Agility: it starts with leadership

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Agile workforces are becoming the norm in an unpredictable world, and recent disruptive events have given businesses the chance to stress-test how well they work.

The results? Agile working has many advantages, but not every executive fully understands it. And as McKinsey explains, building agile organisations, or “collaborative networks of self-managing teams that operate in rapid cycles”, has to start at the very top.

Agility is as much about tools and processes as it is about solid change management. Some people will struggle with the organisational shift, but everyone needs to move in the same direction for it to work.

So we expect the role of leadership to chile mobile phone numbers database be a big part of the agile debate at Davos. As Forbes calls “adaptive leadership” its number one leadership trend, we’re seeing an urgent need for executives to step up and figure out what agile can really do for their organisations. And leaders will need a platform where they can be open about the challenges they face.

Thomas Sturge, Group Editor, Leadership & Strategic Innovation

The content agenda at Davos 2025 will be a packed one, and these five topics are likely to feature near the top. To stand out, work out where you can excel — and then communicate your expertise in a bold and refreshing way. Remember, it’s better to lead part of the conversation than just contribute to all of it.