The Adaptive Organisation – Quick Fix Thinking to Finding Focus

The cost of quick fix thinking

In January 2023, Google become the latest tech giant to complete a 6% lay off of its workforce. CEO Sundar Pichai pointed to a ‘different economic reality’ than one that was initially anticipated over a period of ‘dramatic growth’ to justify the action.

The page you’ve landed on explores the consequences of misinterpreting market conditions and relying too heavily on quick fix thinking as part of long-term growth strategy. With thoughts from bp, Nationwide Building Society, Forrester and GlobalLogic, this series of videos looks at building out digital strategy which has people and reusability as its core.

Join Paul Williamson, bp, and Albert Hitchcock, Nationwide building Society, as they share insights into designing a successful digital business strategy and applying modern architecture principles like API Economy, Modularity and Reusability.

bp – adaptability starts with engineering

Watch Paul Williamson as he explains how architecture and engineering has evolved in bp to become customer-focused, software-defined and easily consumed by developers.

Financial Services and the Regulators – who’s looking out for who?

Regulators regulate Financial Services. Financial Services adapt to their consumers. Consumer-led services drive new regulations. Watch Albert Hitchcock, Non-Executive Director at Nationwide Building Society and former COO & CTO at Pearson, as he talks through responding to ever faster changes in consumer expectations and innovation cycles.

“When you think about tech strategy, start from the value and work backwards”

GlobalLogic invited bp, Nationwide Building Society, Forrester to come together to discuss which engineering practices and technology trends are propelling change for the energy and financial sectors. Eavesdrop into their conversation below.

2023 innovation trends propelling change for FS and Energy organisations

When it comes to future gazing, it’s less about trends and more about what is going to bring customer value.

Overstating the speed at which technology gets adopted can prompt businesses to invest heavily in new technologies or processes without understanding user behaviour or long-term growth. 

Rather than future gazing, our advice is to look to your developers as customers of your platforms and get your products in the hands of customers – with any luck, you’ll uncover some happy accidents along the way!

Dare to be truly customer-led and invest only in the trends that will bring your customers value.

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How can organisations create adaptability?

This series of short films explores how engineering, modern architecture and quick fix thinking play into long term digital strategy.

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What’s keeping business decision makers up at night?

According to a 2021 study*, conducted by Forrester, business leaders are struggling to close the gap between strategy and execution, and frequently lack a data-driven approach to measure, monitor, and optimise CX. The good news? Firms know their limits and are currently seeking help to become adaptable, evolve their digital business model, and meet new targets around sustainability.


*The Future Belongs to the Adaptive Organisation. A Forrester Consulting thought leadership paper commissioned by GlobalLogic, November 2021

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