The business balancing act: successfully balancing core business and transformation

Understanding ambidexterity

• The initial situation: the acid test between day-to-day business and transformation.
• Understanding the relevance of disruption and diversification.
• The balance is crucial: use cases as a reference.
• The Exploit and Explore concept.
• Quick check "How ambidextrous is my company" and "How ambidextrous am I as a manager?"

The corporate balancing act: ambidexterity as part of the strategic orientation

• Where must ambidexterity work and be anchored?
• Is innovation the same as innovation? Understanding different types of innovation.
• How do I design and evaluate an innovation portfolio?
• What is the right mix in the portfolio? The golden formula.
• What phases are there in the innovation process and at what critical points do most innovation projects fail?

The organizational balancing act: creating framework conditions

• What organizational forms of ambidexterity are there?
• Explorer Teams, Explorer Week and Explorer Friday.
• How do the innovation champions organize themselves?
• The right balance between autonomy and connection.
• Venture clienting as the new wonder weapon?

The team balancing act: empowering the team

• What does the ideal innovation team look like?
• How does the interface between innovation projects and the core business work?
• Error culture is wrong!
• How is innovation created? The innovation viagra.
• Financial management in comparison: core business vs. high innovation.

The leadership balancing act: ambidextrous leadership and tolerance of ambiguity

• What is ambiguity tolerance and why is it essential?
• The four roles of the ambidextrous leader.
• Ambidextrous guidance versus mode-adapted guidance.
• Self-assessment: Which characteristics of the four roles do I have?
• Gain freedom in the hamster wheel of day-to-day business.

Develop your personal strategy for your leadership situation.