Tag Archive for: covid-19

Oh you agile Augustin! Business agility in the age of COVID-19

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I first met leadership and agile consultant, Dr Siegfried Kaltenecker, in 2009 and immediately adopted Sigi as my mentor.

During the past ten years, we have shared many experiences, notably designing and delivering a novel training programme named Leading Self-Organising Teams.

Fast forward to 2020. Sigi recently published an article based on conversations with clients and colleagues during this period of uncertainty and ambiguity since the arrival of COVID-19 in our lives.

I read the original in German and immediately called him and suggested he publish an English version. This idea grew to not only translating the article, which you can read here, but also to take the opportunity of lockdown to record a Zoom conversation about our respective experiences during this time. This is now published in the agile42 YouTube channel below.

Enjoy!

Participate in a Pulse to sense organization resilience

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We are aware of how challenging the worldwide situation is for every business and how many companies are shifting the way they operate and sometimes even inventing new ways to ensure business continuity. In this context, organizations that were designed to be robust to external challenges are struggling, because they were not ready for such an unpredictable challenge. On the other side, companies which were able to grow resilience as an organizational capability will find in their DNA the ability to recover fast, adapt and possibly even grow stronger after the crisis: we’re getting some true real-time lessons in what resilient organizations are in a time of rapid change.

To help businesses and leaders make sense of what is happening and manage through the COVID-19 escalation, agile42 in partnership with Cognitive Edge has developed a Sensemaker pulse to get an understanding of how resilient organizations are, which we trust will provide valuable information to all our clients.

Sensemaker Pulse

  • How companies are reacting to the pandemic?
  • How resilient different industries sectors have been?
  • How individuals are affected and reacting?
  • How policies of different governments are helping?

In such a volatile environment, it is impossible to rely on our individual ability to understand what happens and be able to take the necessary decisions in a time that is compatible with the faster and faster lead time needed in the current situation.

So we ask you to participate in the pulse by accessing the following link:
collector.sensemaker-suite.com
It will take no more than 10 minutes.

The results will be collected in a report and shared for free from agile42.

You are also welcome to share the link with your colleagues: we want to hear as many stories as possible.

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A message from agile42 at time of COVID-19 epidemic

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We are reaching out to our community in this trying time to share with you our commitment to minimizing the spread of COVID-19 (“Coronavirus disease”). Your safety and that of your families and ours is our primary concern. We are striving to get the right balance of caution and service to our customers, from coaches to training attendees, and remain committed to providing a safe environment.

agile42 is carefully monitoring the COVID-19 situation in all countries of operation by checking reliable and official sources daily. Circumstances vary by location and everyone is facing different challenges, so for every country we are following the local governments’ recommendations instead of applying a single plan.

agile42 has been working remotely for over 12 years and can provide guidance with experience, tools and practices on how to effectively operate remotely. We are aware that the worldwide situation is constantly evolving and we are also aware that business continuity is essential.

It is our intention to ensure the seamless continuity of our business and services at all levels as much as possible. Here is what we are doing to help:

  1. We are going to shift many of our upcoming scheduled classes to virtual classes and we will deliver the best quality we can in an engaging and interactive form.
  2. We will be hosting a series of webinars to share the way we have managed to work remotely. Hopefully, our approach will be of help to you.
  3. We will be offering remote coaching and consulting services to help you keep operating as effectively as possible. We are also looking at new remote product offerings around remote facilitation, leading in these complex times, and other topics. Look out for those!
  4. In regions where there is currently no limitation from health authorities, we might still offer limited in-person training. In those cases, we ask everyone to follow the general guidelines on hygiene and avoiding infection to create an enjoyable and safe training environment for everybody.
  5. We trust you all to be socially responsible. For example, we ask you, if you feel even mild symptoms of a respiratory infection, like fever, throat ache or cough, to please get in touch with us. We will find a way to make it easy for you to stay home and take care of your health and that of others.

We will continue to follow the authorities’ and scientists’ guidelines, as well as be prepared to take additional decisions on an ongoing basis.

While the environment around us is uncertain, we thank you for your patience as we make changes to provide you with the best possible service in light of these challenging times. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us.