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Successfully reacting to disruption requires transformation. Operational Velocity is an organization’s ability to deeply transform as quickly as possible. The building blocks of Operational Velocity are Alignment and a Culture of Urgency. Amazon is the obvious example.
Driving change quickly in any organization isn’t just about automation or “digitization”. It’s about getting thousands of employees aligned on a radically new trajectory and purpose. And low Velocity doesn’t mean your people lack work ethic, inspiration, or training. It means that they aren’t aligned and they aren’t operating with urgency. That’s why leadership’s vision takes 2 years to reach the front line (if at all), and that’s why di…