The term “business agility” has gained momentum. With the global pandemic accelerating the need for agility, alignment on what agility means for an organization is critical. By understanding what your organization values in today's hyper-turbulent world, you can prioritize approaches to better achieve your business’ objectives. This interactive session focused on gaining clarity on what agility means and where to concentrate efforts to meet your goals.

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(Re)Discovering Agility
Steve Martin & Kerri Sutey

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Connect with us on LinkedIn
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Steve Martin
www.linkedin.com/in/agilesteve/
Kerri Sutey
www.linkedin.com/in/kerrisutey/

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Go to the link in the chat window to sign up to receive:
• Full slide deck
• Common Pitfalls of an Agile Transformation Whitepaper
• Path to Agility Video
• An Outcomes-Driven Approach To Business Agility Webinar
registration page
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Learning Outcomes
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• Gain understanding of what agility means in a post-covid world
• Compare various models of agility
• Identify factors that will increase your organization’s agility

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Volatile
Uncertain
Complex
Ambiguous

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Rank the following challenges to
increasing business agility in order,
from most impactful to least.
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Greater agility enables greater outcomes
Source: Aghina, W., Handscomb, C., Ludolph, J., Rona, D., West, D. (2020). Enterprise agility: Buzz or business impact? McKinsey & Company and
Scrum.org. Retrieved from https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/enterprise-agility-buzz-or-business-impact

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When you hear the term “agility”,
what are some words that come
to mind?
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How do you define business agility?
The capacity and willingness of an
organization to adapt to, create, and leverage
change for their customer’s benefit.
- Business Agility Institute
The ability to compete and thrive in the
digital age by quickly responding to market
changes and emerging opportunities with
innovative business solutions.
- Scaled Agile Framework
Agile organizations can quickly
redirect their people and priorities
toward value-creating opportunities.
- McKinsey / Scrum Org

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Business Agility – Multiple Models
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10 Domains of Business Agility
Business Agility Institute
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• Belief that an organization is a complex adaptive
system and that agility must be everyone’s
responsibility.
• The Customer is at the heart of the model.
• The domains are equally important, necessary, and
interrelated to each other.
• Success in an unpredictable market cannot be
achieved until agility is developed in each of the
domains across the entire organization
https://businessagility.institute/learn/domains-of-business-agility/

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7 Core Competencies of Business Agility
SAFe 5.0
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• Business agility is present only when the
enterprise achieves a meaningful state of
master of all 7 core competencies
• Customer Centricity (or purpose) pulled
from Accelerate by John Kotter and
Project to Product by Mik Kersten
https://www.scaledagileframework.com/business-agility/

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5 Components of Business Agility
McKinsey & Scrum Org
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5 Components
that make up
agility for an
organization
https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/enterprise-agility-buzz-or-business-impact

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Commonalities across the models
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• Business agility is greater than agile in IT
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• Put the customers first – whoever your customers may be
• Respond quickly to deliver value
• Emphasizing product over project leads to innovation and potentially disruption
• Success depends on leadership effectiveness
• Organizational culture (adaptability) matters – culture can drive (+) or inhibit (-) change
Business agility requires more than just implementing processes and/or frameworks.

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Go to the link in the chat window to sign up to receive:
• Full slide deck
• Common Pitfalls of an Agile Transformation Whitepaper
• Path to Agility Video
• An Outcomes-Driven Approach To Business Agility Webinar
registration page
https://tinyurl.com/bizagility