Coach

Private coaching for your data team.

Not another contractor who writes code. Not another consulting company with a fancy set of methodology decks that don't change anything.

Shane embeds virtually alongside your team and helps them change how they work. Fixed monthly fee. Plus a 24/7 AI Coach for when he isn't available online.

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"I work myself out of a job."

Track record

  • 35+ years in data
  • 10+ years coaching
  • NZ, AU, US, UK

The definition

What is Agile Data Coaching?

Agile Data Coaching is coaching for data and analytics teams. Shane works alongside your team, coaches them using proven Agile Data patterns and pattern templates, and helps them build the muscle memory that lets them keep delivering after he's gone.

This is coaching, not delivery. Shane works himself out of a job. The goal is your team's independence.

We teach your team to do the data work. No team, or no time? AgileData.io will do the work for you.

The problem

Why is your data team stuck?

Most data teams aren't failing because of talent or effort. They're failing because the system around them makes it hard to succeed. Too many tools, too many priorities, too many disparate or ad-hoc ways of working.

That's the disappointment cycle.

Overpromise. Underdeliver. Fight fires. Repeat.

Adding more contractors doesn't fix it. Another consulting company with a fancy set of methodology decks doesn't fix it. The fix is empowering the Data Team to change the way they work.

How it works

How does Agile Data Coaching work in practice?

Shane embeds with your team on a fixed monthly subscription. No hourly billing. No drawn-out statement of work.

Each engagement focuses on changing how the team works, not just what they're working on. Shane brings the proven Agile Data patterns and pattern templates like the Information Product Canvas, and three decades of coaching teams through the messy bits.

You get coaching, mentoring, training, unblocking, and the shared language your team needs to talk to its stakeholders. Your team builds muscle memory by doing the work, not by reading about it.

Between sessions, your team has the 24/7 AI Coach. Shane's experience, codified into an AI you can ask at 2am.

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What coaching covers

  • Way of Working

    Changing how the team works

    Coaching through the Agile Data Way of Working. Patterns for design, build, delivery, and team shape.

  • Information Product Canvas

    Capturing requirements in 30 minutes

    Hands-on coaching on the Information Product Canvas pattern. Stakeholders love it. Data teams build from it.

  • Team shape

    Roles, skills, and team-of-teams design

    Coaching on how data teams are organised, what skills sit where, and how teams work with their stakeholders.

  • 24/7 AI Coach

    A digital twin between sessions

    One unified AI Coach trained on Shane's experience. Way of Working, Information Product Canvas, and the rest. Always on, always for your team.

Next step

Ready to talk?

No deck. No pitch.

Just a conversation about your team, where it's stuck, and whether coaching is the right move.

Talk to Shane