshops focused on specific topics. The result is much better alignment between R&D and Product management, we have our architecture and also organisational framework ready. It also helped us discover the need for a new key role and roadmapping process. Thanks to all these workshops and discussions we now have a lot of valuable outcomes we can work with going forward.”
Marek Novotný R&D Director, ComAp
„Thanks to the collaboration with RainFellows we’ve created a new organisational model, based on Spotify that is now described in our internal Agile Playbook. They helped us in defining new roles (PO, Agile coach, Tribe Lead, Tech Lead, Chapter Lead) in the Agile organisation and they helped us with the hiring process for Agile coach. They were with us when we kicked off our new Squads and through mentoring they supported our internal Agile coaches and other key roles (Tribe leads, B-1, and Product owners).”
Ondřej Klamt CTO, Rohlík
We have worked with RainFellows when building our team of Scrum Masters, setting up open communication in our company and also when we needed our people to experience Agile on one of their practical workshops. I appreciate their ability to give direct feedback whenever the situation requires it. They always share their observations followed by best practices. Their positive attitude and enthusiasm are a great inspiration for us.
Miloš Ohlídal Head of R&D ITS CZ, Siemens Mobility, s.r.o.
The guys at RainFellows beautifully combine the technical/knowledge side of things with the art of working with and for people. The result of cooperation does not mean only inspiration “how to do it”, but a real delivery of change. After all, they are “friends in the rain, aren’t they”:) My last experience was consulting with Jan on the company-wide offsite program. We refined the goals together and then designed the individual parts in every detail, including timing, potential bottlenecks or ideas for gamification. Thanks for the frantic efficiency.
Martin BazalaCEO, Raynet
When we were looking for a supplier that would help us understand what the Agile way of working means, we found RainFellows. And it was an incredibly useful discovery – they work in a playful interactive way thanks to which you understand principles of Scrum, Lean, what is Kanban, and much more. We value their positive approach and the energy they put into their work. They really understand Agile and also have a lot of experience, not only from the IT world. Everything they do is always tailored to our needs, we have fine-tuned a lot of activities iteratively so even what they deliver is done in an agile way. Participants of the courses, workshops, and mentoring meetings now have the desire to work in an agile way. I would recommend RainFellows to every company that is serious about their Agile transformation and wants real experts that will help along the way.
Eva Jedličková Guarantor of the Agile Academy, Česká spořitelna
Thanks to guys from RainFellows Agile project management has become one of the cornerstones of our company culture. Without them it would take us additional 10 years.
Tomáš VránekCEO, ICE industrial services
We have been cooperating with RainFellows for quite long time. They help us to improve our Agile software delivery for our Scandinavian customers. I really appreciate their ability to trigger “aha effects”, they align different people around same goal and they are able to decompose complex issues into small, executable steps with strong positive impact.
Petr Janiurek Senior Project Manager, Tieto
About two years ago I started in a department that was in a very gloomy mood. Today the department is twice as big, full of people with great energy. For all that I thank RainFellows. They are not only there for you for the Agile transformation but it’s obvious that they are able to dive deep into any topic from the organisational and company leadership and help you deal with it well.
David PěknicGroup Head of R&D, Fortuna Game a.s.
Lean&Agile coaches provided their experience and tools when Faurecia decided to build an Agile software development team to create a new Just-In-Time solution for their production plants. As a result we got: autonomous distributed Agile development team in 3 months, team productivity increased by 50% in 5 months, development team integrated into the end-to-end value chain, sustainability – continuous improvement built into daily work.
Philippe Hocqueloux Manager, Faurecia
“I would like to thank you for the wonderful day you’ve spent with us. Even on the day after I was still talking to a couple of people about what kind of a “non/training” it was. Everyone and I really mean 100%, was thrilled 🙂 What made people so enthusiastic about it was the funny and relaxed way of doing it, the way they achieved the result by themselves, with their own decisions. At the same time, they had the opportunity to see the real consequences of the changes they made. Also, people now have the drive to change things based on what we created as outputs in the second part of the training. So we’re going to do it”
Petr Fučík Director of Data division, Copy General
After experience from your Lego Car game we started iniciatives which resulted in reduced lead time of certain production from 42 days to 28 days, heavy stock reduction, almost double productivity, … and financially speaking we start seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. The Lean Game was the perfect experience with the perfect timing !!!
Dirk StrooCEO, ArcelorMittal Frýdek-Místek
It’s not easy to explain Agile principles and techniques, really. It has to be experienced. And that is happening during RainFellows workshop in very interactive and interesting way. RainFellows are positive, full of energy and the most importantly – they deeply understand the topic. They are professionals. Thanks!
Petr MašekFuture Bank Accelerator, Česká spořitelna
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