The nerd has made it. The underdogs, the wirros, the freaks are now the supposed leading figures of popular culture. The digital industry is teeming with people who pretend to be nerds but are in fact simple hipsters. That’s not reprehensible, but the whole fuss is completely unnecessary. A brief comment on the perception of…
If you’re interested in technological progress these days, you can’t avoid battery technology. Not because it would drive this progress, but because you can’t get rid of the feeling that it is blocking it. The battery manufacturers, who keep announcing breakthroughs, are not insignificantly to blame for this. Of course, these are breakthroughs in research….
Every now and then I am asked which conferences I should go to. Unfortunately, I can’t always give an answer because I think a conference always has to do with personal preferences. However, over the years I have compiled a list of conferences that are of interest to people from the digital economy or the…
Two years ago, I wrote an article entitled “Why every company should have its Chief Digital Officer!”. I was convinced by the concept of the special representative. After 2 years of countless conversations with people who deal with digital change in companies, I have to admit that a Chief Digital Officer is not such a…
Apparently it’s good form these days for European managers and/or politicians to travel to Silicon Valley to be “inspired”. When you get back, you say things like “I’ve just come back from a trip to Silicon Valley and it’s [insert any superlative here] impressive…”. We’ve known for a long time that Silicon Valley is “cool”….
Five years ago, when I had discussions with the management of companies with indirect sales channels, it was clear that “their” retailers were extremely important and a key pillar of their business strategy. Things are different today. It is still superficially true that retailers are important, but in reality nobody believes this anymore. That’s a…
When the first leaked pictures of the Faraday Future (FF) model made the rounds yesterday, I doubted whether it was really worth watching the presentation at CES this morning. And to say it right away, the doubts were not wiped away. But first things first. Artikel auf Social Media teilen:
The day before yesterday, DIE ZEIT interviewed Timotheus Höttges, CEO of Deutsche Telekom, on technological changes and the relationship to work. His statement on the unconditional basic income in particular provoked numerous reactions in comments and on Twitter. Since my article on the work of the future, I know that the subject of an unconditional…
Selling digital projects is not difficult, because the demand is enormous. But winning the right and really good projects is more of a challenge. I learn a lot from talking to industry colleagues and customers. I am also asked for advice on specific sales issues. So it’s time to cover a few non-exhaustive points. Artikel…
My last 12 months have been characterized by a large number of contacts and discussions with decision-makers. On the one hand, as part of my professional activities. On the other hand, people who read this blog contact me every week and tell me about their challenges, problems, successes and failures on the way to bringing…