The weight of decision-making structures.
At a recent edition of Agile Tour Québec, Mélanie Labbé, Senior Vice-President Insurance, Private Sector and Service Centres at COFOMO, delivered a presentation on the organizational factors that can hold back digital transformation success.
Even with motivated teams and strong tools, certain organizational dynamics persist. Parkinson’s Law, Hofstadter’s Law, Brooks’ Law, and Conway’s Law illustrate how over-planning, cascading approvals, and centralized decision-making limit an organization’s ability to become truly agile.
In this segment, Mélanie highlights a clear reality: as long as governance itself does not evolve, agility cannot deliver the expected benefits. Watch Now ! (available in French only).


