The authors of this article, Yesha Sivan & Raz Heiferman, articulate concrete ways in which we can both shift our perspectives and act to “agilify” our organizations. The days when the organization could plan the competitive advantage and formulate a strategic plan for the next five years (they called it five-year plans) – or even for the next three years – have passed forever. The business environment has become chaotic, dynamic, and full of risks.
In this article, Sivan & Heiferman share six recommendations for those working in established organizations and have received a call from the CEO or upper management requesting something like, “Please make us agile.” They describe how agile organizations think, what they can do, the abilities they must possess, and even the key technologies they should adopt. They also touch on the important interplay among leadership, culture, business architecture, and digital architecture.
