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In recent years, the concept of agility has captured the executive imagination, and leaders in a variety of industries and companies of all sizes are now searching for ideas on how to effectively utilize agile thinking. This book provides insights on agility from world-class experts on leadership, strategy and organization, alongside seasoned practitioners who have successfully implemented agility programs for companies such as Daimler, Ford Motor Company, J. W. Thompson, Siemens, and NASA. By combining theoretical expertise with a variety of managerial experiences, it provides a wide-ranging yet succinct guide for companies seeking to engage in the transformative journey towards becoming more agile. As such, it will be of great use and interest to executives in all industries, executive education participants and consultants, M.B.A. students and researchers interested in agile. Agility.X prepares leaders for managing under uncertainty and organizations for thriving in turbulent environments.
List of contents
Introduction; Part I. Agile Leadership: 1. Leadership agility for strategic agility Bill Joiner; 2. Strategic agility requires leaders with an ambidextrous mindset Costas Andriopoulos; 3. From agility to antifragility - coping with the unknowable Haridimos Tsoukas; 4. Strategic agility: the critical role of language Mary Yoko Brannen and Terry Mughan; Part II. Agile Strategy and Design: 5. Examining agile development as a management fashion Alec Cram and Susan Newell; 6. Using management control systems to support agility Constantinos Markides, Daniel Oyon and Mael Schnegg; 7. Playfulness and agile strategizing David Oliver and Loizos Heracleous; 8. Organizational design for agility Christina Wawarta andLoizos Heracleous; Part III. Agility in Practice: 9. Agility, innovation, technological disruption: how to better deal with uncertainty Edward Krubasik and Christiane Prange; 10. Journey to agility at NASA's Johnson Space Center Douglas Terrier, Loizos Heracleous and Steven Gonzalez; 11. Agility means pivoting and quickly reacting to changes David Schoch and Christiane Prange; 12. Axel Springer ideas engineering: creating the digital future through agile innovation Ard Weiher and Christiane Prange; 13. Agile thinking in China - experiences from a 30-year career in advertising Tom Doctoroff and Christiane Prange; 14. Language and organizational agility in practice Robert Marshak and Loizos Heracleous; 15. Agility at Daimler Oliver Fischer and Katrin Adt; Concluding comments: beyond Agility.X.
About the author
Dr. Christiane Prange war bis zum Jahr 2000 Internal Business Consultant bei der SAP AG und ist nun als freie Unternehmensberaterin tätig. Ihre Schwerpunkte sind die Organisations- und Strategieberatung, überwiegend für große Konzerne. Ihr spezielles Interesse gilt der Strategieentwicklung in turbulenten Märkten, der Gestaltung dynamischer Wissensnetzwerke sowie der Implementierung von Kooperationsstrategien zwischen multinationalen Firmen und Start-up Unternehmen.
Summary
Executives, students and consultants looking for guidelines and applicable concepts for utilizing agile thinking will find this book invaluable, as it provides insights from world-class experts on leadership, strategy and organization, alongside seasoned practitioners who have successfully implemented agility programs.
Report
'With Agility.X, this collection takes thinking on agility to the next level. Whereas in the past the focus was on making existing organizations more agile, Agility.X is about more fundamental change in organizational scope and competitive advantage. Illustrated with vivid examples from classical orchestral concerts for toddlers to NASA's Johnson Space Center, this collection is full of practical guidance on the implications of Agility X for leadership, strategy and organization design.' Richard Whittington, Saïd Business School and New College, University of Oxford
