Senior Managers working in most modern businesses need to abandon the traditional norms of management and flip them around to navigate the challenging waters of VUCA work: Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous.
One of the most challenging change is the move from Resource Thinking to Flow Thinking. That change is at the core of the “Manage the Work, not the People” ethos.
FLIPP Agility: The 5 Principles of Business Agility
Flow Ensure that work progresses through your business processes in the most efficient way possible. Design your organisation to enhance flow.
Learning Companies that don’t learn can’t adapt and compete with changes in business model, technology, tools, concepts, etc. — They will eventually become outdated and fail.
Impact Prioritise work that could deliver the most impact. Deliver is as soon as possible to validate this hypothesis. What constitutes Impact will evolve over time. It could be acquiring customers, validating a business hypothesis, building brand recognition, extracting economic value, etc.
Fit for Purpose Validate that the products and services meet the needs of our customers.
Fit for People Create brilliant work environments for people to thrive and unleash their full potential.
Break Away from the Iron Triangle Shackles
Many managers and coaches in the Agile world manage work in terms of Costs, Time and Scope. These principles are tied to Resource Thinking and it is time to FLIPP our focus into principles that are fit for complex work.
Jose Casal is a business agility consultant with extensive experience. Flight Levels Guide, Professional Kanban & Scrum Trainer. Founder of Actineo Consulting.
