According to Gallup’s research published in 2019 “Organizations that aren't agile and that don't have the capacity to adapt quickly will be overcome by their competitors - or put out of business.” In its 2019 Global CEO Outlook entitled Agile or Irrelevant: Redefining Resilience the consulting firm KPMG concluded "A successful CEO is an agile CEO. Over two-thirds of chief executive officers believe that agility is the new currency of business. If they fail to adapt to a constantly changing world, their business will become irrelevant.” Moreover, McKinsey's research details how "the agile organization is dawning as the new dominant organizational paradigm. Rather than organization as machine, the agile organization is a living organism.” Agility is here to stay as long as the global marketplace keeps disrupting the way people live, work, and do just about everything around the world. Moreover, the emergence of the COVID-19 global pandemic stressed organizations around the world and exposed significant issues, concerns, and problems. To address the pressure points made visible by the unexpected crisis, organizations looking to create a sustainable future had as their new priority “the making of meaningful investments in human capital to build an agile, flexible workforce.”

Questions to consider:

How often have you thought about the need for your organization to become more agile?

How often have you discussed the limitations within your organization’s ability to adapt?

What have you done in your own career to demonstrate some level of agility?