How do you foster employee-driven innovation, when all your talents and resources are absorbed in huge and essential projects to secure the company’s future?

Here’s PostFinance’s approach in “Mode 2” and the role of their PostFinance Innovation Lab (PF Lab).

Here’s their story.

Google, Apple, Netflix (the usual suspects) manage to hire the greatest talent.

Occasionally, when I discuss options to boost an organisation’s innovation capability this one comes up: Fire everyone! Hire the best.

Here’s my take on this: it’s a dumb theory.

Agile is everywhere, and anything nowadays – it seems.

At the core it’s about limiting your Work-in-Progress (WIP). And, it’s not “just fumbling forward without a plan”.
Let’s take a look at the differences between “robust”, “lean”, and “agile”. And, then get you started in your everyday life, if it suits your challenge.

A biased introduction.

In modern Service Companies up to 40% of the work time is wasted on activities that do not add value

“Lean” has thus reached the Office – but has a hard time getting traction.

Also, because of the most intimate zone at the office: Your Screen!