
NEW! Interactive Workshops:
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
9:00am-12:00pm
Workshop A: Managing Change and Engaging Leaders
Mark Hefner, Managing Director, Palladium Group, Inc.
Successfully executing strategy is not a "metrics" project, it's a change program. Senior executives must ensure that both the technical and human objectives of strategy execution are met in order to succeed. Failure to achieve the human objectives associated with executing strategy results in superficial and non-sustainable outcomes. Change will not take place, strategy will not be implemented, and the opportunity for breakthrough performance will be missed.
This workshop will help strategy practitioners:
1:00-4:00pm
Workshop B: Applying Agile Methods to Strategy Execution:
Accelerating Time to Results
Spencer Jones, Director & Agile Coach, Palladium Group, Inc.
The most effective way to implement strategy—just like the most effective way to implement software—is an iterative process. Agile methodology refers to the ability for teams to rapidly respond and adapt to the unpredictability of implementing a project or building software through incremental, iterative work cadences. Organizations are discovering that by applying agile methods to strategy, the strategy management cycle is completed more rapidly, allowing them to be more responsive to their markets while avoiding strategic missteps. Strategic choices can be assessed more rapidly—providing the ability to realize value more quickly and completely.
This workshop will help strategy practitioners apply agile methods by: