innovation

The Future of Agility and Innovation in Practice

It is clear from the interviews conducted for this research that there is a real opportunity for marketing teams and organisations to drive greater efficiency, responsiveness and customer value from implementing agile ways of working. However, it is also clear that organisations need to take account of their own contexts when defining how to transition […]

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Challenges in Applying Agility in Marketing and Innovation

The ability to be agile requires organisations to make strategic, operational and cultural changes. This chapter provides a guide to overcoming some of the most common barriers to agility, and how to make space for innovation within an organisation. Understanding barriers to agility The introduction and scaling of agile ways of working is its own […]

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Agility in Marketing, Ecommerce and Innovation

In the context of rapidly changing environments, many marketing teams are seeking to augment existing capability with much greater levels of adaptability, responsiveness and customer centricity. The chapter outlines where the opportunities to apply agile methods are, plus key considerations for structuring and resourcing teams. What is agile marketing? Building on an original definition of […]

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The Agile Innovation Imperative

Organisations that understand the need to be agile and innovative have a significant advantage over their competitors for reasons that will become clear in this chapter. This section of the research explores what it means to be agile and innovative, and some of the key enablers of success. Rapid change and the need for greater […]

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Digital Transformation: A Summary

This research is designed to provide marketers and innovation practitioners with practical guidance and advice on how to apply key principles and behaviours that sit at the heart of agile ways of working in order to support innovation and experimentation as well as greater organisational and team agility. With societal, market, competitive and customer contexts […]

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