This article is a modified version of my original Collaborate to Innovate - 5 tips to help you and your team work-from-home post in LinkedIn.

We live and work in times of extraordinary and unpredictable change that can disrupt daily life and threaten business survival. Often we think of disruption as being caused by technological advancement or radical new business models, but as we’ve all experienced it can just as easily come from natural disasters (such as the Christchurch or Kaikoura earthquakes) or pandemics.

New Zealand IT consultancy Equinox IT has become a Training Partner and Forerunner Member of the DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA).

Last week I presented on the topic 'Digital business analysis - thinking differently in the age of digital disruption' at the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) meet-up in Wellington.

Certified Scrum Trainer Rowan Bunning and Equinox IT have a new training course Advanced Certified ScrumMaster that is now available in New Zealand.

Shane Ross introduced Daniel Scott-Raynsford of IAG New Zealand at our client event a couple of weeks ago, and in the process he provided some context on why we approached IAG to speak. Many examples of successful DevOps, Agile and Cloud adoption focus on start-up and high-growth companies who are able to bake in these approaches from the start, unencumbered by legacy technology, strict regulatory controls and deep-rooted structures and ways of working.