The day before yesterday I was once again in beautiful Switzerland. I was invited to give a talk at Topsoft15 on the topic of “Digital transformation: where to start?“. On my way there, I noticed the poster below. Although I had seen it before, I thought to myself, well, what a funny satire. What fine…
I am often asked what is important to be successful in a tech company like an internet agency or a tech product startup. Having worked with many such companies and worked in a few, I think there are a number of factors that are very important. However, they are more general in nature such as…
A few weeks ago, in the canton (Baselland(bill), which corresponds to the federal state) where I live, the legal basis was created to allow people to vote electronically in the future. The politicians never tired of emphasizing that the technology was not yet available (I beg your pardon?), but they wanted to take precautions. That…
We have been a couple for 20 years now and I have never questioned you. You have never let me down. You have always brought out new models that have brought joy. And I’ve had many: 3 Series Estate, 3 Series Estate, 3 Series Coupé, 3 Series Coupé, 5 Series Estate, 3 Series Estate and…
As more and more digital offerings have to be created, the “demand” for developers has increased enormously. I often see larger companies toying with the idea of building internal teams for their platform projects instead of relying on external service providers. This may or may not work out well. In fact, it often goes wrong….
Upheavals always have two sides: They are seen as threats and challenges by existing providers in the market, but for entrepreneurs from outside the industry they offer an opportunity to enter with new models and innovations and do good business. Here are 4 sectors that will experience huge changes in the near future and some…
A few days ago, the news circulated that an assembly robot had fatally injured a VW plant employee while setting up such a device. What is a gruesome accident at work, which unfortunately happens almost every day somewhere, was stylized in the media as the (first) blow by robots against humans. Sometimes to an extent…
In my previous articles, I have often written about the fact that the leadership qualities that are in demand today are largely similar to those exhibited by traditional entrepreneurs during industrialization. Even today, there are still entrepreneurs who have already left their careers behind them, but from whom we can learn a great deal in…
Every week I talk to companies about planned digital initiatives. In the last two months, I’ve dealt with two companies that couldn’t be approaching the topic of digital more differently. One has a chance of success, for the other I see black. A few thoughts on minimal investment budgets, promising solutions and technical token exercises….
My article on hours tracking last week had a lot of readers and I received a lot of feedback. A few people, first and foremost Adrian Zimmermann from the Swiss internet agency Snowflake, criticized my thesis and explained their point of view. All very valid arguments in my opinion. The discussion also went in the…