Business Optimization

A continuously learning organization characterized by constant optimization and a stable workforce is of immense importance in times of increasing external challenges and disruptive innovations. In addition to stakeholder satisfaction, it is particularly important to maintain employee motivation, as they are the driving force behind the company’s performance. Optimizing purely for cost reduction would, over time, cause morale to plummet and rob the company of its former effectiveness and flexibility — qualities that have made the company great up to this point.

The holistic approach reduces costs on the one hand and also incorporates the psychological and sociological aspects of an organization and its individuals.
A successful transformation requires an overarching concept that takes all factors into account:





Organizationalorganisational
individuellIndividual
Transformation Mind-Set
Agility
Lean / Agile
Hoshin Kanri
Scrum / Kanban
Optimization (Smed, 5W, 4T, …)
Kaizen / KVP / POOGI / PDCA
KPI (Key Performance Indicators)
OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency)
ToC (Theory of Constraints)
TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)
Vertical Startup
Ambi-
dexterity(Dual focus)
Ratio & intuition
Control & trust
Goal clarity & flexibility
Stability & innovation
Corporate Culture,
Gen Z

Culture of failure & questioning
Organizational learning
Healthy workspaces (plants, fresh air, …)
EVP (Employer Value Proposition)
Company with dignity
Sustainability
Ethical
Leadership
7 virtues of the Samurai
(benevolence, wisdom, justice,
respect, sincerity, courtesy, loyalty)

Motivation of employees
Empathy
Knowledge about the time quality
Ability to self-criticism
Appreciative inquiry
Neuro­plasticity(willingness to improve)
Action Learning
Ishikawa, Mind-Mapping, PICK
Solution orientation
Permanent learning
Developmental leaps
Solve blockades
Resilience(adaptability)
4 Colors (character types)
Anxiety management
Serenity
Self-motivation
Selfawareness
Find own position



How is this to be understood?

In principle, individual teams should be guided toward greater agile techniques to bring up more personal responsibility & decision-making autonomy. This creates the foundation for continuous, self-organized optimization of people and processes (Kaizen), which is supported by benefits. A jointly developed vision that opinion-forming employees wholeheartedly support, exemplify, and communicate to all employees helps to implement the set goals (Hoshin Kanri).

By learning reproducible ambidexterity we gain access to both hemispheres of the brain, enabling us to maximize the rational, technical potential — which most people have developed very well — through intuition and creativity, with speed advantages familiar from heuristics, for example. The foundation for empathy is laid, thereby fostering networked thinking within the company. At the management level, we bridge apparent contradictions such as control and trust, as well as clarity of purpose and flexibility, through techniques that enable both equally.

By rainsing a corporate culture tailored to the needs of the current generation, we can achieve greater employee satisfaction. As a result, employees will increasingly develop a sense of loyalty to the company and participate more actively in achieving its goals. This enables us to achieve intrinsically motivated and, consequently, sustainable performance improvements.

Through training in resilience, we help employees understand, assess, and effectively utilize their own qualities and those of their colleagues (e.g., using the 4-color model for character typing). This cultivates better teamwork, enabling the team to work more cohesively in support of the company. Everyone increasingly finds their place within the company, where they can fully utilize their own skills and potential in alignment with the company’s goals.

When it comes to neuroplasticity, employees are given tools that enable them to solve problems much more efficiently in a way that aligns with how the brain works. Through personal development, they overcome their own mental blocks so they can act more freely.

Through ethical leadership, managers connect with their employees on an empathetic, appreciative level of motivation, as employees are not constantly demotivated by excessive control and pressure. This does not mean accepting everything without comment, but rather addressing problems clearly while remaining polite, and — if necessary — focusing first on the positive to keep employees motivated even in critical situations.

All in all, the result is a company that values the dignity of its employees and, in return, motivates them to work with focus through the resulting pride in their work.


The keys to success at a glance:

Agility
  • Lean / Agile / Hoshin Kanri
  • Scrum / Kanban
  • Optimization (Smed, 5W, 4T, …)
  • Kaizen / KVP / POOGI / PDCA
  • KPI (Key Performance Indicators)
  • ToC (Theory of Constraints)
  • TCO (Total Cost of Ownership)
  • OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency)
  • Vertical Startup
Ambidexterity
  • Ratio & intuition
  • Control & trust
  • Goal clarity & flexibility
  • Stability & innovation
Corporate Culture, Gen Z
  • Culture of failure & questioning
  • Organizational learning
  • Healthy workspaces (plants, fresh air, …)
  • EVP (Employer Value Proposition)
  • Company with dignity
  • Sustainability
Ethical Leadership
  • 7 virtues of the Samurai (benevolence, wisdom, justice, respect, sincerity, courtesy, loyalty)
  • Motivation of employees
  • Empathy
  • Knowledge about the time quality
  • Ability to self-criticism
  • Appreciative inquiry
Neuroplasticity
  • Action Learning, Ishikawa, Mind-Mapping, PICK
  • Solution orientation
  • Permanent learning
  • Developmental leaps
  • Solve blockades
Resilience
  • 4 Colors (character types)
  • Anxiety management
  • Serenity
  • Self-motivation
  • Selfawareness
  • Find own position



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  • CEO: With you, people make an immense leap forward.
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How can you combine intuitive methods with rational optimization?
  • Agility: Identify with significantly greater precision the effective measures your optimization project currently needs to secure a stable future.
  • Ambidexterity: Resolve apparent conflicts in objectives to the satisfaction of all stakeholders and learn to create win-win situations more easily.
  • Corporate Culture: Analyze recurring personnel issues and find lasting solutions through respectful interaction.
  • Resilience: Maintain a determined composure rooted in your own inner strength even in difficult situations, and recognize the underlying motivations behind decisions as well as the behavioral patterns of your customers and employees.
  • Neuroplasticity: Find creative solutions more quickly by shifting your perspective.
  • Ethical Leadership: Motivate employees to increase efficiency and optimize business operations through appropriate interventions, without resorting to pressure.


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