Leading with Intention: Innovation
As the saying goes, modification is the only constant in life. When I co-founded SailPoint 15 years ago, we were a start-up where it seemed like change occurred every minute of every hour. To meet modification head on, in addition to its challenges that tag along like more youthful brother or sisters, innovation was the response.
Development is what we set out to do at SailPoint all those years ago, and, honestly, what we still set out to do every day. As you may have guessed, our interpretation of how to think about innovation has, itself, likewise changed.
When we got started, we committed to deliver ingenious items and solutions to our consumers as part of our core worths- development is the second of our business’s “4 I” worths. While that stays true, as we have actually grown as a business, with over 1,300 team members in 26 countries, I’ve come to believe that development has to do with far more than technology. Development is now part of whatever that we do, from company culture to how we approach the trials and tribulations life throws our way, together.
Over 100 days back, SailPoint had to adjust to the modification occurring around the world as we all jointly handled the ramifications of COVID-19. We entered into lockdown mode in addition to everybody else. That indicated a 100% remote workforce. While we had numerous employees currently working from another location, it still was an incredibly remarkable shift for our company. At SailPoint, it is obvious that we like each other (generally speaking J). The disruption to our routine of collaborating with colleagues over a coffee or picking up hallway discussions showed to be a difficult modification, one shared by countless others in the workforce who experienced the very same interruption.
To produce some normalcy during this tough time, we rolled up our sleeves and put our heads together. Development does not need to be groundbreaking brand-new innovation; it can be a simple service to help manage the tensions of some issues that are unsolvable for the time being. That’s when the #SAILon effort was born– our action to external aspects that ran out our control. This was our rally cry to continue going despite the difficult times. To me, this was an example of innovation is at its finest, attempting something new for the higher good.
Through a devoted #SAILon Slack channel created to make virtual connections meaningful, we are working harder than ever to feel connected. I have actually seen this effort take on a life of its own, as we’ve seen our crew arrange physical fitness competitions, develop standing desks for each other’s homes, share their ideas on “Feel Good Fridays” and, not surprisingly, post a charming pet/child image or more (million …). Now that we have actually innovated in this method, I’m confident we will be bring forward a few of what we have actually learned together with us. For example, I pointed out that we already had a number of remote employees prior to COVID-19, and now we are seeing ways to make them feel more included when life returns to ‘typical,’ whatever that indicates. However with our culture well-grounded in development, I am confident that we will continue to figure it out as we go.
When “that’s just how it’s done” heads out the window, you have to have enough self-confidence, and innovation experience, that you can figure it out, especially when you work as a group dealing with obstacles that we haven’t dealt with in over a century. Development just works when we remain in it together. So, considering that the constant of change will not be disappearing anytime soon, our team at SailPoint will press on, constantly innovating along the method.
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