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Welcome to the Strategic Agility Institute

The Strategic Agility Institute (SAI) is a collaborative effort to encourage research, understanding and education about the drivers, outcomes, impacts and complexities of strategic, organizational and leadership agility in our increasingly fast-paced, uncertain and turbulent world.

University Related Research on Agility

Cornell University. Dynamic Organizations: Achieving Marketplace and Organizational Agility with People. Lee Dyer, School of Industrial & Labor Relations and Richard A. Shafer, Johnson Graduate School of Management
George Mason University. The Assessment of Leader Adaptability in the U.S. Army. Stephen J. Zaccaro, Cary Kemp and Gabrielle M. Wood. Mirum Corporation. August 1, 2004
INSEAD. Fostering Strategic Agility: In Search for Renewed Growth. CKIR Workshop. Yves Doz and Mikko Kosonen. August 29, 2006
London Business School. How Companies Can Avoid a Midlife Crisis. Donald N. Sull and Dominic Houlder. MITSloan Management Review. Fall 2006.
University of Michigan. Workforce Agility: The New Frontier for Competitive Advantage. This research was commission by Convergys and conducted by Saratoga/PricewaterhouseCoopers and Dr. Richard W. Beatty, Professor of Human Resource Management, Executive Education Center , University of Michigan .
Dartmouth. Glassmeyer/McNamee Center for Digital Strategies, Tuck School of Business . The Agile and Resilient Enterprise . A Thought Leadership Roundtable on Digital Strategies. 2007.
Harvard University. The Quest for Resilience. Gary Hamnel and Liisa Välikangas. Harvard Business Review, September 2003.
The Ohio State University, Fisher College of Business. The Resilient Supply Chain. Kelly L. Croxton, Associate Professor of Logistics.
MIT Sloan School of Management. IT Governance for Business Agility. Professor Peter Weill, Director, Center for Information Systems Research. IDC - European IT Forum 2005.

Agility Research Outside of Universities

The Conference Board. CEO Challenge 2004, Top 10 Challenges.
ATKearney, an EDS Company. Executive Agenda. Ideas and Insights for Business Leaders. Technology: The New Management Imperative. 2003.
Oracle Business Rules. Oracle Business Rules, Business Whitepaper. September 2005.
American Management Association. Agility and Resilience in the Face of Continuous Change. A Global Study of Current Trends and Future Possibilities. 2006-2016

Department of Defense

Strategic Leadership Competencies. Leonard Wong, Stephen Gerras, William Kidd, Robert Pricone, Richard Swengros. September 2003
U.S. Army Research Institute Program in Basic Research. Basic Research Office, Paul A. Gade, Chief. November 2003.

Agility Consulting Articles Relating to Agility

Leadership Narcosis. Nicholas F. Horney, Ph.D. August 2007.
Anticipating Change. BIZlife Magazine. Tom O'Shea. August 2007.
In Search of Agility. BIZlife Magazine. Tom O'Shea. July 2007.