Agile: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

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HOW TO MAKE AGILE WORK FOR THE C-SUITE

by Eric Garton and Andy Noble

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. Many stopping points exist along the continuum from hierarchy to holacracy. To successfully transform to a more agile enterprise, companies must make conscious choices about where and how to become agile. They have to decide where to adopt agile principles and mindsets, where to use ...