I recently attended UXDX USA 2025 in New York. As I talked to various Product Owners, I thought to myself: If I were a manager in a large enterprise right now, I’d probably be pretty frustrated. Not because large enterprises lack smart people. Not because they don’t care about innovation, or are dying to use AI but don’t know how. But because everything feels too risky, too slow, too buried in legacy systems and approval chains that turn even the smallest idea into a multi-departmental odyssey.
Innovation, LLMs, adding in AI? Those are buzzwords put on slide decks. When it comes time to act, reality sets in: compliance restrictions, legacy tech, siloed teams, and a fear of breaking things that still technically “work.”
So what do you do?
You pivot.
You partner with an agency. Not just any agency, but one like ours at AgilityFeat that knows how to move fast without breaking trust. One that knows how to play outside the sandbox so you can reinvent what’s inside it. One that can deliver you from frustration to innovation.
Enterprise Transformation Journey: From Frustration to Innovation
The Skunkworks Approach: Building Outside the Blockers
We start with a small skunkworks team. One tight-knit, focused, and unshackled by the usual enterprise gravity. Imagine a team without:
- Endless access control setups
- 20-step procurement gates
- “We’ve always done it this way” inertia
Instead, we run lean. We build fast. We deliver value early. We create proof, not promises.
The Tricky Bit: Bringing Everyone Along
Moving fast is the easy part. The hard part is bringing the rest of the organization along for the ride. Prototypes alone won’t cut it. What’s needed is real change.
At first, we relied on the existing awareness of the need for change. With our skunkworks team, we built desire, excitement and support for innovation through tangible wins.
The next phase requires knowledge: how to change, how to navigate internal roadblocks, and how to scale what works. This must be complemented by the ability to implement new skills, new behaviors, and new mindsets across the organization.
This phase of the transformation requires small wins, with tangible results that demonstrate value and deliver trust. This looks different for each enterprise, but perhaps it might be a working prototype integrated with legacy systems and adopted by a pilot team. For others, a measurable improvement in delivery speed or user satisfaction. The key is to create visible progress that others can rally behind.
Rebuilding from Within
Once we prove the concept, prove it can scale and win trust, it’s time to fold it back into the enterprise.
This is where we focus on reinforcement ensuring the change sticks and becomes part of how things are done. It’s not just about delivering new tech. It’s about demonstrating that change is possible, valuable, and sustainable at scale.
We bring the wins. We bring the learnings. We bring the good back into the structure processes that work, technology that scales, and culture shifts that last. This isn’t innovation theater, it is transformation with purpose and strategy.
The Final Stage: Accelerating the Chrysalis
True transformation happens when change becomes part of the organization’s DNA; when the enterprise begins to metabolize it. Innovation becomes the norm, not the exception. Red tape gives way to intelligent governance. And most importantly, other teams start to champion change themselves, aligning their efforts with the broader strategy and mission of the organization.
This is the final stage of the chrysalis. Not just evolving a product. But evolving the organization.
Let’s get unstuck.
Partner with a company that knows how to push boundaries, move fast, and build bridges back to your core. Because innovation shouldn’t be the exception in your enterprise. It should be a habit.
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