“
Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone
do something that you said could not be done.
– Sam Ewing
recognize the importance of being agile
In this issue of ON, we spend time dissecting
players. We have to create new agile meth-
how the concepts of change and agility go
odologies within our business that focus on
hand-in-hand; why a number of companies
achieving favorable business outcomes.
struggle to remain agile (hint: the whirlwind
We need to break these big initiatives into
and “run” mode get us every time); and how
the smallest task. A football game is not won
organizations can become more dexterous
by a single complicated play. It’s won with
in affecting change. This issue also includes:
a one-yard-at-a-time mindset.
• An article about the core technology areas
Becoming more agile sounds easy but it’s hard
you may not yet be considering (e.g.: hyper
to do. Many within our organizations are not
convergence and software-defined net
agile players and don’t practice agility. What’s
working)
more, our leadership teams are not playing the
• A spotlight on Connecticut College and
role as “coaches” to help us get there. We over
how we partnered with the school to
plan but under deliver. We don’t “practice”
make the transition to next-gen security
before we execute, so we make hasty decisions; we leave zero time to prepare because
• A Q&A with Isha McCauley, Atrion’s
we are mired down in the whirlwind; we ex-
finance department guru
ecute by the seat of our pants. As a result, we
hit roadblock after roadblock when trying to
So as you leaf through this quarter’s issue,
affect change. And, in so doing, we move fur-
I’ll leave with one question:
ther and further away from embracing agility.
If you were able to embrace an agile mind
both personally and professionally, what
sizeable impact do you think you could
have on your world?
Happy reading!
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