Author: Johann van Niekerk

Business agility has long been on the CEO agenda, but are they missing the most important area – talent agility? In volatile and unpredictable markets, the ability to adapt to changing conditions is crucial and talent agility allows businesses to do just that. Rather than relying on inflexible corporate organograms, an agile talent model allows a business and its people to shift, upskill, fill gaps and respond to needs as they arise. Rigid organisations, with fixed capabilities, find it very difficult to pivot or shift in periods of volatility. If a large corporation, for example, had enjoyed a few years…