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Forward Motion: Integrating Collaborative Agile Behavior with Modern Automation Techniques in the OASIS Model

Massimo Mistretta
Adaptive Organizations
3 min readAug 10, 2023

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Introduction

As businesses grapple with the velocity of change and disruption in the modern era, the call for adaptive organizations has become more pronounced than ever. At the heart of this transformation lies the OASIS model – a paradigm built upon Organizational Agility, Scalability, Integration, and Systematization. But beyond the mechanics of the model lies a key strategic consideration: how can organizations merge the nimbleness of collaborative agile behavior with the efficiency of modern automation techniques to stay ahead in the game?

Collaborative Agile Behavior: The Heartbeat of Adaptive Organizations

Agility – once considered a software development methodology – has grown into a holistic organizational strategy. This shift recognizes the importance of:

• Flexibility: Embracing change as an opportunity rather than a challenge.

• Collaboration: Pooling diverse skills and knowledge to generate innovative solutions.

• Iterative Growth: Rapidly iterating on ideas based on feedback, ensuring products, or strategies are in alignment with market needs.

While the OASIS model provides a structural scaffold, agile behavior injects life into it. Without collaborative agile behavior, organizations risk becoming a mechanistic system, devoid of the creativity and spontaneity necessary for genuine adaptability.

Modern Automation Techniques: The Nervous System of Adaptive Organizations

As much as agility is about human collaboration, modern challenges also demand efficiency at scale. Enter automation. Today’s automation tools, powered by advancements in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics, are not just about doing tasks faster. They’re about:

• Smart Decision Making: Drawing from vast datasets to make decisions in real-time.

• Predictive Analysis: Forecasting trends and potential challenges, allowing for preemptive action.

• System Integration: Ensuring different parts of an organization’s tech ecosystem communicate seamlessly.

In the context of the OASIS model, automation serves as the nervous system, rapidly transmitting information across the organizational body, ensuring timely reactions to external stimuli.

Merging Human Agility with Machine Efficiency

The magic of adaptive organizations lies in their ability to harmoniously blend human intuition with machine precision. The challenges of our times – be it rapid technological advancements, geopolitical shifts, or global crises – demand both the creativity to envision solutions and the efficiency to deploy them at scale.

Iterative Automation: Integrating agile principles into automation means systems evolve based on feedback. Instead of static automated processes, adaptive organizations deploy iterative automation systems. They learn from user interactions, market shifts, and internal feedback loops to refine their operations continuously.

Human-in-the-Loop Systems: These are automation systems designed with a crucial role for human intervention. Such systems combine the speed of automation with the nuance and judgment of human decision-making. In scenarios where the context is crucial, these systems ensure that decisions are both rapid and well-informed.

Collaborative Robots (Cobots): A testament to the integration of agile collaboration and automation. Cobots are designed to work alongside humans in shared workspaces. They handle tasks that are repetitive or physically demanding, allowing human workers to focus on more complex, value-adding activities.

Forward Motion in the Age of Disruption

The era we find ourselves in is one of unprecedented change. However, with challenge comes opportunity. For organizations anchored in the OASIS model, the path forward is clear: Integrate the fluidity of collaborative agile behavior with the precision of modern automation techniques.

It is not enough to be agile or automated in isolation. Success lies in the alchemy of these elements, in a forward motion that ensures organizations are both dreamers and doers, visionaries and executors. In this dance of human and machine, adaptive organizations find their rhythm, charting a path of resilience and innovation in an age of constant flux.

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