Hello, awesome business agility leaders! We wanted to dedicate this newsletter to answering the ‘What is Enterprise Business Agility?’ question.

We’ve come back truly energized from the Business Agility Conference last month, and it was great to see and reconnect with many of you. We thought it would be awesome to recap some of our learnings, and share insights and strategies for accelerating your business agility journey.

At the conference, we learned a few key things:

Many speakers shared the pattern of ‘getting everyone in the room’. They emphasized the importance of having your finance, HR, audit partners in the room especially when a large outcome impacts them.
We really enjoyed the talk about Agile Finance from Laurie Reuben and how we can move beyond budgeting to more adaptive and flexible models.
In Jason Gaulden's motivational talk, we were inspired by how Agility can apply to the education world to help prepare our K-12 system for the future of work. Check out the Age of Agility Report.

"People Over Process" illustration from the 2019 BAI Conference

"People Over Process" sketch from the 2019 BAI Conference

Reminders: Get certified! Register for upcoming Enterprise Business Agility Strategist workshops.

❤️ Sally Elatta & the AgilityHealth Team

What Is Enterprise Business Agility?

There is a noticeable shift and perhaps an evolution from focusing on Agile transformations, which aim to optimize delivery within IT, to enabling Enterprise Business Agility (EBA) - transformations where a more holistic strategy is needed to enable true Enterprise Agility both within technology and beyond. Why? Simply put, focusing only on IT delivery optimization hasn't achieved the intended business outcomes most executives and leaders were aiming for.

Check out these additional resources:

[Podcast] Measuring Business Agility Outcomes | Business Agility Series Great intro to business agility and measurement with Sally Elatta and Skip Angel from Accenture.
[Webinar] Enabling Enterprise Business Agility New to Enterprise Business Agility? Start here! Watch and share this webinar with your leaders.

The EBA Transformation Journey

The journey of true Enterprise Business Agility is one that requires an overall transformation strategy that embeds agility across teams, technology, processes, people and the entire enterprise while measuring what matters. Watch the video or download the slide.

2019 Global Business Agility Survey

How does your company measure up? Take part in the 2019 Global Business Agility Survey to find out. This is a collaborative effort between the Business Agility Institute, AgilityHealth and sponsored by Accenture. As a respondent, you’ll be the first to receive a copy of the 2019 report.

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Upcoming Certification Workshops

Enterprise Business Agility Strategist

If you’re a senior leader or change agent actively transforming your organization, this 3-day workshop is for you. Learn how to enable measurable and sustainable enterprise business agility transformations across all areas of business operations and delivery.

Participants will receive the EBAS (Enterprise Business Agility Strategist) certification in addition to the IC-Agile BAF certification.

June 26-28 | Alpharetta, GA | Presented by our partner ICON

July 23-25 | Omaha, NE

AgilityHealth Facilitator

Interested in becoming certified to facilitate the various AgilityHealth assessments we offer? Attend any of the workshops below to receive our AgilityHealth Facilitator Certification (AHF).

Apr 29 | Online | DevOps Facilitator Certification Register Now

May 14 | Online | Team Health Facilitator Certification Register Now

June 18 | Online | Team Health Facilitator Certification Register Now