Is your business operating model agile enough to navigate 2021?
2021 is set to be a year of hope after a devastating year which saw businesses scrambling to make sense of the ‘new normal’. But with hope comes transition and new ways of operating.
It’s no surprise, but as Mauro F. Guillén said in HBR “ the companies that are successfully navigating the Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing recession have often pivoted to a business model that’s conducive to short-term survival, and long-term resilience and growth.”
And if you’re wondering how some businesses have managed to explode out of COVID with unimaginable gains in speed and productivity, you only have to look at their operating models and how they promote business agility.
What is an agile operating model?
Today, business processes need to be designed to withstand disruption, be scalable for growth, and be cost efficient.
An Agile Operating Model helps organisations connect strategy to the way their businesses are run by breaking down silos and engaging leaders and their teams in the design process and outcomes.
With business strategies having to adapt at breakneck speed over the past 12 months, having an operating model that can support this has been crucial for successfully navigating into the new normal.
Why are agile processes best for business agility?
In ADAPTOVATE’s article last year on Agile Transformation, we discussed three areas where agile proce