FROM FRAGILE TO AGILE: BUILDING ORGANISATIONAL RESILIENCE THROUGH AGILE TRANSFORMATION

Considering that agility fosters change readiness, ambidexterity, and adaptability—attributes that typically augment organisational resilience—this paper investigates agile transformation to identify its core elements that underpin organisational resilience and promote its development across the organisation. We begin by examining the fundamentals of both agile transformation and organisational resilience, followed by an in-depth analysis of their interdependencies. We conclude by discussing the implications of agile transformation as a pivotal strategy for organisations to cultivate resilience, either independently or alongside other approaches. The paper aims to elucidate organisational resilience within the context of agile transformation, recognising that resilience is not solely derived from agility but is complementary to it and can be a key objective of agilization efforts. Additionally, we propose guidelines for conducting agile transformation in a way that is most conducive to building organisational resilience.