Blogs

The emergence of generative AI marks a transformative point in time for marketing, especially how marketing materials are created and distributed.

Agile practitioners and scholars have engaged in much research to understand agile software teams and how they operate to support value-driven delivery of projects, services and business operations in agile organisations.

At the Agile Business Consortium, we believe there's no such thing as 'best' practice in business agility. After all, being agile by its very nature implies a journey for continuing improvement. But what examples of good practice can we take from the Agile Business Awards 2023?

This blog is based on the Agile Masterclass led by the Agile Research Network for professionals of the Agile Business Consortium. Titled ‘Achieving strategic agility in the short-term and long-term‘, this masterclass drew on the case method pioneered at the Harvard Business School. 

Sometimes it takes a traumatic life event - or three, to learn and grow and develop resilience, but can we really do that all by ourselves?

Agile marketing has emerged as a way for marketers to continually innovate, create, and respond to change.

Do you keep hearing that the finance department stifles your organisation’s ability to be truly agile? Would you like to know how adopting an agile mindset could help yourself and your team become much more efficient and effective?

Embracing business agility is a strategy that enables organisations to stay competitive in today’s changing business landscape. However, like any shift, an agile transformation comes with its challenges. This blog addresses these obstacles and provides practical solutions.  

Agility and finance may not at first glance seem like natural bedfellows, yet the impact of an agile mindset and agile ways of working can improve not only a finance department itself but other parts of an organisation as well.

Business Agility has a tremendous amount to offer organisations of all shapes and sizes. But, as with all change, businesses will only reap these benefits when they take real ownership in adopting Agile practices. Simply relabelling existing, and even knee-jerk, practices as ‘agile’ just won't cut it.  

Leadership, Culture and Governance are central to business agility. This blog is based on our deep-dive panel discussions around these three essential components. 

The problem with Governance is that it is seen by most as a necessary evil, thought up by naive do-gooders and policed by narrow-minded jobsworths. What’s more, many hold the opinion that neither of these groups really understand what it means to operate in the ‘real world’ and seem hell-bent on getting in the way of doing just that.  

In today’s VUCA world, it is vital for organisations to rapidly adapt to fluctuating market conditions, cater to changing customer requirements, and continuously refine products or services. It is not always easy to do these things but as a business leader, understanding these challenges and finding ways to successfully address them is essential.

What is agile business analysis? Business analysis is usually defined as ‘the process of identifying and defining business needs, problems, and opportunities, and co-creating solutions that deliver value to stakeholders.  ​It involves gathering and analysing data, eliciting and managing stakeholder needs, and ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives.’ 

Today's rapidly changing business environment demands that organisations adapt to remain competitive and relevant. Agility has become a vital component of organisational success.  

In today's fast-paced business environment agility has become a key factor for success and finance functions are no exception. The traditional methods of financial management are no longer sufficient to keep up with the rapidly changing market dynamics, regulatory requirements, and technological advancements.

Agile market research is expanding fast in consumer markets, where connecting with customer audiences early and often in the product development cycle provides increasing customer centricity. It’s an exciting field that means product marketers no longer need to be tempted to make decisions based on opinion or historic scenarios. They can ask the target audience and receive results in just a few hours.

Over the last three decades, I’ve expended an inordinate amount of my professional life grappling with complexity and complicatedness. Striving to render the complex less complicated, make the complicated simpler, and eliminate the unnecessary.