The Inner Building Blocks

<p><i>Agile is the ability to quickly and naturally adapt to respond to changes.</i> <b>Most companies are inherently fragile and not agile</b> – when they are hit by new developments, shifting consumer behavior or fast-moving competition, they struggle and even cease to exist!</p><p><i>Inner Building Blocks</i> is a novel about Neil Frost, a Director of Digital Transformation and Agile Centre of Excellence at Walkers Mart. The company is already grappling with a failing transformation and on the verge of bankruptcy when COVID-19 strikes!</p><p>Sid, the Coach instils constructive discomfort through a series of probing questions to:</p><ul> <li><b>Rethink agility and reimagine the future of work</b> with <i>hybrid operating models.</i></li> <li><b>Launch a series of experiments</b> to reinvent the <i>Building Blocks</i> (e.g., strategy, talent, culture, structures, practices and digital technologies). </li> <li><b>Discover twenty-six solutions</b> to embrace lean-agile mindset for strategic agility.</li></ul><p><i>Could the company survive amid the global pandemic and ensuing supply chain challenges?</i></p><p>A compelling storytelling approach and provocative dialogues provide relatable context to adopt the concepts. The principles and techniques are delicately camouflaged within the underlying characters, their conversations and situations.</p>