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…
Agility is the prayer of the hour. My article “Corporate model of the digital age: The agile company!” is one of the most widely read and I receive a steady stream of questions about it. One question I’ve been asked a lot in recent weeks is: How and where do I start the transformation of…
The company as we know it is a result of the organization of work in the 18th century. It has constantly evolved, but the basic features have remained the same: employees provide a service in more or less good and well-organized cooperation, which is sold under a company. The resulting monolithic entity became independent in…
It is actually undisputed among experts: Technological progress creates more jobs on balance than it destroys. And yet you can find article headlines in all established media suggesting that millions of jobs will be lost. This is despite the fact that experts usually make contradictory statements in the same article. Apparently, panic sells better than…
It is not often that articles are published that are dedicated to the adaptation processes of society to technological development in a multi-layered and profound way. Peter Diekmann(@derpeder) has recently written such an article entitled “What steam engines have to do with digitalization and why we need a new age of enlightenment” in two parts(Part…
The World Economic Forum 2016 coined the term “4th Industrial Revolution”, especially in the media. Many recognized or self-proclaimed experts have adopted this terminology without further evaluation. But it couldn’t be more misleading. Here’s why. Artikel auf Social Media teilen: