Transforming an organization e-bok

In the early 2010s, the telecom world readied itself to roll out 4G, the latest generation in mobile networks. At Swedish telecom giant Ericsson, management realized that developing the next 5G mobile networks would require a speed and organizational flexibility that was beyond what the company could master. And so, in 2011, it set out to change itself – from a Waterfall to a Lean and Agile organization. Marianne Rimbark was at the core of this transformation. As project manager, and later program manager for Digital Transformation, the change processes that she initiated would come to involve 550 different teams and 14,500 people across the globe. ”This isn’t just a large transformation, it is an XXL transformation,” she wrote in the blog she kept during the five years that the transformation played out. Her blog became the basis for this book. A story told from the day-to-day lives at Ericsson – and as such, a contribution to the global Lean and Agile community. Marianne Rimbark, Improvement & Performance Manager at Ericsson, has more than 25 years of experience in the telecom industry. She has worked within research as well as development for 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G. The foundation of her career lies within software design and test, which has further led into different leadership positions. During the last 10 years Marianne has worked with strategy execution, operational excellence, operational performance management and change management. She specializes in transformation including Lean, Agile, and Digitalization. She has led large change projects that resulted in amazing outcomes, impacting more than 10.000 people in a global environment. Marianne is passionate about innovation, learning new skills, helping people grow and driving change. She uses Lean and Agile values – principles – methods in her change projects and employs a servant leadership style. The key elements of her success in managing change are her perseverance and stubbornness: she never gives up. As of 2018, Marianne is involved in digitalization the software flow at Ericsson, writing the next chapter of the company. Marianne lives with her husband, their two teenagers, three cats and a dog in Stockholm, Sweden.