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Transforming EON E.ON into an By Gustav Bergman and Staffan Persson
German energy corporation E.ON is getting ready for the future by implementing a corporate-wide agile transformation. Lean Magazine got in touch with two of the standard-bearers: Meggie Revesjö and David White. A changing society, rapid technical innovation and environmental concerns – the energy market is going through a far-reaching restructuring. For the major 12 SOFTHOUSE | LEAN MAGAZINE
electric utility service providers, such as the German giant E.ON, this means both opportunities and challenges. To be able to respond more quickly to the needs, demands and constraints of the market, the company is now defining its own flavor of Agile Business. Not surprisingly, the entire process started in the IT department where management initiated a local transformation project back in 2010–2011. Different backgrounds This initiative also meant the start of the profes-