Thinking outside the box

Developing solutions outside the norm, creating new business models and generating ideas for the mobility of the future – these are the objectives of the Audi Denkwerkstatt. Besides a variety of startups, a fixed team of seven Audi employees also works at the Berlin co-working space. They receive backup for six months at a time by as many as 15 employees from all divisions, sites, hierarchical levels and age group.

In the “Agile Process Workshop”, which was created to optimize and digitize Audi’s core processes, employees from various divisions work together – in part using agile work methods. The first process workshop convened in Gaimersheim near Ingolstadt in 2017 with a pilot project regarding product data management in the vehicle development process. Working across departmental and hierarchical boundaries opens up dialogue and creates transparency. “The Agile Process Workshop provides key ideas for the further development of work methods at Audi,” said Arno Lang, Head of Strategic Consulting at Audi Consulting.