{"id":352,"date":"2020-10-14T17:27:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T14:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agilitysummit.eu\/?post_type=class&#038;p=352"},"modified":"2020-11-02T16:34:05","modified_gmt":"2020-11-02T14:34:05","slug":"keynote-session-with-stephen-parry","status":"publish","type":"class","link":"https:\/\/agilitysummit.eu\/class\/keynote-session-with-stephen-parry\/","title":{"rendered":"Adaptive Business Leadership: Integrating Bold Visions and Harsh Realities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The times they are a changing. The great American songwriter Bob Dylan is no business analyst, but his iconic song <em>The Times They Are A-Changin\u2019<\/em> has something very pertinent to say about the economy and the global landscapes we live in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As businesses our goal is to make our organisations resilient to change, the idea being to weather the ups and downs of the market and geopolitical conditions to achieve long-term profitability and growth. In this view of the world, changes are seen as exterior events, things that happen to a business outside of the normal run of affairs. This risks taking a negative view of change: Change is something to be mitigated against, avoided or at best, managed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is there a different way to view change, and is there a different way for a business to approach how it reacts to change? Do we need a different type of leadership?, even new organisational designs? The answer my friend is, Yes.&nbsp; And it begins with the recognition that change is the norm, not the exception and requires new forms of adaptiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Managers in organisations seeking adaptability need to know:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>How to define a business strategy that has the flexibility to adjust to changing markets and competitive disruption.&nbsp;<\/em><\/li><li><em>How to create business designs that adjust continually without incurring the massive overheads of constant reorganisations.<\/em><\/li><li><em>How to create management systems that allow management and staff at all levels to explore new niches and exploit competitive weaknesses to create differentiation and long-term profitability, while engaging the willing contribution of staff and managers.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leadership is the art of possibility in the face of reality.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>How you choose to compete will determine your level of agility and adaptability and overall response to change.<\/li><li>Your work-climate (<em>the combined thinking, feelings and perceptions of staff, managers and leaders<\/em>) will indicate how adaptive your business really is.<\/li><li>Seeing purpose from a different perspective<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you want to compete, you have no choice but to respond. If you want to succeed, you need to know how to adapt.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The times they are a changing. The great American songwriter Bob Dylan is no business analyst, but his iconic song The Times They Are A-Changin\u2019 has something very pertinent to say about the economy&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":[],"wcs-type":[8,9],"wcs-room":[11],"wcs-instructor":[22],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agilitysummit.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/class\/352"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agilitysummit.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/class"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agilitysummit.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/class"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agilitysummit.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcs-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agilitysummit.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wcs-type?post=352"},{"taxonomy":"wcs-room","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agilitysummit.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wcs-room?post=352"},{"taxonomy":"wcs-instructor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agilitysummit.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wcs-instructor?post=352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}