Embracing Agile at Scale to Manage Disruptive Change
Ista CEO Hagen Lessing explains why he believes every company can benefit from adopting an agile-at-scale management system.
Extending agile’s principles—and benefits—throughout an organization is both essential and challenging. Our agile-at-scale framework guides the way.
What is agile at scale? Agile at scale is a way of working—and thinking—that can take organizations from rigid to resilient. It’s more collaborative, more open, more creative, and more efficient than other models. Yet few companies have been able to implement enterprise agility.
It’s easy to see why. Similar to a digital transformation, achieving agile at scale requires companies to address their full operating model. They must embrace change. And they must support this agile transformation—completely and visibly—from the top.
It’s no simple undertaking. But now more than ever, companies need to extend enterprise agility deeper throughout their organization and culture. They can do it with the right agile-at-scale framework.
Taking agile beyond pilots and scattered initiatives requires deep changes in processes, habits, and even mindsets. It also requires careful timing and coordination. We work with clients at every step of their agile-at-scale journey.
Our agile-at-scale clients operate in nearly every industry and region. We’re able to assist such a diverse roster because of our global reach and cross-industry experience in enterprise agility. Among our engagements: agile transformation in banking, aviation, and pharmaceuticals. As the following examples show, agile at scale isn’t just for software—or isolated pilots—anymore.
Ista CEO Hagen Lessing explains why he believes every company can benefit from adopting an agile-at-scale management system.
Michael Ruttledge, CIO of Citizens, explains how a digital transformation has allowed the company to compete against fast-moving startups.
By looking past the buzzwords and embracing enterprise agility, the company put strategy into action to deliver better, faster, and stronger results.
Survey questions reveal three key findings that can help transform companies into truly agile workplaces.
Agile operating principles can improve the customer experience while lowering costs and reducing resolution time.
Contrary to what skeptics believe, it’s not necessary to go all in when applying agile methods. A selective approach can promote efficiency and effectiveness.
Can the two approaches help each other open up the last bastion of traditional corporate management to new ways of working?
Our agile-at-scale consultants and industry experts partner with clients to rethink their operating model and culture, and embrace an agile transformation.