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Uncertainty https://www.caginternationalag.com/ en Radical Business Agility https://www.caginternationalag.com/blog/radical-business-agility <span class="field-wrapper">Radical Business Agility</span> <span class="field-wrapper"><span lang="" about="https://www.caginternationalag.com/minuser/1" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="" xml:lang="">augustin</span></span> <span class="field-wrapper">Tue, 05/31/2022 - 16:36</span> <div class="field-wrapper field field-node--field-by field-name-field-by field-type-string field-label-inline clearfix"> <div class="field-label">By</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">Kurt Larsson</div> </div> </div> <div class="field-wrapper field field-node--published-at field-name-published-at field-type-published-at field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item">2022-05-31</div> </div> </div> <div class="field-wrapper field field-node--field-image-blog-posts field-name-field-image-blog-posts field-type-image field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"> <img src="https://www.caginternationalag.com/libraries/lazysizes/assets/imgs/loader.gif" alt="Radical Business Agility :: CAG International AG" title="Radical Business Agility :: CAG International AG" class="lazyload" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2022-05/2022-05-31%20Radical%20business%20agility.jpg?itok=kssukKYQ" data-srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2022-05/2022-05-31%20Radical%20business%20agility.jpg?itok=kssukKYQ 325w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2022-05/2022-05-31%20Radical%20business%20agility.jpg?itok=Teded69S 640w" data-sizes="(min-width: 1290px) 1290px, 100vw" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div> </div> </div> <div class="field-wrapper body field field-node--body field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item"><h2><strong>And navigating the age of uncertainty!</strong></h2> <p>For more than two years now we have all experienced the most uncertain and turbulent business climate since, at least, the Great Depression of the 1930s. For those of you whose businesses have survived and prospered, congratulations!</p> <p>Consciously or not, you have embraced what <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Business-Agility-Navigating-Uncertain/dp/1612545440">Radical Business Agility</a> is all about.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Here is just some of the uncertainties we have faced during the past 24 months:</strong></p> <ul><li>Worldwide lockdowns caused by Covid-19 and all its variations</li> <li>People radically changing their behavior out of fears, often driven by the media.</li> <li>A social media driven culture that seems to drive groups apart.</li> <li>Politicians creating laws and mandates that go against business and human nature</li> <li>A business world that is frightened, contracting and delaying decisions</li> <li>A big, noble and “perfectly timed” push, to greatly reset the world towards a green future.</li> <li>And now, the threat of an expanding war, which could include nuclear weapons!</li> </ul><p> </p> <p>And you as a business person, have had to either get agile, or die; just as we wrote, more than five years ago, in our first pioneering book, “Mastering Agility, Successfully Navigating Uncertainty”. In it, we described the coming megatrends and the perfect storm that were then brewing. This was before business agility was cool! We also provided tools, tips and tricks on what to do about it. As practice always trumps theory, we now have practical proof from our friends at McKinsey that our predictions of the <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/people-and-organizational- performance/our-insights/why-agility-pays">necessity of Business Agility are coming true</a>. Add to this, the “in the trenches experience” of successfully applying business agility methods and it is obvious that radical business agility has now become essential to surviving and thriving in this post-Covid-19 World.</p> <p>We, at CAG International AG, have not been immune to market uncertainty either. Some plans we were poised to implement just before the Pandemic are only now beginning to manifest. Being an international startup has presented us with its own unique challenges. Each country has reacted in different and sometimes conflicting ways. Our company, which has its headquarters in Switzerland, its stock listed on the Vienna Bourse OTC, its production arm in Sweden, management and shareholders all over the world, has been forced to radically think outside the box to improvise, adapt and overcome many different obstacles.</p> <p>We are pleased and proud to say that we have, so far, successfully navigated our way through the uncertainty generated by most of these obstacles. We are now finally on our way to implementing our long-planned business strategy. We have now finalized our first, long overdue deal, acquiring <a href="https://www.caginternationalag.com/partners/haig-barrett">Haig Barrett Consulting Ltd</a>.</p> <p>This will increase the size, power and agility of our company to consult, teach and guide other companies on how to be more agile. We will continue to build an international online learning powerhouse using our unique <a href="https://www.caginternationalag.com/services/carve-outsourcing-services-CORE">CORE<sup>TM</sup> carveout-sourcing business tool</a>. The big difference now is, we not only have our own experiences of success to share with our clients, we also understand and know how to deal with real-time challenges and defeats as well. One could say that we were forced to walk-the-talk.</p> <h3><strong>Live and Learn</strong></h3> <p>So, what have we, at CAG International AG, learned through our own experiences of navigating through the last two years of massive uncertainty? Among other things:</p> <ul><li><strong>Always have a plan-B and plan-C.</strong><br /> Sometimes painfully, we have realized that our plan-A was usually based in old, “<em>business as usual</em>” thinking. Have you also noticed that most of what worked, only two years ago, no longer doesn’t?</li> <li><strong>Be present to the situation before you</strong>, here and now.<br /> Dancing with someone who memorized the steps from a book feels completely different than dancing someone who is flowing with you here and now. Dealing with today’s business challenges with yesterday’s strategies and tactics is dangerous and can, sometimes overnight, become politically-incorrect, or even unlawful!</li> <li><strong>Keep looking ahead.</strong><br /> Possibilities only exist here and now and looking forward. Looking back only drains us of our remaining precious and finite energy, groveling over all the opportunities we, consciously or not, missed. Referencing the past is ok, as long as you face forward.</li> <li><strong>Make it personal.</strong><br /> Most problems can be handled by clear, understandable and friendly communication with <em>decision makers</em>. It is when you <em>don’t communicate</em>, and <em>the other party needs to guess</em> that problems arise. For instance, late on a bill? Call the person responsible and explain the situation. 95% of the time they will understand and a new agreement can be reached. Then honor it, if you can, or call, update and renegotiate if you cannot.</li> </ul><h3><strong>The Growing Importance of Soft-Skills</strong></h3> <p>The biggest difference we have noticed between pre Covid and post Covid times is that Soft-Skills are becoming much more important. First, your ability to negotiate the digital path to the real, live human being, who is directly responsible for your question or challenge, is paramount. Combining this with your increased capacity to communicate effectively and compassionately has become a major factor in your ability to create and improve your business agility. Going forward, all these skills, combined with all the other tools, tips and tricks we have been talking about for years, will be the deciding factors as to whether you and your organization just survives or thrives. </p> <p>Finally, our new book “<em>Radical Business Agility”</em>, is available (Link below). In it you will get an updated, more useable understanding of the powerful megatrends, as well as the various components of the Perfect Storm that we now find ourselves stuck in. Most importantly, you will find proven tools, tips and tricks of both the hard-skill and soft-skill kind that can directly affect your ability and success to do business going forward.</p> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 31 May 2022 14:36:55 +0000 augustin 126 at https://www.caginternationalag.com