"Scrap Show-Off Meetings, Toss Out Piles of Paperwork First"...Launch of the Ministry of Planning and Budget's "Vision X"

Organizational Culture Overhaul Led by Acting Minister Lim Gigeun

Im Gigeun, Vice Minister serving as Acting Minister of the Ministry of Planning and Budget, and Ministry staff are cheering 'Fighting!' at the Ministry of Planning and Budget Vision X launch ceremony on the 9th. Ministry of Planning and Budget

On the 9th, the Ministry of Planning and Budget held a launch ceremony for “Vision X,” which will shape the organizational culture of the new ministry, presided over by Vice Minister Lim Gigeun, who is serving as Acting Minister of the Ministry of Planning and Budget. Vision X is an innovation model that, based on the Ministry of Planning and Budget’s “future vision,” aims to realize continuous “experimentation and excellence (X).”

Vision X is composed of 28 “organizational culture pioneers” who volunteered to participate regardless of rank or age. It is centered on 18 deputy directors and 6 assistant directors at the working level, with 4 division directors also actively participating. The Ministry of Planning and Budget explained, “In particular, employees in their 30s and 40s account for more than 85% of the total, meaning Millennials & Gen Z are leading the change, and with 30% of participants being women, we have confirmed diversity and representativeness in terms of rank, age, and gender composition.”

Through organizational culture innovation, the Ministry of Planning and Budget plans to ① recognize employees’ time as a valuable resource, ② foster voluntary engagement rather than a sense of duty imposed from above, and ③ seek a groundbreaking shift in thinking that is based on the needs of all employees, especially from the perspective of Millennials & Gen Z, rather than that of the older generation.

The 28 members of Vision X are organized into five subcommittees: specifically, ① AI and digital innovation, ② work diet, ③ work-family balance, ④ internal communication, and ⑤ spatial innovation. By proposing ideas within each subcommittee, they plan to break away from unnecessary practices and maximize the ministry’s overall policy response capabilities and work efficiency.

Key innovation tasks for each subcommittee include: ① leading innovation in work methods based on AX, such as document drafting using AI agents (AI and digital innovation), ② identifying and eliminating unproductive work such as show-off meetings and unnecessary document preparation (work diet), ③ identifying employee welfare measures tailored to the specific needs of the ministry and centered on users (work-family balance), ④ creating employee convenience spaces and improving space efficiency (spatial innovation), and ⑤ promoting measures to break down barriers between ranks and proposing improvements to the personnel system (internal communication).

Employees attending the launch ceremony proposed a variety of innovation tasks, including plans for a “Childcare Smart Center” that would allow employees to work accompanied by their children in cases where it is unavoidable to leave a child alone at home and coming to work is difficult, and a campaign to discard unnecessary documents and cabinets in the office. In response, Vice Minister Lim expressed strong support by directing that any measures that can be implemented immediately be pursued swiftly.

Im Gigeun, Vice Minister acting as Minister of the Ministry of Planning and Budget, is presiding over the Ministry of Planning and Budget's Vision X launch ceremony on the 9th. Ministry of Planning and Budget

Vice Minister Lim emphasized, “For the Ministry of Planning and Budget to fully play its role as the ministry that designs the future of the Republic of Korea, we ourselves must become a model of innovation,” adding, “To this end, all employees must work together to consider ways to innovate our organizational culture and become a ministry with the agility to implement them quickly.”

Meanwhile, starting with the launch of Vision X, the Ministry of Planning and Budget plans to establish a separate “Organizational Culture Innovation Team,” headed by Vice Minister Lim, to pursue ongoing innovation. The innovation team will review the ideas proposed by Vision X, select departments to execute them and assign tasks, and continuously monitor the progress of detailed initiatives for organizational culture innovation.

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