Unfortunately, not a day goes by when I don’t read or hear somewhere that some company or business model is set to become the Amazon, Airbnb, Google, Apple, Tesla or Uber of an industry. I’m no longer really annoyed by such slogans. What I find strange, however, is that these statements still come from many…
Management consulting has increasingly mutated into digital consulting. It makes sense: digitalization is THE topic in corporate strategy and development. As a result of this change, one effect is more prominent than ever before: I call it “show consulting”.
I have to admit, I don’t know much about skating. Just enough to prevent it whenever I can, actually. No, I don’t like it. But there are a few interesting parallels between ice skating and the digital transformation. I don’t want to withhold them from you.
For a long time, the realization of e-business projects was approached like the construction of road tunnels: A planning or conception phase should first completely specify the entire project. The project was then implemented exactly according to these specifications. Even today, I still see that this is the preferred approach in large companies, but in…
A lot is written and said about digital transformation in companies. That companies need to become more flexible and faster, adapt to change or, even better, actively drive it forward. Corporate culture is also quickly mentioned in this context.
Women are in the minority in the tech sector in general and in the digital industry in particular. There are many reasons why this is the case. Measures to change this distribution are slow to take effect. It’s time for us to change this. And by we, I mean us, men with decision-making powers in…
It has now reached the general public. The retail sector is in a profound crisis. Stores are closing, sales are falling and, once again, industry representatives are good at blaming all kinds of circumstances. In reality, the only ones to blame for the misery are themselves. And, this much in advance, one could have foreseen…
Just a few years ago, it was good form for every consultant to publish a list of the 10 or 20 most important trends for the coming year at the end of the year. The quality of these lists varied enormously. While some were extremely carefully weighed up and researched, others were a banal collection…
I am regularly asked what my fundamental findings and theses are from my work on technology-driven change processes in society and the economy. So it’s time for a non-exhaustive overview. 12 theses for politics/society and the economy.
Forget everything you’ve been told about the cool start-up life. It’s not true. Forget everything you are told about the courage, inspiration and motivation of entrepreneurs. It’s not true. The truth is: things go wrong. Disasters happen. No one is unaffected at the beginning. However, the same happens with the positive things. That’s why I…