Beyond Managing Change: How AI Stretches the Limits of Change Management and What Organizations Need to Build
What if AI is not your biggest challenge? What if your organization’s ability to change is? AI is accelerating disruption across every industry; but the organizations that succeed will not simply adopt better technology, they will build better change capability. In this white paper from the Agile Business Consortium’s Business Agility Think Tank, you will…

What if AI is not your biggest challenge?
What if your organization’s ability to change is?
AI is accelerating disruption across every industry; but the organizations that succeed will not simply adopt better technology, they will build better change capability.
In this white paper from the Agile Business Consortium’s Business Agility Think Tank, you will discover:
- Why traditional change management is no longer enough
- The seven assumptions about organizational change that need to be challenged
- What ‘change enablement’ really means
- How leaders can build organizations designed for continuous adaptation in the age of AI
Whether you’re leading digital transformation, AI adoption or organizational change, this paper provides a practical new perspective on navigating unpredictability.
Lead Authors
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Elizabeth works with leaders and organizations on the part of transformation that most consultants leave unaddressed: the human reality inside the system. Her thinking about change was forged across a decade of Agile Transformations, and it shows up today in how she approaches leadership, systems, and the human side of AI adoption.
After nearly two decades leading large-scale change across global, US, and South African markets, she brings systems thinking, human-centered change design, and AI adoption expertise to organizations navigating rapid, continuous change.
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Change anf Transformation Leaderhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/alizehofmeester/After leading re-organizations and merging different company cultures into one, Alize’s first agile transformation started in 2014. Since then she has supported executives and transformation teams and scaled the agile mindset and way of working globally.
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Enterprise Transformation & Operating Model LeaderAlexandra has over two decades of experience leading enterprise transformation and operating model evolution across complex, global organisations including Anglo American, International Gaming Technology (IGT) and Liberty Mutual.
With a background in Industrial and Business Process Engineering, she focuses on aligning strategy, governance and delivery to enable sustainable organisational performance. Her work spans large-scale agile and product transformations, portfolio design and the development of adaptive operating models that strengthen value realisation within regulated and technology-driven environments.
She works closely with senior leadership teams to build clarity of direction, disciplined execution practices and organisational capability, supporting the shift from programme-based change to embedded, performance-oriented operating models.
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A global network of experienced Business Agility thought leaders, Agile Business Consortiumhttps://www.agilebusiness.org/communities/business-agility-think-tank/This publication has been developed by the Business Agility Think Tank – a global network of experienced Business Agility thought leaders and catalysts.
Bringing together experts from across industries and disciplines, the Think Tank exists to support and strengthen the work of research organisations, foundations, and institutions working to advance business agility worldwide. Its members combine deep practical experience with evidence-informed thinking to address the most pressing challenges facing modern organisations.
The Think Tank focuses on developing actionable solutions that help organisations become more adaptive, resilient, and outcome-focused.
This work is created collaboratively and shared openly, often in partnership with institutions and community groups, to drive meaningful, evidence-informed change at scale.
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