AGAVE.network is an agency model that operates exclusively with freelancers and independent service providers from all sectors of the communications industry.
We are available anytime and anywhere to implement your projects across all disciplines.
Our flexible network allows us to assemble the right team for each project.
This gives our clients better value while maintaining consistently high standards.
Flexibility and a customized fit—these are two of the major advantages of working with our network.
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Social change presents agencies with major challenges beyond their day-to-day business. On a social level, there is a shift toward a network society with a stronger emphasis on cooperation, relationships, and networks. Technologically, digitalization is undermining the working methods, structures, and business models of agencies from within. Culturally, a new generation is taking charge….
The days of clarity are over. In the past, there were few agency models. You either belonged to a large agency group or were owner-managed. You were either focused on full-service or were a specialized provider. You earned money through framework agreements or project business. Future agency models will operate across a much broader spectrum.
In the future, agencies must above all be flexible, innovative, and networked. They will use different working methods, organize themselves differently, and earn money differently. They need flexible working methods, networked organizational structures, and innovative business models.
NEW WORKING METHODS: MORE AGILE, LEANER, MORE OPEN, MORE COLLABORATIVE, MORE PLAYFUL,…
AGENCIES AND STRUCTURES? That sounds like a contradiction. Agencies were once considered fast, flexible, young, and creative. They propagated flat hierarchies and saw themselves as an alternative to corporations with their internal power games. But agencies and corporations have become increasingly similar. Agencies have grown and had to organize themselves. Hierarchical career levels and unit structures have emerged. Increasing competitive pressure forces agencies to be efficient. Today, agencies and corporations face similar challenges. They must adapt much faster, become more permeable to new ideas, and require different incentive systems. They draw inspiration from networks, begin to involve employees, and allow them a greater say in decision-making. The likelihood that agencies will consist of a core team of consultants and project managers plus a network of freelancers and specialists in the future is already common practice today.
The network society will decisively shape the agency world of tomorrow. Networks, relationships, and cooperation are the most important drivers […] Agencies are increasingly unable to implement their assignments alone. They are more and more dependent on the collaboration of freelancers, specialists, other agencies, and service providers.
Following the revolution in communication, digitalization is now reaching the core of agencies. Working methods, organizational structures, and business models that made agencies successful for decades are working less effectively and no longer feel contemporary […] The media landscape is becoming more confusing and yet more predictable. Traditional project management increasingly achieves unsatisfactory results. The high pace of innovation causes knowledge to become obsolete faster and constantly requires new specialized expertise. Specialists and virtual team members are distributed across locations or are brought in globally. Furthermore, startups are showing agencies how it’s done.
