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Let's Disrupt Ourselves Before Someone Else Can

We often hear that the one constant in any organization is change…and that seems to hold true in our rapidly evolving environment. Technology advancements are disrupting markets, companies, countries…how can we make sure we are ahead of the change curve?

Intentional change is a journey, and it’s difficult to say we are ever “done”—we are usually just onto the next area of change. That’s most likely why we are starting to see organizations creating Chief Transformation Officer roles. Companies are acknowledging transformation as a core function of their organization.

So how do we summarize the main areas of change facing organizations today? 

1. Aligning Outcomes and OKRs across the organization provides clarity on the “why” for our teams and helps provide the guidance needed for prioritizing work. If we share the value we are trying to deliver or the goal we are trying to achieve, it’s easier for those solving the problem to make good decisions.
   
   
2. Reviewing your “team of teams” design and updating your operating model will allow you to evaluate how work flows through your system. Do you have bottlenecks or dependencies that need to be addressed? Do you have too many people in the wrong area? We don’t have to change who reports to who, but looking at how value flows is an important part of understanding the way your system works and if it's effective.
   
   
3. Product Discovery & “new ways of working” allow us to go beyond IT and what we traditionally think of as Agile and bring agility concepts to all types of teams. This will help ensure we are building the right product to solve our customer needs in the most efficient way possible, and producing the highest value features first. Focus less on process and more on value delivered.

We support this work by creating enterprise-wide visibility and supporting internal change agents. We can still create a physical room where we gather to have these conversations and make the work visible, but the high distribution of teams, and the presence of a virtual workforce makes having a digital version a high priority for many organizations.

When we accept that change is a constant, we can make smarter decisions about how, when and at what rate change will come. There will always be surprises, but when we embrace change and go with the flow instead of fighting it, amazing things can happen with our teams and leaders.

Interested in learning more, or hearing some of our stories of change? Let us know – we would be happy to share some of our latest insights with you.

❤️  The AgilityHealth® team

Business Outcomes 2.0 Comes to Life

Over the last several PI's, our team has focused on making our Business Outcomes Dashboard a robust platform that gives our customers a high degree of value and transparency in their organization. We have added some amazing new features to help organizations as they define and refine the objectives and key results that will help move their strategy to the next level. Some of the features that are new include:

• Weighting for key results so that you can share what’s most important as you work to achieve your goals
• We have added permissions to team members and cards, so people can have read or edit access and can also be on multiple teams
• We have also added an Overall Performance Dashboard, so you can see at a glance what the progress that is being made against your Outcomes and Deliverables. As with many of our views in AgilityHealth, this is driven by the level you select on the left navigation.

You can learn about these features and more in our Support Center - check it out!

Upcoming Events: CIO 100 Symposium & Awards

We are off to the beautiful Broadmoor in Colorado Springs in just a few days to celebrate a few of our customer CIOs at the CIO 100 Symposium & Awards - will you be there? We are excited to hear several of our customers speak and chat with others that will be there. Let us know if you will be attending - we’d love to connect with you and catch up over a coffee!