Toronto Agile Conference: Workshop

TAC hosted workshop - https://confengine.com/toronto-agile-conference-2020/proposal/14918/workshop-post-covid-journey-to-innovative-success

Before the pandemic, medium-to-large sized organizations approached  transformations with a carefully crafted multi-year view. Businesses  focused first on the development of a targeted end-state, and then it's  delivery through the execution. This created a silo when developing the  strategy vs. executing it. The pandemic is demanding a much higher  degree of business agility due to unpredictability. Businesses must  align the ever-changing customer needs with an ever-shrinking  time-to-market. There is need to drive organizational transformations  with an iterative mindset towards a scalable culture of innovation.

Through this workshop, I will share an approach to develop a  transformation strategy, which can be pivoted to match the changes in  market needs. I will also share the governance needed to scale the  strategy at an enterprise level. I have developed this approach over the  last year and have field tested it with the clients in three  industries.

 Outline/Structure of the Workshop 

• Organizational transformation and how they have evolved during COVID - 10 mins

• Parts of the transforming strategy - 20 mins

• Parts of the transforming governance - 20 mins

• Other considerations to scale - 5 mins

• Wrap up/ Q&A - 5 mins

 Learning Outcomes 

• What factors are impacting business success during the pandemic?

• What perspectives are needed to successfully transform towards business agility and a culture of innovation?

• What is the practical approach towards a scalable, results-driven business model, during the unpredictability?

Speaker:

• Gunjan Syal - Transformation Executive at Emerald Technology Group Inc.  Gunjan has lead transformations for at least 24 clients in 9 different industries. She is a strategy, governance and planning advisor on organizational transformations. Gunjan transforms businesses by bridging business and technology conversations. More about Gunjan: https://www.goemerald.ca/about-gunjan

Note: this session will be recorded