business agility day

Martin Lehner

Martin Lehner

Business Agility and Product Coach

Biography.

Martin is a Business Agility Coach at Accenture with over 6 years of experience. He coaches leaders towards agile product organizations and demonstrates ways to achieve greater business success. For him, success means that products solve customer problems and product teams are sustainably satisfied. During his time at SolutionsIQ and previous employers, Martin also held roles as a Scrum Master and Product Owner, where he gained extensive experience in product teams.

Talk.

Agile in HW Research and Development – Learnings from ABBs SMART Transformation

Learn from the transformative journey at ABB’s champion Smart Power, a $5 billion revenue division predominantly engaged in the electrification industry. Discover a paradigm shift driven by a pursuit of employee happiness and fostering entrepreneurial spirit. This talk explores the agile transformation targeting R&D, product management, and market development, impacting about 1,000 individuals with a focus on hardware product development.
Before the transformation, the division faced following challenges:
• Lack of common purpose for PM and R&D
• Prioritization was a challenge
• Transparency was low
• Developments took time
The new organizational structure addresses the needs of a hardware company with a complex manufacturing footprint and global sales networks, empowering teams to autonomously develop new product platforms while maintaining the existing portfolio. Six months into the transformation, there is a notable shift towards outcome thinking, market need coverage, and employee satisfaction, demonstrating that agility is beneficial beyond software firms. This session is ideal for R&D and Manufacturing leaders interested in innovative organizational transformation and employee empowerment.

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