The key to retaining competitive advantage in a volatile business
world is agility. The third edition of The Agile Organization shows
how to develop capabilities across the organization to adapt.
With helpful checklists, tips and advice, this is a practical blueprint
to building both agility and resilience at individual, team and
organizational levels. It covers how to design agile organizations as
well as how to implement agile models into existing organizations and
people practices. There is guidance on how agility can be applied to
talent management, flexible working patterns and the importance of
mobilizing and energizing employees for change.
This edition contains new material on agile mindsets and enterprise
agile planning, alongside how hybrid forms of working can enhance
resilience. There is also extended material on how inclusion and
wellbeing initiatives can support individual resilience and innovation
to improve performance across the organization. Case studies include
ING, the University of California, Berkeley, the UK National Health
Service (NHS) and SNC-Lavalin's Atkins business. This book is an
essential read for HR and OD specialists, senior leaders and managers
who want transform their organization and build an agile business.
