In this talk dives deep into the realm of “Sustainable Innovation,” examining how the Agile approach can serve as a catalyst to forge sustainable and environmentally friendly organizations and products for resilient futures. Key pillars of this session: 1. Definition of Sustainability and Agile 2. Matchmaking of Sustainability and Agility 3. How to get started and what is important for organizations, but also teams and individuals 4. Example of the "Decision-Making: Impact Over Time" Miro workshop, free to use from Miroverse: https://miro.com/miroverse/decision-making-impact-over-time-template/?social=copy-link

1. Future-proofing the way
we work
Agility + Sustainability
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Lead Innovation Day Paris 2024

2. Agenda
- Definitions
- Matchmaking
- How?
- Workshop example

3. Welcome
- Jan Schneider (he/him)
- Senior Designer @Futurice in Stuttgart
- Agile Coach & Scrum Master
- Cyclist, piano player & plant dad
- Sustainability enthusiast
- Studied Internet of Things
- Focus on shared outcome as a team Connect on
LinkedIn

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Definitions

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Hypothesis

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Future-proofing
something sustainable
Future-proofing
something sustainably

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Sustainability definition by
the Oxford Dictionary
"Ability to continue over a
period of time."

8. "Meeting the needs of the
present without
compromising the ability of
future generations to meet
their own needs."
Sustainability definition by the United
Nations Brundtland Commission, 1987
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Three
pillars
of
the
sustainability
by
the
United
Nations
Brundtland
Commission,
1987
Sustainability
People
Planet Prosperity
Bearable Viable
Equitable

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Agility defined in the Oxford
Dictionary
"Organizational agility is the
capacity of a business
organization to adapt to long-
run changes in products,
markets, or technology."

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Problem to solution (simplified)
Explore the
problem
Build the
right things
Build the
things right
Design Thinking Agile ≈ Scrum
Lean Startup

12. Future-proofing
something sustainable
Future-proofing
something sustainably
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13. Future-proofing
something sustainable
Future-proofing
something sustainably
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Sustainability (state) Agility (process)

14. Developing the organizations
resilience towards adaptability
and change
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Future-proofing the ability to
sustain in regards to people,
planet, prosperity
Sustainability (state) Agility (process)

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Building something
sustainable, sustainably
Healthy process getting
there: Enabling
adaptability for today and
future resilience
Reaching a target state:
Weighing impact on
people, planet, and
prosperity

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Matchmaking

17. "The most environmental
friendly product is the one
you didn’t buy."
Joshua Becker, author of
‘Becoming Minimalist’
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Based on Reed,
2006 & Roland, 2018
Conventional Green Sustainable Restorative Regenerative
Degenerative
Development
Regenerative
Development
Where we are
right now
What we (should)
target for

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Following a plan
Traditional
Agile
Adapting to
Change
Sustainable
Versatility with
Foresight
Based on „Kleine Schritte. Große Wirkung. Mit Agilität
zu mehr Nachhaltigkeit“, Sabine Canditt, 2022

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How?

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Classic
Roadmap
Recognizing
Uncertainty
Strategic
Shaping

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Assess
Target
Develop
Integrate
Impact
Change phases

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Assess
Target
Develop
Integrate
Impact
Simplified how
Green Sustainable Restorative Regenerative
Conventional

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Peter Senge, Senior Lecturer of
Behavioral and Policy Sciences (MIT)
"20% of any change is knowing how.
80% is knowing why.“

25. Sudden crisis
Approaching crisis
Seize opportunities
Future-proofing
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Proactive
Attrition Disruption
Change
strategy
Change
dynamic

26. Key elements
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Transparency, exchange &
collaboration
Enable co-creation, mindset, culture,
continuously inspect, adapt
Full big picture and
parameters
Expertise and data around: people !,
Planet ", Prosperity #
Vision, mission, &
strategy
Target, direction, reasoning, boundaries for
innovation, smart metrics
Timeframe & (future)
perspectives
E.g. historic view or opportunity cost $,
today and immediate effect %, mid- and
long-term future &

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Workshop
example

28. Decision-Making:
Impact over Time

29. Decision-Making:
Impact over Time
- Time perspective (history, today, future, …)
- Impact areas (people, planet, prosperity)
- Hands-on collaboration & decision-making
- Single source of truth for your topic
- Focus on shared outcome as a team
- Adjust and iterate (incl. Retrospective)
Download from
Miroverse
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30. Data (quality) is key
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Creating transparency,
visibility, and expertise on
the real problems
Empowering change through
shared knowledge and
collaboration
Monitoring progress and
impact based on e.g. science
based targets, ESGs

31. Build & innovate agile &
iteratively, as this is the only
way to reach a sustainable
state.
It is a marathon, not a sprint.
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32. Merci & thank you
Looking forward to your feedback &
let’s co-create the future!
Jan Schneider on
LinkedIn
Workshop templates
on Miroverse