The Agility Imperative

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Executive Summary

In this second report in our year-long Industry Agility series, we explore how leaders across organizational hierarchies will be challenged by ongoing disruption to the industrial operating environment, and the steps they can take to thrive.

Fractured Foundations
Introducing Industrial Agility
Building a continuous decision cycle
Implementing Industrial Agility 
Understanding Industrial Agility
Leadership perspectives: from boardroom to operations
The boardroom perspective 
The chief executive officer's perspective
Operations leaders' perspective
Engineering leaders' perspective
Maintenance leaders' perspective
Quality leaders' perspective
Supply chain leaders' perspective 
Energy leaders' perspective
Environmental and EHS leaders' perspective
Risk leaders' perspective 
IT leaders' perspective

 

About the Authors

Josh Graessle

Josh Graessle

Senior Manager

Josh is a Senior Manager at Verdantix, covering industrial transformation, with a focus on manufacturing operations management, industrial design and engineering, and asset ma...

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Lucy Hobson

Lucy Hobson

Senior Manager, Product Marketing

Lucy is a Senior Manager in the Verdantix Marketing team. She specializes in product marketing, leading product launches, competitive insight and Voice of the Customer initiat...

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Steve Allen

Steve Allen

VP, Marketing

Steve is VP Marketing at Verdantix, where he leads the firm’s global marketing, brand, and communications strategy. He is passionate about building a brand that communic...

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