SIEVERS-GROUP

The software and IT industry is probably the one most pressured by increasing speed. Few other sectors have evolved and transformed as dramatically over the last 20 years. As a natural consequence, the expectations placed on employers have risen just as sharply: people working in this industry are striving for autonomy, potential development, and flexibility.

In August 2019, the IT company SIEVERS-GROUP, with nearly 300 employees, faced the challenge of merging three smaller business units into one large division with 150 employees. Shortly before that, the leadership team had developed a new corporate mission statement, in which they agreed on a new, responsible, and people-centered company vision. The upcoming restructuring thus became the turning point for a deep cultural transformation.

We had the privilege of supporting SIEVERS-GROUP in building their new division around self-organization.

After an initial kick-off workshop, it quickly became clear that the Loop Approach could be the right way forward for SIEVERS-GROUP. Because the Loop Approach introduces the core principles of collaboration through a shared language rather than predefined structures, a high degree of flexibility is maintained within the teams. Terms like “tensions,” “synch meeting,” “governance meeting,” or “roles” become part of the team’s everyday vocabulary over the course of a Loop journey, already laying a significant foundation for future collaboration. The specific interpretation and implementation of these terms, however, remain largely within the teams themselves, allowing them to develop their own unique self-organized operating system.