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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
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Leading with inner agility
McKinsey
MARCH 26, 2018
Disruptive times call for transformational leaders with a knack for addressing complex problems. To navigate effectively, we must learn to let go—and become more complex ourselves. Insights on Organization
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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
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
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.
How to create an agile organization
McKinsey
OCTOBER 2, 2017
Transforming companies to achieve organizational agility is in its early days but already yielding positive returns. While the paths can vary, survey findings suggest how to start. Our Insights
Balance Alignment with Agility to Achieve Culture
Kates Kesler
APRIL 7, 2017
Calls for organizational alignment have headlined strategy publications for the last 20 years. A McKinsey 2014 paper, “The Aligned Organization,” … Organization Design Overview Publications
How Leaders Can Improve Their Thinking Agility
Strategy+Business
AUGUST 1, 2017
Not all thinking is created equal. Here's how to get the most out of your brain when it really counts
A business leader’s guide to agile
McKinsey
JULY 25, 2017
Agile promises rapidly evolving software and substantial business benefits, but it requires new habits from everyone: from IT and from business partners. Our Insights
ING’s agile transformation
McKinsey
JANUARY 10, 2017
Two senior executives from the global bank describe their recent journey. Our Insights
When Agile Meets Regulatory Compliance
BCG
JULY 6, 2017
Article Thursday, July 06, 2017 Agile may seem risky and impractical for regulatory projects, but it offers extraordinary benefits and can give banks an edge over competitors. Article
Building Emotional Agility
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016
Susan David, author of Emotional Agility and psychologist at Harvard Medical School, on learning to unhook from strong feelings. Download this podcast. Managing yourself Psychology Stress Audio
Air freight 2025: Agility, speed, and partnerships
McKinsey
MARCH 28, 2017
Companies in the sector must become as agile as possible, maintain air freight’s speed advantage, and deepen their partnerships. Our Insights
Using agile to accelerate your data transformation
McKinsey
DECEMBER 2, 2016
Some businesses are using agile principles to make sure data are available when and where they are needed. Data-management issues can undermine companies’ ability to create value from analytics. Our insights
How to go agile enterprise-wide: An interview with Scott Richardson
McKinsey
AUGUST 9, 2017
Successfully scaling agile starts with a strategy that’s consistent from the front lines to the C-suite. Our Insights
Agility in US national security
McKinsey
MARCH 2, 2017
Even the world’s largest bureaucracy can learn to dance. This excerpt from a new book published by Aspen Strategy Group suggests how. Our Insights
Agility Is Within Reach
Strategy+Business
MARCH 15, 2015
For all companies in all industries, we''ve found that being agile depends on developing two key attributes: strategic responsiveness and organizational flexibility. But until you explicitly develop proficiency in both, you won''t have the agility you need These two qualities are mutually reinforcing but are developed in different ways, and it is easy for a company to possess one without the other.
Making your marketing organization agile: A step-by-step guide
McKinsey
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
Everyone wants to be “agile” these days. Here’s how successful companies put together the teams and the capabilities to actually make it happen at scale. Our insights
Maximizing Agility and Leverage in the Global Organization
Kates Kesler
DECEMBER 16, 2013
Very large multi-national product companies need to find creative ways to enjoy the benefits of scale while remaining agile. Agility and scale rarely co-exist in the design of the organizational operating model.
Nick Jue on Transforming ING Netherlands and Introducing an Agile Way of Working
BCG
JULY 17, 2017
Article Monday, July 17, 2017 Agile enables ING to react swiftly in a rapidly changing world. Article
The Secret History of Agile Innovation
Harvard Business
APRIL 20, 2016
You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. Teams using agile methods get things done faster than teams using traditional processes. Agile has indisputably transformed software development, and many experts believe it is now poised to expand far beyond IT.
The Era of Agile Talent
Harvard Business
JULY 21, 2016
More of us are working in organizations employing a mix of freelancers, contractors, consultants, and full-timers, explains Jonathan Younger, coauthor with Norm Smallwood of “Agile Talent: How to Source and Manage Outside Experts.” ” Download this podcast. Talent management Hiring Audio
How IT can drive agile development
McKinsey
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
A simple idea: update your operating model to be able to build small, self-contained teams that create change quickly and efficiently. Our insights
Make Your Strategy More Agile
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 31, 2016
Originating from agile software development, the sprint has entered the business mainstream as an increasingly popular means to accelerate business model, product, or service innovation. They allow a company to be more agile and to more effectively adapt to digital disruption. Can you run fast and go deep at the same time?
How the public sector can remain agile beyond times of crisis
McKinsey
MAY 25, 2017
Focusing on agility could help them keep pace with changing needs during challenges—and beyond. Public-sector organizations have shown they can be nimble in a crisis. Our Insights
The Best Strategic Leaders Balance Agility and Consistency
Harvard Business
JANUARY 4, 2017
I’ve begun to view this as the ability to hold two specific traits in balance: consistency and agility. On the other side of the spectrum, great leaders are agile. These leaders must pivot when needed, and agility requires that they be intellectually curious, ready to learn from others, communicative, collaborative, and willing to change. But just as consistency can become rigidity, agility can become a lack of focus when it isn’t tempered by consistency.
