Being Fast and Responsive
It is better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.
—Carl Von Clausewitz
In the previous chapter, you read about the need to win and the role agility plays in it. This chapter continues the discussion. You’ll see how agility-thinking has evolved historically and discover why agility is necessary in your organization also.
6.1 The Emergence of Agile Management from Twelve Ideas
In agile management, continuous adjustment and improvement are central. Of course, this way of working didn’t just fall from the sky. Agile management has a long history, based on twelve ideas, which are briefly shown below as a time line in Figure 6.1.
Figure 6.1 The historical development ...
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