Autodesk: Building High Performing Legal Teams

In today’s fast-paced business environment, the Asia Pacific legal team at Autodesk recognized the need to break down silos and foster an agile, high-performance culture to meet the evolving demands of their diverse markets.

Context:

The Asia Pacific legal team at Autodesk faced a complex challenge: while each regional team operated efficiently on its own, siloed communication and differing work practices hindered cross-functional collaboration. This created roadblocks to agility and alignment, especially as business demands evolved rapidly. The legal team recognized the need to build a high-performance team culture that could meet the dynamic requirements of their business stakeholders across diverse markets. By breaking down silos and adopting agile ways of working, they aimed to foster greater transparency, trust, and speed in decision-making across regions.

Challenge:

To support Autodesk’s strategic goals, the Asia Pacific legal team sought a transformation that would enable them to work cohesively as one unit. The goal was to shift from isolated regional units to a unified, agile team with shared practices that could respond efficiently to business needs and deliver consistent value across the Asia Pacific region. This required a structured approach to building trust, enhancing communication, and embedding agile methodologies into their workflows to improve collaboration both internally and with external business stakeholders.

How Miki Island Helped:

To address these needs, Autodesk turned to Miki Island, an experiential platform designed to foster high-performance habits and break down silos through engaging gameplay. During the Miki Island session, team members were immersed in a collaborative environment that encouraged open communication and trust-building. This interactive experience allowed team members to practice agile ways of working in a fun and dynamic setting, reinforcing the behaviors needed for effective collaboration. The debrief session that followed provided a dedicated space to reflect on the gameplay, where the team identified key insights and developed an actionable plan to integrate agile practices into their daily routines.

Outcome:

Following the Miki Island experience, the Asia Pacific legal team emerged with a renewed sense of unity and commitment to high-performance principles. They achieved greater clarity in roles and responsibilities, and communication improved across regional boundaries. The team’s action plan, crafted during the debrief, equipped them with practical steps to apply agile practices in their everyday work, enabling them to respond more swiftly to business needs. This transformation not only strengthened internal collaboration but also enhanced partnerships with stakeholders, positioning the legal team as a more strategic contributor to Autodesk’s regional objectives.