Survey Data Shows That Many Companies Are Still Not Truly Agile - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM CA TECHNOLOGIES
Harvard Business
MARCH 22, 2018
In Today’s Digital Economy, Agile Practices Can’t Be Limited to Just the IT and Development Realms. By Surya Panditi, SVP and GM, Agile Management, CA Technologies. Agile practices have a vital part to play in the rapid delivery and continuous maintenance of software-driven products and services. When software is ubiquitous, agile needs to be likewise. Agile Adoption Goes beyond IT and Development to Other Organizations in the Business.
Agile Development’s Biggest Failure Point—and How to Fix It
BCG
AUGUST 17, 2016
Agile development has gone mainstream, but the software development methodology that helped hundreds of Silicon Valley startups explode onto the scene has delivered decidedly mixed results for more traditional organizations. Article Wednesday, August 17, 2016.
Understanding Agile Management
Harvard Business
APRIL 15, 2016
Darrell Rigby of Bain and Jeff Sutherland of Scrum explain the rise of lean, iterative management tactics, and how to implement them yourself. Download this podcast. Innovation Project management Audio
An operating model for company-wide agile development
McKinsey
MAY 3, 2016
Organizations are succeeding with agile software and product development in discrete projects and teams. To do so in multiple business units and product groups, they must rethink foundational processes, structures, and relationships. Our Insights
How Learning and Development Are Becoming More Agile
Harvard Business
OCTOBER 11, 2016
Our research at the Agile Talent Collaborative reinforces findings from Accenture and other consulting and research firms: the use of freelancers — or agile talents as we call them — is growing, and for reasons that go well beyond cost efficiency. ” It means that training is going to have to be just as agile as the workforce — where speed, flexibility, and innovation are key. For example, Qualcomm includes its agile talent when the team is in training.
A Quick Introduction to Agile Management
Harvard Business
APRIL 18, 2016
The system that’s changing the way we work. Innovation Video
How HR Can Become Agile (and Why It Needs To)
Harvard Business
JUNE 19, 2017
If software has eaten the world, then agile has eaten the software world. While initially designed to improve the responsiveness of software development teams, more recently agile has become the default team-based operational model for companies big and small, across industries and sectors, with the promise of a substantial and sustained spike in team productivity and efficiency. The bulk of this agile canon will teach your individual teams to deliver higher-quality code, faster.
How to Make Agile Work for the C-Suite
Harvard Business
JULY 19, 2017
Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. Companies like ANZ, the Australian-based banking giant, have made explicit commitments to adopt agile principles , while others like Zappos, are on the bleeding edge of organizational transformation.
How to Build Disruption Tolerance In Times of Intense Uncertainty
Cheryl Cran
SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
The more flexible and agile your mind the more quickly you can adapt to a new change or situation. Most people have never received training, support or coaching on how to be an agile and adaptable person. Mergers, acquisitions, hurricanes, oh my!
Global Companies Need to Adopt Agile Pricing in Emerging Markets
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
One day in December 2014, Sergey, the Russia general manager for a multinational consumer goods company, was up early in the morning, watching the ruble’s value slide by the minute. As the currency was crashing, he found himself facing a painful dilemma: either raise prices to recoup the losses and hit his annual target — set in U.S. dollars — or wait it out for another two months and hope that the ruble recovers, since that would give him a leg up on his competitors.
Will artificial intelligence make you a better leader?
McKinsey
APRIL 4, 2018
Agile leadership and AI both depend on learning to let go. Insights on Organization
Hoffman's Hot Seat: The Need for Business Agility
1 to 1
JULY 2, 2013
1to1 Media''s Tom Hoffman speaks with Steve Kraus, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Pegasystems about the key themes that emerged from the PegaWORLD 2013 event, including the need for companies to become more agile and flexible in their approach to delivering on what customers are looking for.
Zurich Insurance Group Takes Its IT Infrastructure to the Agile Cloud - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DXC TECHNOLOGY
Harvard Business
JULY 19, 2017
Building on a relationship that dates back to 2004, Zurich Insurance Group is working with DXC to move from traditional data center outsourcing to a Platform as a Service model, taking advantage of next-generation cloud management technologies to lower operating costs and accelerate development. Read more from DXC Technology: Digital Transformation Is Racing Ahead and No Industry Is Immune. Embracing Digital Change Requires a Clear Strategic Focus. How to Become a Digital Enterprise.
The CEO of Guardian Life on talent in an age of digital disruption
McKinsey
MARCH 18, 2018
By rethinking its approach to talent management and introducing agile working practices, the company aims to stay a step ahead of disruptive competitors.
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