Why Customer Obsession May Blind You
We are taught that if we want our business to be successful we have to focus on our customers. But if this is wrong?! Wait a second! Why, on heaven’s earth, should customer obsession be a bad thing? Isn’t it what modern firms preach? Especially in an…
The Art and Magic of Making Joy the Driver of Your Business
Inside a Human Business. An interview with Richard Sheridan, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Menlo Innovations Menlo Innovations is not yet another software development company in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is unique in many aspects. Face this, every year more than 3.000 people visit this firm to watch…
Playing in the digital age
Dear friends, I like to ask you for input for my new book „Being Human in the Digital Age“? How would you answer the following questions? What do you associate with playing? What are your playgrounds? Why don’t we play (any) more? What does it…
Being Human in the Digital Age
The digital transformation was one of the buzz words at this year’s World Economic Forum in January 2019. Walking the streets there were numerous signs for special events, receptions, panels, speeches or forums on the topic. All of them had in common that there was…
Digitization as an engine for co-creating joy
In June 2018 Peter Dumont, CEO of The Art of New, and I had the pleasure of speaking with Steve Denning, best-selling author and Forbes contributor. In our interview we talked about his latest book „The Age of Agile: How Smart Companies Are Transforming the Way…
Purpose & Vision: Overcoming Trump’s Fear-Driven Capitalism, Part 2
Trump’s economic policies are starkly different from his predecessors and deviates from mainstream economics and political thinking. Take, for example, his massive tax cuts for the corporate world or his initiated trade wars. Just by looking at recent economic numbers and the booming stock market…
A Human Business Primer: Overcoming Trump’s Fear-Driven Capitalism, Part 1
This is not another attack on Trump. Actually, I don’t really care too much about Trump. What I do care about are the implications of his policies, ideology, worldview, decisions, moods, and, believe it or not, at times his tweets. And yet, it is not…
Planning is Fear. Instead, Work with Life and Joy.
I have worked in professional project management for quite a number of years. Over the last years, I have moved away from classical project management and one of its core activities: planning. There are a number of reasons for this. First of all, I believe that…
Enter the Age of Agile!
Dear friends, This is to let you know that Steve Denning and his partners are offering an amazing array of Agile leadership and management gifts will be available this week for early purchasers of Steve Denning’s new book, ‘The Age of Agile: How Smart Companies…
You have to behave like a kid to become a leader
Can trainee programs teach leadership? Yes, but most of them don’t I conducted a project leadership for members of a trainee program. Attendees were motivated and full of energy. Participation was very good and some of the insights and outcomes of the interactive exercises were…