8 Crafting an Infrastructure for Innovation Embedding X-Teams
Throughout this book we have talked about today’s exponentially changing environment. Not only is it a VUCA world (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous), but it’s a VUCA world on steroids. Added to the equation is the incredible speed of change. The technical data being created in the world is increasing rapidly, and the pace of innovation is skyrocketing. In response to this environment, organizations have been changing—moving rapidly from command-and-control bureaucracies with centralized leadership and formalized roles to more nimble, agile, networked firms with leadership at all levels.
To be sure, this transition was pushed forward by the Covid-19 pandemic, which resulted ...
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