Because I have a family, I have come into contact with two areas quite intensively over the last 3 years. One is hospital operations and the other is education. I consider both areas to be astoundingly inefficient and see them as lucrative markets from an entrepreneurial perspective. While extreme cost savings are possible in the…
I often discuss technological progress with various people. I meet people who are very critical of technological progress. I find this critical attitude very legitimate and valuable. However, I think our conscious, creative influence on technological progress, even if we “make” it ourselves, is extremely limited.
Two experiences prompted me to write this article: Years after graduating in business administration, I finally disposed of files and files of documents from my studies. And I had a job interview with a young man who told me about his underlying frustration with his studies and his first work experience at a major bank….
While the consulting industry has been discussing its future setup for years, various exponents have developed new models. One of these exponents in the digital sector is Janus Boye from Denmark. Over the past 13 years, he has built up a community of digital experts who help each other with specific issues. I met him…
The Paris Auto Show 2016 is in full swing and one gets the impression that never before has an automotive event been so focused on electromobility. The German press was jubilant. They saw pioneering concepts from Porsche, VW and Daimler. However, the real winner in European electromobility is not celebrating. It is already one step…
The article about the necessary paradigm shift had triggered quite a response and I have therefore had various conversations about the future production of industrial goods over the last few days. While obvious paradigm shifts such as 3D printing are becoming foreseeable, others remain rather hidden. A few thoughts at a time when the production…
The reason for this article is a book from the digital corner. For weeks now, I’ve been amused, annoyed and irritated by the fact that it’s obviously part and parcel of today’s world to label everything “4.0”. This book is the culmination of this development. It’s called “Germany 4.0“. The byline: “How the digital transformation…
The marketing concepts used today are still largely based on knowledge from before the internet. Although more modern and up-to-date models are taught today, the marketing managers at work today usually have no real idea. Of course, this does not stop them per se from doing as many things as possible on the Internet or…
What the photography industry was in the first decade of this millennium, the music industry in the second decade, the automotive industry will be in the next decade. The driver behind this disruptive development is not electromobility, but autonomous vehicles. These will become a reality in the next few years, completely disrupting the automotive industry….
Last week, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary (!) of the TopSoft business software trade fair, I had the opportunity to say a few words about the future of business software. I briefly explained why I consider machine learning to be a fundamental paradigm shift in technological development and why the digital industry itself…