The 6 Enablers of Business Agility

Adopting the latest agile tools and practices won't be enough to respond to rapid market change. Leaders must first lay the groundwork by creating the right environment for these tools to work.

An ever-growing pile of frameworks and tools falsely offer an “easy route” to organizational agility. However, responding to rapid market change requires you alter so much more than just your way of working. Your work style is only one of six factors that the Agile Centre's research identifies as the key to success. From years of experience certifying people in agile leadership, product ownership, and scrum mastery, Karim Harbott has created a model that will help your organization achieve all six factors required for success: leadership, culture, structure, engagement, and governance as well as ways of working together. Drawing from Harbott's famous Business Agility Canvas, this book will help leaders get realistic about the scope of the changes needed in their organization and show them how to get started.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction: About This Book
• Chapter 1. The Changing Business Climate
• Chapter 2. Introducing Business Agility
• Chapter 3. The 6 Enablers of Business Agility
• Chapter 4. Leadership and Management
• Chapter 5. Organizational Culture
• Chapter 6. Organizational Structure
• Chapter 7. People and Engagement
• Chapter 8. Governance and Funding
• Chapter 9 Ways of Working
• Chapter 10 Leading the Change
• Notes
• Acknowledgments
• Index
• About the Author

“An excellent book I find myself returning to again and again. All organizations would be wise to heed the book's six enablers.”
-Mike Cohn, Co-Founder of the Scrum Alliance and Agile Alliance

“A terrific book that envelopes all that's needed for agile mindsets and operating approaches.”
-Perry Timms, Founder & Chief Energy Officer of PTHR, and author of Transformational HR and The Energized Workplace