Defense Industry Consulting: Innovate Gradually While Preserving Employee Know-How

In the defense industry, employee expertise is a critical asset. Professionals developing defense systems and IT infrastructures hold decades of knowledge. Akkodis helps defense companies drive innovation while preserving and respecting this expertise.

Balancing Innovation and Tradition in the Defence Sector

Defense companies face a constant challenge — how to innovate without losing critical know-how or disrupting essential processes. The pressure to adopt new technologies, digital tools, and automation continues to rise, yet internal resistance often slows transformation.

At Akkodis, we help defense organizations balance innovation with employee expertise, ensuring that modernization strengthens—not disrupts—established systems.

Resistance to change is not a weakness. It is a natural defense mechanism.

In the defense sector, loyalty to existing processes such as security certifications, standardized methodologies, and multi-stage approvals is crucial. These systems safeguard safety, compliance, and trust, but can also limit the pace of agile development and digital transformation.

Our experts work to bridge the gap between tradition and technology, guiding teams through structured change that respects institutional integrity while accelerating innovation.

How External Consulting Partners Bridge Tradition and Innovation in Defense

In the defense industry, transformation requires balance—innovation must evolve without disrupting critical processes. Partnering with an experienced external consulting expert helps organizations bridge the gap between established defense practices and new digital technologies.

A skilled partner brings both technical fluency and strategic change management, ensuring that innovation aligns with operational safety and compliance. Akkodis plays this bridging role by:

• Understanding technical language — communicating effectively with engineers, IT experts, and senior defense stakeholders.
• Guiding change methodically — applying proven frameworks that respect existing processes while enabling modernization.
• Creating safe spaces for pilot projects — allowing teams to test new tools or workflows in controlled, low-risk environments.
• Identifying internal change leaders — empowering employees to become innovation ambassadors who drive long-term cultural transformation.

Through this collaborative approach, Akkodis helps defense organizations modernize confidently, integrating new technologies while preserving institutional knowledge and trust.

A Bottom-Up Consulting Approach to Drive Sustainable Change in the Defense Industry

At Akkodis, we believe meaningful transformation doesn’t come from top-down directives—it’s achieved through a bottom-up consulting approach that respects employee expertise and introduces innovation gradually. Our proven methodology ensures smoother change management and sustainable results.

Our Step-by-Step Approach to Implementing Change

1. Analysis:
   We start by mapping existing workflows, identifying roles, redundancies, and process delays. This helps uncover inefficiencies and build a clear baseline for transformation.
2. Planning:
   Together with internal teams, we design technically feasible and minimally disruptive changes that align with business and operational goals.
3. Pilot Project:
   We introduce new solutions at a small scale—testing innovations within a specific team, department, or product line to measure real impact before full deployment.
4. Optimization:
   Based on feedback and performance insights, we fine-tune processes to ensure improvements are effective, measurable, and sustainable.
5. Implementation:
   Once optimized, the new system is rolled out organization-wide—embedding innovation directly into daily operations while maintaining productivity and stability.

This structured, data-driven consulting process allows defense organizations to innovate confidently, preserving institutional know-how and empowering employees to lead transformation from within.

Driving Defense Innovation Through Consulting and Engineering Expertise

Akkodis combines consulting and engineering expertise to help defense organizations manage transformation with confidence. With decades of experience across the defense, aviation, and automotive sectors, our teams understand the complexities of large-scale change. Having undergone our own internal transformations, we bring firsthand insight into effective change management.

We design innovation and change strategies that preserve critical employee know-how, optimize operations, and ensure sustainable growth—helping companies innovate without compromising expertise or disrupting mission-critical processes.

We help companies innovate without losing know-how—professional expertise is always the starting point for every transformation strategy.

Contact

Akkodis CZ s.r.o., Mgr. Marek Fiala, Sales Director, marek.fiala@akkodis.com