In a retro a few months ago, part of my team told me that I had an “inhumanly high level of productivity” (whatever that means exactly…) in the things I do. And; I should show everyone how I organize myself and how I do it. I then put together an internal presentation about all the…
How can digitalization succeed in a company? How can the most common mistakes in the implementation of digitization projects be avoided? I recently had the pleasure of talking to Kyocera press officer Annette Neth about these questions and topics. Below you will find the podcast version as well as the video recording. Enjoy!
The week before last, Léa Miggiano, co-founder of the start-up Carvolution, visited me at Parashift. The result was a conversation about cars on subscription, electric vehicles and start-ups.
For a few years now, more and more people have been focusing on “New Work”. What the future of work will look like, what motivation people have to choose a job and how much they enjoy doing it has become a central point in the debate, to say the least. What we have seen at…
I’m slowly but surely losing my enthusiasm for the transformation of the automotive industry. Initially, I thought we would see an almost classic technology-driven transformation from combustion to electric and then, more or less simultaneously, from owner-operated, self-driven to autonomous vehicles that can be rented on an hourly basis. Far from it. A commentary.
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…
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.
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.
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.