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Enterprise Agility For Dummies
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Enterprise Agility For Dummies

by Doug Rose
February 2018
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
384 pages
9h 58m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 9

Sizing Up Your Organization

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Accepting transformation as radical change

check Grasping the challenges you’re likely to face

check Getting to know your organization’s existing culture

check Preparing for a cultural overhaul

In many organizations, people think of enterprise agility as a bunch of new roles and practices. They spend most of their time transitioning people to new roles and having them adopt agile practices, such as writing user stories and conducting 15-minute stand-up meetings. Such an approach doesn’t really address the biggest hurdle most organizations face. Enterprise agility is a radical organizational change. It requires the people in your organization think about their work in an entirely new way and act accordingly. They need to change ingrained behaviors and interact differently. This is a much larger challenge, and it’s one your organization should immediately start to tackle.

From the outset, start to think about your organization’s culture and its tolerance for big changes. Almost every organization can make big changes, including yours. You just need to ...

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