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\n- Visibility: <\/b>With business agility, the focus shifts from performing tasks and conducting activities, to achieving desired results in the shortest possible time. Visibility is necessary so that teams and individuals can see where they are, where they’re going, or how their decisions impact the bigger picture.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Work Collaboration Management (WCM): <\/b>Conventional collaboration is not designed for the business agility landscape, because it lacks context, is too slow, and doesn’t inherently push work towards closure. Work Collaboration Management fills this gap, because it fosters ongoing, real-time dialogue among relevant stakeholders about what matters, but without sacrificing the integrity of task-oriented problem solving and decision-making.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\n- Employee Engagement: <\/b>For business agility to work, enterprises need ALL of their people to be creative, innovative, efficient, and constantly searching for smarter ways to deliver value. Reminding employees that they’re valued and trusted is important; but it’s not enough. They also need to see this commitment reflected in the tools, technologies and systems at their disposal. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Consider Your Structure<\/b><\/p>\n
TechTarget is right; business agility is indeed “a concept whereby organizations seek to approach their operations and resources in a flexible, responsive manner.” But structure isn’t the enemy here, and it shouldn’t be feared, dreaded, or driven out of the environment. Rather, enterprises need to re-evaluate and re-shape their structure so that it drives business agility rather than undermines it. And they’ll know they’re on the right track when the structure meaningfully sustains and measurably enhances teamwork, visibility, WCM and employee engagement. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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