Building an Agile Federal Government: A Call to Action

In these challenging times, the federal government has no time for ineffectiveness and little tolerance for failure. Steve Denning, author of The Age of Agile: How Smart Companies Are Transforming the Way Work Gets Done, describes what he calls a “revolution” taking place in the world of work. Denning notes that due in large part to technology, today’s organizations have the capability to connect everyone and everything, everywhere, all the time; to “deliver value” almost instantly on a large scale; and to operate in a world in which people, insights, and money interact readily. He sounds a note of optimism that a way is available for governments to achieve improved performance.