Addison-Wesley Signature Series: Unlocking Agility

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As competitive advantages fade, savvy executives and change agents recognize the need for genuine agile transformation. In this insightful guide, Jorgen Hesselberg shares over a decade of experience in leading enterprise agile transformations, offering practical strategies to initiate change, maintain momentum, and fulfill customer commitments. He provides valuable insights on defining roles for consultants, optimizing organizational structures, setting realistic expectations, and measuring progress effectively. Drawing from real-life examples of transformation leaders from companies like Intel, Nokia, Salesforce.com, and Spotify, Hesselberg emphasizes the importance of balancing the right objectives with the right methodologies at the right pace. He outlines a comprehensive transformation strategy that encompasses five dimensions of agility: Technology, Organizational Design, People, Leadership, and Culture. Readers will learn to promote agile skills across their workforce, incorporate effective leadership models, and utilize business agility metrics to influence norms and shift organizational culture. Additionally, Hesselberg guides the establishment of an Agile Working Group as a catalyst for transformation and provides frameworks for defining operating models and strategic roadmaps. With this knowledge, you can tailor your agile transformation strategy to your unique environment and successfully implement it.