Case Study: AKQA achieves greater transparency and team empowerment with Wethod

How AKQA evolved investing in transparency and people empowerment

AKQA Italia, an innovation consultancy and part of the WPP Group, faced a challenge in shifting its organizational model from a hierarchical structure to a more distributed and flexible one. With a team of over 200 people, they needed a system to simplify operations, redistribute planning activities, and increase transparency to empower their employees and direct each unit toward specific goals. They turned to the platform Wethod to facilitate this crucial change.

By implementing Wethod, AKQA achieved a transparent and democratic system for sharing real-time data. This allowed flexible units to self-manage planning and increased company-wide confidence. The solution fostered greater participation in workflows, developed team expertise, and built trust from top managers. Key results included a creative director becoming highly budget-aware, viewing financial constraints as a creative incentive rather than a limitation, and enabling timely, data-driven business decisions.

AKQA

Umberto Basso

Managing Director