First be nimble : a story about how to adapt, innovate and perform in a volatile business world

Graham Winter

Imagine if you had the blueprint to create an agile and intelligent organisation that could handle anything that an unpredictable business world threw at it? First Be Nimble is that blueprint, presented by best-selling author Graham Winter in an enthralling business story packed with easy-to-apply ideas and powerful tools linked to online resources. The story: Fledgling international company McCrae's Fine Chocolates has lost its innovative edge and become a reactive bureaucracy. Through a mix of courage, collaboration and digital-age strategies, McCrae's confronts its challenges, breaks through the inevitable resistance to change, and transforms itself into a nimble and adaptive market leader. This is your personal guidebook to gearing up for fast and frequent change. Learn how to: move, learn and adapt-fast! replace change resistance with change resilience thrive in ambiguity and uncertainty break through business bottlenecks build a network of nimble, connected teams. First Be Nimble is a must read for everyone who wants their organisation to thrive in this constantly changing business world.

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Year of publication:	2012 ; Online-Ausg.
Authors:	Winter, Graham
Publisher:	Milton, Qld : Jossey-Bass
Subject:	Innovation \| Unternehmenserfolg \| Firm performance \| Welt \| World \| Volatilität \| Volatility

Extent:	Online-Ressource (xxi, 154 p.) ill.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries First Be Nimble; contents; about the author; acknowledgements; introduction; what do we really need?; why 'first be nimble™'?; to sum up bluntly; part I: the story of 'even chocolate frogs adapt'; chapter 1: turbulence; the perfect storm; alex reid; a spark of innovation; chapter 2: complacency; an edge; too slow, too obvious; meanwhile. . .; back in the boardroom; jess; fast doesn't mean nimble; we must accelerate; a frog?; chapter 3: change resistance; change is the new constant; jim; flashback: corporate values; wall values; the frog strategy; future-proofing; chapter 4: disruption the operating model of the futurecustomer of the future; value chain of the future; employee of the future; provoking the business; chapter 5: five principles; breakout workshop; what is 'nimble'?; the five principles of first be nimble™; be brave, not busy; co-create-think one team; build to flex; leap, learn, adapt; let go-welcome the squirm; an infusion; chapter 6: lessons learned; twelve months later; lessons learned: be brave, not busy; lessons learned: co-create-think one team; lessons learned: leap, learn, adapt; lessons learned: build to flex lessons learned: let go-welcome the squirmchapter 7: sustaining; the right time; simple, yet precious; part II: the first be nimble™ system; the first be nimble™ model; understanding the five principles; co-create-think one team; build to flex; be brave, not busy; leap, learn, adapt; let go-welcome the squirm; an exciting gateway; implementing the first be nimble™ system; leadership capability development; team development and performance; performance systems; talent management; change; summary; pt. 1. The story of 'even chocolate frogs adapt' -- pt. 2. The first be nimble system
ISBN:	978-1-118-32961-0 ; 978-1-118-32959-7 ; 978-1-118-32959-7
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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