The "fast eat the slow": Accenture’s Mark George on why the future is nimble

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"What we see today is not just more volatility but volatility that comes at us at a much greater pace," says Mark George, Managing Director in Accenture’s ‎Operations and Process Transformation practice. "As a result, organisations really have to bake in that ability to be nimble and to be agile. They're not looking for tactical, narrow solutions. Instead, they're looking to solve much broader strategic issues in a very safe and very rapid and sustained way."

In this Boardroom Perspectives interview, George describes why being big is no longer the advantage it once was, how companies have moved on from Lean and Six Sigma and why every consulting engagement begins with the question, "why?"

To read a transcript of this interview click here.

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