We tend to overestimate technological progress in the short term and underestimate it in the long term. When we read reports in the media about technological breakthroughs, we are usually disappointed when we don’t see this technology in products a few months later. We then conclude that “technology xy won’t catch on”. In reality, however,…
A few weeks ago, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted the ominous phrase “It’s what you don’t say”. After the delivery event on July 28, 2017, the meaning of the tweet becomes clear, because Musk didn’t actually say much at the event. And yet a lot was said. I believe this event marks the beginning of…
We’ve all heard the phrase “Culture Eats Technology for Breakfast”. It is often presented at keynotes and is intended to say that it is the corporate culture and not just the technology that is decisive for the success of digital transformation projects. While this statement is probably undisputed, I often find that people in the…
A few weeks ago, I was invited to give a short guest lecture at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität in Würzburg to share my views on machine learning and ERP. Afterwards, Dr. Axel Winkelmann invited me for an interview in his ERP podcast.
The digital economy is good at preaching water and drinking wine. Customers are told that they have to do this or that, that they can do this or that. And if you don’t transform now, you’ll be lost forever.
For a long time in my professional life, I thought I had no mentors. And I gradually realized that this is not the case at all. On the contrary. I think 5 people have significantly shaped my last years, no, me. A few thoughts on something that is fortunately neither institutionalized nor regulated and is…
The longer I work with machine learning concepts and big data, the more I come to the conclusion that we need to fundamentally rethink our idea of data protection. This may sound strange or disturbing at first, but like many things in today’s world, it is a question of perspective.
Tesla is like Micheal Jackson. There is hardly anyone who doesn’t know him and doesn’t have an opinion about him. Tesla polarizes. A story straight out of a picture book – David against Goliath. Not many people thought Tesla would last this long. And no other car brand has had such a strong influence on…
I recently “bumped into” my son (6) in the hallway in the middle of the night. We both happened to get up at the same time to drink some water. Quirky enough in itself. Then he starts: “Dad, I’ve just had a wonderful dream”. Me: “Great, what did you dream?” He: “That I’d get my…
Jan-Hendrik Heuing and I have spent the last few weeks discussing new possibilities for production control. This is relevant for us, as we are considering how we should organize production at Accounto in the future in order to achieve “extreme efficiency”. The result is what we call, not without a twinkle in our eyes, a…