CHAPTER 10

Leading the Change

If you dislike change, you’re going to dislike irrelevance even more.

—GENERAL ERIC SHINSEKI

IN THIS CHAPTER, WE WILL EXPLORE

■ the reasons behind failed business agility initiatives and how to prevent them

■ some key principles that underpin successful change programs

■ how to achieve alignment and transparency around a vision for success

■ how to design a set of consciously coordinated, holistic actions that will result in true business agility

■ how to use the Business Agility Canvas as a strategic tool for managing organizational transformations.

Why Most Change Fails: Avoiding the Pitfalls

The success achieved at General Motors’ former Fremont plant upon its reopening as NUMMI (see chapter 5) demonstrates ...

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