- Alliance: Due to the limitations derived from an outsourcing team, in which it is difficult to obtain extra resources for the implementation of this type of initiative, the team decided to provide extra time for its implementation, at least until the client or the technology consultant could see the advantages of its implementation and offer to dedicate resources to it. Following the style of Google’s innovation projects, in which employees distribute their time in an 80-20 ratio (20% being the time they can dedicate to innovation projects within their working hours) the team members estimated 8 hours a week as the time to be dedicated to this project. Since initially, no resources were available, it was agreed that the time should be taken from the breakfast/lunch times and in hours outside the office, taking advantage of the reduction in summer hours.
Results
Among the conclusions obtained after the implementation of this plan, the variety of ways in which the initiative evolved among the different team members is surprising. After two months of applying the plan, two of the oldest members decided to undertake professional changes that led them to leave the team. The amplification of the common objective of increasing visibility led them to face new professional challenges, leaving a position that they had held for more than 8 years and which did not motivate them any longer. Another team member found, thanks to the improvement in their visibility, an opportunity to change his position assuming the role of agile coach framed in a digital transformation initiative in which the client was involved.