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Agility to action: Operationalizing a value-driven agile blueprint
McKinsey
JUNE 17, 2020
To successfully transition to an agile operating model, business leaders should focus on four questions. Insights on Organization
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Agile Strategy: Stability and Opportunity During Disruption
Brimstone Consulting
JUNE 23, 2020
Agile strategy can transform your organization. Andy points to agile strategy as the backbone of the company’s success. Agile Strategy. Agile strategy is fast, flexible, and time competitive. The shift to agile strategy transforms the organization.
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The five core IT shifts of scaled agile organizations
McKinsey & Company
APRIL 15, 2021
In pursuing an agile transformation, CEOs and CIOs can find common ground in five IT shifts that can enable traditional players to compete with digital disrupters.
How consumer companies are adopting agility during the COVID-19 pandemic
McKinsey & Company
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
Under pressure during the pandemic, many consumer companies turned to agile. Here’s how they accelerated adoption of agile practices across their organizations. Insights on Consumer Packaged Goods
Agile Strategy: Stability and Opportunity During Disruption
Brimstone Consulting
JUNE 23, 2020
important;}”] Agile strategy can transform your organization. Andy points to agile strategy as the backbone of the company’s success. Agile Strategy. Agile strategy is fast, flexible, and time competitive. The shift to agile strategy transforms the organization.
How agile can power frontline excellence
McKinsey & Company
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
An agile transformation can release the full potential of frontline staff, leading to more-satisfied, happier employees, lower costs, and better overall performance. Insights on Organization
Agility to action: Operationalizing an agile blueprint
McKinsey
JUNE 16, 2020
To successfully transition to an agile operating model, business leaders should focus on four questions. Insights on Organization
Enterprise agility: Buzz or business impact?
McKinsey
MARCH 21, 2020
Many organizations are racing to become agile. New research suggests that agile transformation can have a powerful impact on the bottom line—in addition to other widely recognized benefits.
Building agile capabilities: The fuel to power your agile ‘body’
McKinsey
AUGUST 24, 2019
To move your organization from targeted experimentation to driving agility at scale, it’s crucial to focus on agile capability building. Insights on Organization
Organizational Agility Index – Romanian perspective
McKinsey
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
The agility of Romanian companies is relatively low, according to our Organizational Agility Index. This is a call to action—enterprise agility has been a desirable option in recent years, but during the pandemic it has become essential. Europe
The agile manager
McKinsey
JULY 13, 2018
Who manages in an agile organization? And what exactly do they do? Insights on Organization
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Will agility help smaller firms survive the COVID-19 crisis?
The Source
AUGUST 26, 2020
Business model Featured Agility Big firms Blog posts Brand COVID-19 Small firmsSince the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, we have consistently made the case that scale will be one of the key factors in determining whether a firm is likely to survive.
The journey to agile: How companies can become faster, more productive, and more responsive
McKinsey
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Agile operating models are characterized by rapid learning and decision-making cycles. Here’s how organizations can use agile practices to transform their organizations. Insights on Organization
Five Fifty: Agility at the top
McKinsey
JANUARY 9, 2019
Want a more agile company? Become a more agile leader. Leadership
Lean management or agile? The right answer may be both
McKinsey
JULY 14, 2020
Through thoughtful design, agile and lean management can be the perfect match for companies in search of lasting performance improvement. Insights on Operations
Performance management in agile organizations
McKinsey
APRIL 30, 2019
Performance management is tough enough in traditional organizations; in agile organizations, three changes are essential to success. Insights on Organization
Move quickly and react to opportunities: Agile strategy and the path to recovery
Brimstone Consulting
JUNE 29, 2020
A conversation on agile strategy and opportunity with Andy Frawley and Bob Weiler. The current environment requires agility and agility, Bob Weiler reminds us, starts with market realities. The process of developing and executing agile strategy highlights critical issues.
Move quickly and react to opportunities: Agile strategy and the path to recovery
Brimstone Consulting
JUNE 29, 2020
important;}”] A conversation on agile strategy and opportunity with Andy Frawley and Bob Weiler. The current environment requires agility and agility, Bob Weiler reminds us, starts with market realities.
Planning in an agile organization
McKinsey
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
Agile organizations rely on an innovative mix of stable and dynamic elements to bring planning up to speed with their fast-paced needs. Digital Insights
The journey to an agile organization
McKinsey
MAY 11, 2019
You know what an agile organization is, and why it’s important. But figuring out how to pull off an agile transformation is another question. Insights on Organization
Organizing for speed: Agile as a means to transformation in Japan
McKinsey
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
Japanese working practices may help or hinder the adaptation of agile approaches that can increase an organization’s speed and customer centricity. Addressing five main areas can allow leaders to master the transition to enterprise agility.
