Book tips - Agility
AGILITY
Agility is becoming massively more important, especially in the wake of digitization and automation. Companies with traditional, inflexible hierarchies have a harder time aligning themselves with customer needs and wishes. The return on investment is increasingly difficult to generate and competitive disadvantages are the result, which can even threaten the existence of the company. The term agility refers to the ability of a company or organization to adapt actively and flexibly to changing environmental conditions. Particularly in the IT sector and in software development, a number of methods have emerged in recent years that enable those responsible not only to respond early to the challenges of digital transformation, but also to proactively help shape the change.
" Even from stones that are put in your way, you can build beautiful things. " -Johan Wolfgang von Goethe
Source: E-3 Magazine - Issue October 2016
Agile companies
Only agile companies will be successful in the long term - companies that discover and develop new business areas in a focused, fast and flexible manner and are prepared to leave traditional contexts behind. But what exactly is agility? What requirements do agile companies have to meet? And what are the consequences for management, executives and employees? This book provides answers to these questions. In his new book, psychologist Valentin Nowotny shows how companies can successfully harness the power of agile thinking and action.
Agile management
What does agility look like? Does agility even exist? In recent years, new agile models and methods have been developed all the time - depending on the problem at hand. But when is which method suitable? And how can the methods be successfully implemented in one's own company? The authors - all proven experts in the agile scene - introduce you to various agile management models, agile methods and best practices.
Determinants of IT agility
Frank Termer examines the phenomenon of IT agility from a holistic perspective for the first time, taking into account the areas of technology, people, organization and processes. In addition, it is made clear that IT agility is to be understood as a behavioral pattern that can only be captured by taking a time dimension into account. Concrete statements are made about determinants and cause-effect relationships that enable the management of IT agility.
Agile ModerationAgile ModerationAgile Moderation
Discussion rounds, meetings or project meetings often only produce frustrated participants and no usable insights. The results are usually not within the participants' sphere of influence, people talk past each other, and the discussions go round in circles. Viable solutions can only emerge if the various perspectives and expertise are integrated and utilized. And this is exactly where the task of agile facilitation comes in.
Lead more agile
Since its inception, AI research has been associated with grand visions of the future of humanity. So is "artificial intelligence" replacing humans? This book is a plea for technology design: AI must prove itself as a service in society. The author Prof. Klaus Mainzer studied mathematics, physics and philosophy at the University of Münster, where he also earned his doctorate in philosophy (1973) and his habilitation.
