Practical Guidance and Inspiration for Launching, Sustaining, or Improving Any Agile Enterprise Transformation Initiative

As long-time competitive advantages disappear, astute executives and change agents know they must achieve true agile transformation. In Unlocking Agility, Jorgen Hesselberg reveals what works, what doesn't, and how to overcome the daunting obstacles.

Distilling 10+ years of experience leading agile transformation in the enterprise, Hesselberg guides you on jumpstarting change, sustaining momentum, and executing superbly on customer commitments as you move forward. He helps you identify appropriate roles for consultants, optimize organizational structures, set realistic expectations, and measure against them. He shares first-hand accounts from pioneering transformation leaders at firms including Intel, Nokia, Salesforce.com, Spotify, and many more.

Balance building the right thing, the right way, at the right speed

Design a holistic transformation strategy using five dimensions of agility: Technology, Organizational Design, People, Leadership, and Culture

Promote agile skills, knowledge, and abilities throughout your workforce

Incorporate powerful leadership models, including Level 5, Teal, and Beyond Budgeting

Leverage business agility metrics to affect norms and change organizational culture

Establish your Agile Working Group, the engine of agile transformation

Define operating models and strategic roadmaps for unlocking agility, and track your progress

You already know agile transformation is essential. Now, discover how to customize your strategy, execute on it in your environment, and achieve it.

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