Starting Point
The company faced the challenge of keeping pace organizationally with dynamic growth, amid rising innovation pressure, increasing complexity, and a growing talent shortage. Existing structures and processes had reached their limits.
Challenge
- The organization needed to become more strategically focused, faster, and more adaptive
- Existing structures and leadership paradigms required critical reassessment
- Stability could not be sacrificed in the process
Objective
- Develop a clear target picture for the organization of the future
- Identify initial strategic levers and build shared understanding
- Evolve leadership and structures incrementally
Approach
- Discovery workshop with top leadership
- Work along the six dimensions of the Transformation Discovery Compass
- Methodology mix: systems theory, Golden Circle, Culture Map, Business Model Canvas, Lean Startup, and OKR
- Over 100 curated trigger questions for analysis, reflection, and positioning
Outcome
- Shared future vision for the organization
- Clear transformation logic with concrete fields of action
- Stronger collaboration across strategy, HR, IT, and business
- First pilot projects with iterative implementation initiated
“Finally we have a shared language and direction for our transformation.” — Board Member, Discovery Workshop Participant (paraphrased)
Anonymized and condensed: to protect clients, details have been changed and experiences from several engagements combined or split across cases. Quotes are paraphrased.