I always seem to hear people crying to me about how difficult it is to do the right thing in business today. This digitalization is a huge challenge, something really tricky. So much uncertainty. And anyway. You always want to shout at them: Wake up! Welcome to the here and now. In real life.
Recently, I stood in a queue in front of a DB ticket counter to get a train ticket refunded. A room full of people, a spiteful atmosphere, everyone stressed, the queue seemingly endless and infinitely slow. And a man at the front counter loudly shouting at the employee. I couldn’t figure out what it was…
I am literally bombarded with lurid headlines and snack content about AI on social media. It is suggested that we are now living in the age of artificial intelligence. And that we need to discuss the big questions. Unfortunately, the truth is that we are at the very, very, very beginning with AI. And all…
In many conversations with people who bring new technologies into business and people who make decisions in traditional businesses, I often hear that disruption in markets is taking business away from existing players. That sounds so simple. But it’s not.
I see it time and again: the need for action is recognized, the data speaks for it. But implementation is hesitant. Companies would do well to take care of their digital transformation with more vigor.
My kids have a game on at the moment, it goes like this: They say things like “I don’t like chocolate at all” or “We definitely don’t want to game today” or “When we’re in Spain, we never go in the pool”.
Time and again, it can be observed how downright religious wars break out around new technology and its use in products and services. This is both tedious and regrettable, but unfortunately unavoidable.
There is a simple reason why I haven’t written about the changes in the automotive industry for so long. The many twists and turns and tightenings in the emissions cheating scandal often simply left me speechless. I would never have thought that the fraud could take on such proportions and thus accelerate the transition to…
I’ve been asked two questions once a week for a while now: “Why do you run your blog?” and “Do you write all the posts yourself?”. While the second question is answered quickly and easily, I always have to elaborate a little on the first question. So here are a few lines about it.
Automation was a big topic long before digitalization, but it has now really picked up speed again. All companies want to automate. The demand is huge. What is being forgotten is that the next step, autonomization, is just around the corner and will be a game changer. Especially for the software industry.