Can 20 hours a month of internal side gigs compress tacit know-how into deliverables?
When hiring won’t fill “shop floor × IT” or “sales × data,” how do you price cost and performance by deliverable—not by hours—inside an internal talent market?
20 hours a month, for up to three months. Konica Minolta has carved out a side‑gig slot small enough not to stall daily operations, and started circulating skills inside the company. That cap isn’t just philosophy. It’s a shop‑floor-friendly design meant to move tacit know‑how not through long transfers, but through short, shippable deliverables.
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Konica Minolta formally introduced an internal side‑gig (skill share) program in July 2026. It runs in two modes: “open posting” and “nomination.” Each assignment is designed to be short—up to 20 hours per month, within three months—and the guardrails (including manager approval) are spelled out.…
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