A company’s hoshin kanri journey:
radical business transformation
from traditional application services to
disruptive innovation

Leonardo Mattiazzi, VP EMEA & ASPAC
VP of Innovation
Quick re-cap

applying hoshin kanri in a
high growth IT service organization
Cesar Gon, CEO Ci&T, Lean IT Europe, Paris, November 2012
Current Conditions
Goals
Gap Analysis

Countermeasures
Some examples
growth enablement

Increase maturity level of leaders

Goal: 52% improvement

Creation of the Technical Training Office
Enhancements to Career Plan
up
Key Person Maturity Level mapping
ow
ll
y fo
Leadership training
hl
ont
m
Virtual training
corporate performance

Reduce fixed costs relative to rev

Goal: 20% improvement

Creation of the Hoshin Office
Fixed Costs deep dive
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Travel vouchers
foll
ly
nth
Travel budgets
mo
Global relocation process review
Types of Countermeasures
Kaizen - continuous improvement
Kaizen - continuous improvement

known processes

Kaikaku - radical change

maybe new processes

Both suppose a known problem
with a root cause identified
The follow-up plan

Annual planning cycles
Monthly check & adapt cycles
Standardization takes time!
How about innovation?
Definition of innovation (OECD): “The introduction of a
new product or service in the market or of a product
or service with significantly improved features”

1

Solving an unknown problem

2

Can not wait a year

3

It is not about standardization
What were our drivers?

1

True North 2015: non-linear growth

2

Increased competition: sweet spot
threatened by less expensive players
What were our drivers?

1

True North 2015

Disrupt some markets...
Lead the industry...
Change the world...
How can “lean” help?
“The subject lean and innovation is
relatively new…”

Dec 2012

Oct 2010
Jan 2007

Oct 2012
So what have we done?

Disrupt!
What tools have we used?

one single initiative

pivot or die!

portfolio based

not emulate startups
What tools have we used?
Results

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starting point

Distribution
Contract
Under
Discussion

Client

basis for new
strategy in
ASPAC

Today

POCs
Go2Mkt

real disruption
potential
Several
Use Cases
Identified
The process from

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to
Soft benefits
intensive collaboration and learning
8 communities
100 people
n posts / week

conversations with top biz executives
door opener
market knowledge
access to business

fast decisions
speed-nemawashi (no drama!)
asymmetrical bets

strong bonds with one of the most
innovative companies in the world
Investments
pre-Disrupt!

XXXXXXXXX
BRL 212k

Disrupt!

Jan - Aug

Prod Dev

XXXXXXXXX
BRL 257k

Go-to-market

XXXXXXXXX
BRL 290k

A lot of executive time
and attention

Events:
1 Europe
2 USA
1 China

(Timex)
CI&T Digital Brain

Understand your
customers’
journey

real-time marketing intelligence

Deliver content
that influences
behavior
Questions?
Leonardo Mattiazzi, leonardo@ciandt.com
LMattiazzi

@lmattiazzi

Lean IT Summit 2013