CHAPTER 2: Agile is different

Introduction

Nothing stands still for very long and change is inevitable. That applies to all individuals, businesses and even societies. Being able to adjust and progress is much more than a nice-to-have; it’s essential to survive. Dinosaurs were all-powerful and ruled the world for well over 100 million years but they failed to evolve and now that’s how they’re remembered. Despite their glory days, the term dinosaur is now widely used as a derogatory tag for failing to move on.

In the early part of the 20th century J. Lyons teashops and F.W. Woolworth stores were huge success stories and by the 1950s both were icons of British enterprise and ...

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