agile; flexible; nimble; quick to respond
Often used in business or organizational contexts to describe the ability to adapt and act quickly. Can also describe a person's responsive attitude.
この会社は機動的な経営で知られている。
This company is known for its agile management.
彼は機動的に問題を解決した。
He solved the problem in a nimble way.
Compound of 機動 (kidō, 'maneuver' or 'mobile operation') and the adjectival suffix 的 (-teki, '-like'). The term likely gained its modern business sense from the concept of military or mechanical mobility.