Agility in Management & Organisation

 

Speed, Flexibility, Adaptation, Resilience…words more often used to describe a world class athlete than a business organisation.

The 21st century is bringing every days innovations driven by the continuing digital revolution and expanding global markets.

This environment of accelerated uncertainty and change is not going to blow over and settle down…ever. We might consider this era of “turbo turbulence” – more uncertainty coming at us faster than ever!

The accelerating rate and volume of change will continue to be driven principally by the exponential growth and global availability of information, technologies and technology-based infrastructure.

→ How well are organizations prepared to survive in this business climate?

Part of the answer is that organizations will not only survive but thrive that can continually monitor, anticipate and adapt to trends in the business environment.

In that perspective, management innovation is key. As mentioned by Guy Hamel in his speech “Reinventing the technology of human accomplishment”, see video below :

• Openness

• Meritocracy

• Flexibility

• Collaboration

They are some of the crucial ingredients or core values -coming from the web industry-

Reverse accountability initiated by  Vineet Nayar former CEO of HCL Technologies is also one way of investigation (see book « Employees come First, Customers Second, turning Conventional Management Upside Down »). Employees are invited to rate the management of their organisation and their contribution to new ideas and initiatives is encouraged.

The combination of Empowerment, well being at work and performance  is one strategic angle of evolution to become an agile organisation in this fast moving economy.