Business agility: Are you ready to exploit uncertainty?

It has never been easy for large, complex organizations to be nimble. But in today’s chronically uncertain times, organizational agility is not only an exceptionally powerful competitive weapon, it is essential to business success. New Accenture research has identified leaders and laggards among companies around the world in terms of agility across five dimensions, from the speed of decision-making to knowing what is strategic and what is operational to investing in and using analytics. Our research shows that there is a significant gap between the awareness of the need for agility and the concerted, cohesive actions being undertaken to become truly agile. To learn about leading practices of the most successfully agile organizations, read Traits of Truly Agile Businesses.