Agile compendium
McKinsey
DECEMBER 16, 2016
Getting agile right reduces time to market, increases customer satisfaction, and delivers many efficiency improvements. This collection brings together some of our recent insights on how companies in all industries can successfully implement an agile approach. Yet too many companies still get it wrong. Our insights
Revisiting agile teams after an abrupt shift to remote
McKinsey
APRIL 28, 2020
Agile teams traditionally excel when their members are co-located. Here’s how to ensure they’re effective now that COVID-19 has forced them to work remotely. Insights on Organization
The right tools for every job: Lean and agile in maintenance
McKinsey
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Why tomorrow’s maintenance function will combine the strengths of lean and agile organizations. Insights on Operations
Scaling agility: A new operating model for insurers
McKinsey
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Industry-leading insurers have proved enterprise-wide agility delivers the innovation and change incumbents need. The COVID-19 crisis has also highlighted the need for organizational change. Insights on Financial Services
Designing an agile transformation in pharma R&D
McKinsey
JULY 23, 2019
Pharmaceutical companies are increasingly turning to the concept of agility to help them transform their R&D functions. Insights on Pharmaceuticals & Medical Products
Developing a high-performing and agile leadership team to increase performance and profitability
Brimstone Consulting
NOVEMBER 6, 2020
To further scale the company and increase performance and profitability, the private equity firm identified the need to address operational inefficiencies, optimize the organizational structure, and develop a high-performing and agile leadership team. The private equity firm engaged Brimstone to help the CEO quickly onboard two senior team members, develop a high-performing and agile team, and position the company to deliver strong operational success and top-line growth.
SaaS, open source, and serverless: A winning combination to build and scale new businesses
McKinsey & Company
APRIL 28, 2021
Digital Insights High Tech & Internet Agile at scale Cloud computing IT architecture Digital strategy and organization Disruptive Technology GrowthThree tech approaches can rapidly accelerate business building for established companies that learn how to use them.
What it takes to go agile
McKinsey
DECEMBER 4, 2018
McKinsey partners offer perspectives on the most crucial elements to become a truly agile organization. Insights on Organization
Two ingredients for successful B2B sales: Agility and stability
McKinsey
APRIL 24, 2020
Agile B2B sales operating models that fuse the best of both human and digital customer interactions are likely here to stay. Marketing & Sales Insights
Agile in enterprise resource planning: A myth no more
McKinsey
AUGUST 29, 2019
Agile can help improve your results. ERP transformations are never easy. Digital Insights
Bringing agile to IT infrastructure: ING Netherlands’ agile transformation
McKinsey
JUNE 29, 2018
IT executives seldom associate agile with infrastructure. In this interview, the head of ING Netherlands’ IT infrastructure function explains how his team carried out an agile transformation. Digital Insights
The five trademarks of agile organizations
McKinsey
JANUARY 17, 2018
Agile organizations—of any size and across industries—have five key elements in common. Our Insights
How Allianz Turkey created an agile organization
McKinsey
AUGUST 18, 2020
In this interview, Tolga Gürkan and Aylin Somersan Coqui explain how the organization pursued a multiyear agile transformation and is now reaping its benefits.
It’s Time to Build an Agile Consulting Business
Management and IT Consulting
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
Savvy consulting professionals know that now, more than ever, being agile and adaptable in an especially tumultuous economy isn’t simply important: it’s imperative
Agile is not the same as Agility
Kates Kesler
OCTOBER 10, 2017
I was recently invited to speak to a leadership team and explain the difference between Agile and Agility. The … Blog
Agile resilience in the UK: Lessons from COVID-19 for the ‘next normal’
McKinsey
OCTOBER 13, 2020
Agility has been a useful attribute for many global and UK-based organizations weathering the COVID-19 crisis. Here’s how they can build on agile practices for more long-term operational resilience. Insights on Organization
Transforming IT infrastructure organizations using agile
McKinsey
OCTOBER 9, 2018
Agile methods can be used to boost efficiency, speed, and quality. Traditional ways of managing IT infrastructure can impede the fast-paced delivery of digital solutions. Digital Insights
How the British Field Army headquarters shifted to agile ways of working
McKinsey
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Facing increasing operational responsibilities, HQ Field Army undertook a massive effort to embrace agile ways of working. Leaders discuss the journey—and how the pandemic affected their efforts. Insights on Organization
Taking Agile Way Beyond Software
BCG
JULY 19, 2017
Article Wednesday, July 19, 2017 Too often, agile remains confined to software development. But companies that successfully implement agile across their entire enterprise can create an exceptional customer experience and gain an edge over the competition. Article
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