Panel|The Need For Speed - Optimizing Organizations For Digital Agility|Zinnov Confluence '18, Paris

Speaker: James Kretchmar
Designation: Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Company: Akamai Technologies Inc.

Speaker: Christine-Anne Chevry
Designation: Sr Manager, Digital Industry Business Solutions
Company: Airbus Helicopters

Speaker: Ethan Imboden
Designation: VP Creative & Head Of Venture Design
Company: frog

Session Chair: Vamsee Tirukkala
Designation: Co-founder & Chief Commercial Officer - Platforms
Company: Zinnov

With the growing importance on digital transformation across many different organizations and industries, the idea of Organizational Agility is being seen as the secret sauce for winning in digital. But what is Digital Agility? It is the ability to quickly and easily adopt digital technologies to maximize the customer experience. Agility involves a range of attributes like collaborative planning, excellence in implementation, and continual measurement and refinement. Digital Agility is a key driver for an organization’s performance. However, many leaders and companies lack a full picture on the implications of building an agile organization for strategy, structure, culture, leadership and even recruiting and the work environment. So what needs to be done to optimize your organization for Digital Agility? What steps should business leaders take to adopt agile tools and methods to drive Digital Agility? This talk touches upon these points.