Business Agility & Organizational Transformation
Helping organizations continuously adapt, align, and evolve — through healthier leadership, evolving ways of working, and adaptive operating models.
Not a one-off programme. A capability you keep building.
One of SeedingEnergy's three areas of focus — the strategic capability we help organizations build to keep adapting, guided by our SPIRAL UP® framework.
Work with usWhy most transformation programs fail
of transformation programs fail to deliver expected results.
Organizations invest to improve performance. They define a strategy. They launch initiatives. They push execution.
Then the environment changes. Priorities shift. Alignment breaks. Execution slows down. Impact fades.
The issue is not the strategy. It is execution in a fast-changing environment.
Most organizations treat transformation as a one-time effort.
Change is continuous. Your operating model must evolve with it.
Where organizations get stuck
Most organizations do not fail because of the framework.
They fail because they change tools. But not how they work.
Agility becomes a layer on top of the existing system.
The system stays the same.
So results stay the same.
The most common mistakes
What is business agility. Really.
Business agility is not a framework. It is not a methodology.
It is your ability to adapt fast. Stay aligned. Deliver value. Even when everything changes.
Most organizations move fast. Few move in the same direction. Speed without alignment creates noise. Not impact.
Business agility depends on three elements:
Adaptation
You respond to change as it happens.
Alignment
Teams move in the same direction.
Value delivery
Work creates real impact.
Miss one, and performance drops.
Transformation isn't a project — it's how healthy organizations operate
Organizational transformation is how organizations evolve to build and sustain adaptability — evolving how teams, leaders, and the operating model work together to create lasting value.
It doesn't have an end date. The organizations that keep up with change treat transformation as an ongoing capability, not a one-off programme.
Growth isn't a project — it's a capability you keep building.
Five repeatable moves we run with your teams
We work alongside your leaders and teams, not above them. Each step is designed to create clarity, alignment, and momentum across leadership, ways of working, and the operating model.
Diagnose the system
Understand the patterns, tensions, and blockers that shape how work really happens.
Align leaders around value
Create shared clarity around purpose, customer impact, decision-making, and priorities.
Redesign ways of working
Improve collaboration, governance, rhythms, roles, and operating-model habits.
Build adaptive teams
Strengthen trust, ownership, learning, and cross-functional collaboration.
Embed learning rhythms
Create practical feedback loops so the organization keeps improving over time.
Who this is for
Organizations that struggle to move from strategy to execution
Teams facing silos between functions or business units
Leaders who want to become more customer-centric
Companies needing stronger leadership alignment
Groups wanting to improve decision-making and collaboration
Organizations feeling stuck in old operating habits
Typical outcomes
Clearer leadership alignment
Stronger customer focus
Faster and better decisions
Improved collaboration across teams
Healthier ways of working
More adaptive and resilient teams
SPIRAL UP® — The adaptive framework behind our transformation work.
Developed by Christophe Martinot from 20+ years of agile transformation work, SPIRAL UP® is the framework that guides our business agility and organizational transformation engagements.
SPIRAL UP® is a framework built from real transformation work. It helps organizations move from stagnation to sustained performance.
It works at three levels: individual, team, and organization. Six principles guide the system.
Growth isn't a project — it's a capability you keep building.
Synergize
Align people and direction.
Provide
Give teams what they need to deliver.
Inspect
Create structured reflection.
Respond
Turn insights into decisions.
Act and Accept
Take action. Accept outcomes.
Learn
Build continuous learning into daily work.
Christophe Martinot
Organizational Transformation Consultant — Creator of SPIRAL UP®
Christophe Martinot is an organizational transformation consultant and creator of SPIRAL UP®. He spent 20+ years in leadership roles at L'Oréal, Danone, Sanofi, Novo Nordisk, and Abbott. He now helps organizations redesign how they operate to adapt, align, and deliver value. He teaches at ESADE and IED Barcelona.
Learn more about the methodology at spiralingup.works
How we work with you
Diagnose
Understand your system and what blocks performance.
Design
Co-create a model that fits your organization.
Activate
Work with your teams to build new habits.
Sustain
Build internal capability to make change last.
Frequently Asked Questions
Agile transformation consulting helps organizations redesign how they operate so they can adapt faster, align teams around outcomes, and deliver real value to customers. A good consultant works on leadership, culture, and the operating model — not just on installing a framework like Scrum or SAFe. At SeedingEnergy we use the SPIRAL UP® framework to make change stick.
Agile transformation consulting is typically scoped per engagement. A team-level intervention (3 to 6 months) starts in the low five figures. Organization-wide transformation (18 to 36 months with leadership coaching, operating-model design, and capability building) is investment-grade. We always start with a free diagnostic conversation so you know the scope and ROI before you commit.
Agility in software development refers to specific practices like Scrum or Kanban applied to project delivery. Business agility is broader. It is the capacity of the entire organization to adapt, respond, and create value in a changing environment. It covers leadership, culture, operating models, and customer focus. Not just development methodology.
There is no fixed timeline. Meaningful change at the team level can happen in 3 to 6 months. Organizational transformation, where culture, leadership, and operating model shift, typically takes 18 to 36 months of sustained effort. The key is consistency, not speed.
There is no fixed timeline. Meaningful change at the team level can happen in 3 to 6 months. Organizational transformation, where culture, leadership, and operating model shift, typically takes 18 to 36 months of sustained effort. The key is consistency, not speed.
No. Frameworks are tools. Useful in context, but not required for every organization. We often work with organizations that use no formal agile framework and still achieve high adaptability through clear purpose, empowered teams, and strong leadership. We choose the approach that fits your context.
SPIRAL UP® is a transformation framework built from real organizational experience. It gives individuals, teams, and organizations a practical model to move from stagnation to sustained performance through six principles: Synergize, Provide, Inspect, Respond, Act and Accept, and Learn.
We are based in Barcelona and work with organizations across Europe, Latin America, the United States, and Asia. We deliver in English, Spanish, and French.
Make agility work in your organization
If your transformation feels slow, fragmented, or unclear, the issue is not effort. It is how the system works. Let's fix that.
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