McKinsey & Company: Agile Organizations

Agile organizations represent an association of teams operating in rapid learning and decision-making cycles. Organizational agility is not easy and therefore needs strong and aligned leadership from the top. Transforming to an agile operating model within any enterprise needs to be both comprehensive and iterative. It can help to overcome challenges within an organization including problematic interfaces slow-decision making, unclear accountabilities, etc. Agility within healthcare organizations may be beneficial as it will help them adapt rapidly to changing competitor responses and customer needs without any need for a full-scale restructuring. The concept of agility is of utmost importance in healthcare which has suffered remarkable disruption in recent years.