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Beyond resilience. Designing businesses that thrive in disruption

Organisations are increasingly operating in a world defined by unpredictability; an environment of disruption is now the norm. Pandemics, geopolitical shocks, inflation, supply chain volatility – these are no longer anomalies but defining features of the global economy.

In this context, strategies built for stability collapse under the weight of constant change. Resilience can no longer be a reaction, it must be designed into the very fabric of the organisation.

“Adaptive business design” provides a solution. It shifts the focus from protecting against disruption to harnessing it. It embeds adaptability at the core of the organisation. Adaptive business design enables organisations to turn turbulence into momentum – to become faster, stronger, and more aligned precisely because today’s environment demands it.

Leading organisations are already proving the point. They are using adaptive business design to rewire decision-making, to scale with speed, and to align their people, processes and technologies to immediate new realities. The results are profound: greater adaptability, sharper execution, and a stronger competitive edge.

This whitepaper sets out the case for change. It explains why legacy approaches are no longer suitable in today’s context, and how a business design-led model can create organisations that don’t just survive disruption, but thrive because of it.

Rewiring a leading health business for growth

Emerging from the pandemic, one of Australia’s largest healthcare providers partnered with Argon & Co to rewire its organisation for adaptability and growth. A legacy operating model was replaced with a future-ready design that aligned strategy, structure, and decision-making. The result: a cohesive national organisation with new ways of working, improved efficiency and service quality, and a culture built for adaptability in a changing market.

How a €3 billion food giant delivered a historic transformation

A multi-national food manufacturer recognised that its ambitious growth plans were being constrained by inconsistent ways of working and a fragmented IT landscape. With the support of Argon & Co, the company connected all its functions and 18 international geographies through shared ways of working. This included the design of adaptive business capabilities and processes, data and information, governance and organisation design. Leveraging this design Argon & Co supported IT vendor selection and the successful implementation of new enabling IT systems and ways of working, setting the organisation on a new path of sustainable growth.

Download our full whitepaper to discover how adaptive business design turns disruption into opportunity.

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