The Agility Shift: Creating Agile and Effective Leaders, Teams, and Organizations
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (788 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B018SRTA34 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 522 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Well-researched. Practical. Essential." according to Matt Elwell. I've been a fan of Pamela Meyer's well-written and well-cited business writing since her book, From Workplace to Playspace: Innovating, Learning and Changing Through Dynamic Engagement. In Agility Shift, Meyer focuses on enabling a more nimble workplace culture, one that can handle the constant volatility and disruption of business today. Talent Development professionals familiar with Agile method. Four Stars isabelle r Useful book for what I do at work.. Well-rounded and well-researched guide to adopting an agile mindset As a software development manager, agile development and methodologies have become extremely important. Following a project plan, which was devised months ago without any flexibility in the process just doesn’t work anymore: new requirements become apparent, stakeholder’s priorities change, delays require a quick shift in another direction.“Being agile” is more than just a
There are myriad ways in the current business environment for a company's well-considered business plans to go awry. It requires relinquishing the illusion of control at the very foundation of most management training and business practice. As contrary as it sounds, "planning" - as we traditionally understand the term - can be the worst thing a company can do. Ever-shifting geopolitical tensions as well as internal political upheaval within US and global governments derail long-planned new ventures. Most business schools continue to prepare managers to be effective in stable and predictable environments, conditions that, if they ever existed at all, are long gone. Competitors suddenly change their products or release dates; your team cannot meet the pace of innovations in your market niche, leaving you sidelined. Technology failures block opportunities. Consider that volatile weather events disrupt trusted supply chains, markets, and promised delivery schedules. The Agility Shift shows business leaders exactly how to make the radical mind-set and strategy shift necessary to create an agile, entrepreneurial organization that can innovate and thrive in complex, ever-changing contexts. As author Pamela Meyer explains, there is much more involved than a reconfiguration of the org chart and job descriptions. Despi