Last week, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary (!) of the TopSoft business software trade fair, I had the opportunity to say a few words about the future of business software. I briefly explained why I consider machine learning to be a fundamental paradigm shift in technological development and why the digital industry itself…
The company as we know it is a result of the organization of work in the 18th century. It has constantly evolved, but the basic features have remained the same: employees provide a service in more or less good and well-organized cooperation, which is sold under a company. The resulting monolithic entity became independent in…
It is actually undisputed among experts: Technological progress creates more jobs on balance than it destroys. And yet you can find article headlines in all established media suggesting that millions of jobs will be lost. This is despite the fact that experts usually make contradictory statements in the same article. Apparently, panic sells better than…
When we talk about technology, the participants in the discussion are usually divided into two opposing camps. Those who think technology will solve all of humanity’s problems and those who think that technology is our downfall. I am often asked for my opinion on this. My answer: neither.
Following my articles on the automotive industry, I was often asked what I would do if I were the manufacturer. I think it is extremely difficult to make the right decisions at the moment. I am all the more surprised that many companies are not doing one of the most obvious things: Shut down.
On July 10, 2016, a short article about Mario Illien appeared in the Schweizerische Sonntagszeitung with the headline “Tesla? Disastrous for the environment”. Illien, who has helped shape motor development in Formula 1 like no other in recent years, makes some astonishingly false statements in this article. This is not only a shame, but also…
A few days ago, I was introduced at a meet-up as a content marketing expert and got involved in a discussion about blogging, journalism, marketing 4.0 and content marketing. I was slightly embarrassed, because quite honestly, I have no idea about any of these things. There were good laughs at the event when I said…
Last week, Tesla announced its intention to acquire SolarCity for around US$2.7 billion. It was exciting to see how very different assessments were circulated from different quarters. The whole gamut, from “the certain end” to “completely brilliant”, was played. An attempt at a differentiated assessment of this latest coup by one of the most ground-breaking…
What I love about alainveuve.ch is the constant stream of feedback. You, my dear readers, comment, send me e-mails, tweet me incessantly. This results in a lot of new and great things. From collaboration to loose exchanges. I got to know Stefan Fritz during one of these exchanges and realized that there are many parallels…
The week before last, we received the “Best Omnichannel Experience Award” for our omni-channel eCommerce product for Frankfurt Airport at AOE at imagine 2016. Although I was not directly involved in the project, a project of this size naturally brings the various challenges into an overarching discussion. We therefore had an intensive internal discussion on…