Why Agile is so important - Part 1

As we face the worst economic and social meltdown in our life, we have been working with some innovative organizations who are seeing the current situation as an opportunity to re-evaluate and re-assess their business and project models. As identified in the February 2009 issue of Harvard Business Review by management gurus such as Hamel, Mintzberg and Kelly, the prevailing management models, which date back to the late 19th Century, have run their course. Most companies are adopting the good old hunker down, wind down the bunker cover and hope this all goes away so we can get back to normal. As Einstein said " Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results".

Over the next few weeks, we'll be outlining how Agile models can and are redefining how business and business change can bring the same benefits to service organizations as the Lean or Toyota models brought benefits to some car manufacturers.

We look forward to this new form of communicating with new and existing friends and colleagues

Rob and Camille