Lost In Transformation
Lost In Transformation
MING Labs
Generating Your Own Crisis: How The Barcode's Organization Moves Towards The Future
36 minutes Posted Dec 10, 2020 at 3:00 am.
What was the reason for the GS1 transformation?
Why the reason for transformation is often a financial crisis?
Changing VUCA translation from a threat into a solution
How the team of 12 people started transforming the company?
Cultural change takes years - building trust is a marathon, not a sprint
Vision of future for GS1 - transformation never stops
What does it mean to turn departments into honey combs and how it works?
Four main metrics for GS1 - net promoter score, free cashflow, employee engagement index and revenue
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“If we want to be ready for the future, […] we have to generate our own crisis.” This podcast episode features our guest Thomas Fell, CEO of GS1, a company known for its most famous product, the barcode, as he guides as through the organization’s inspiring transformation program. 
Learn how GS1 turned VUCA from a thread into an opportunity, how to build trust to master cultural change, and why GS1 now works in honey combs.