Agile for sustainability
Sustainability is a living matter that needs a different approach: the agile methodology developed in ICT allows us to be quick, effective and adjust our focus as soon as we need to.
Sustainability is a living matter that needs a different approach: the agile methodology developed in ICT allows us to be quick, effective and adjust our focus as soon as we need to.
Sustainability needs quick and realistic solutions coupled with medium- to long-term visions and commitments– motivation must be nurtured and so must business results. In our opinion, the solution comes from the fusion with the Agile model, which was born in the ICT environment to respond to some challenges similar to those of sustainability, such as managing complexity, merging multidisciplinary skills and producing fast results.
With this method, we work in a concrete and shared way, setting up teams that have a multitude of skills, even external to the company, to deal systemically with daily challenges. If well addressed, this can make the company’s impact more sustainable.
But it is not enough, it is necessary that these teams know how to produce concrete and rapid solutions that can be improved in the future with revisions. While it is true that it takes years to transform unsustainable situations, it is equally true that interim results are needed to instill renewed enthusiasm and convince even the most skeptical.
Our vision is clear: sustainability (social, environmental and economic) creates new business models.
Who is in charge? We believe in open and agile change management models to manage the complexity of creating positive and sustainable impact. For positive change to happen, we need to promote new governance models that move away from the logics of the past and open up to collaborative dynamics.
Like any process, sustainability needs to be governed and managed. With a multi-stakeholder approach, it is also possible to bring new energies into the organization’s governance processes