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…
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…
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…
Orientation for Shaping the Future of Work
“How can you shape the future if you don’t even know how it will look like? Even more so if the present situation is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous?” – These were two questions that were addressed during a workshop I facilitated with my business…
3 Most Common Barriers Keeping Conscious Business Leaders on the Hamster Wheel
[originally published in the Huffington Post on 25 Nov 2016] If there ever was a time to realize creative potential inside companies it is now. A quick look at the top issues facing companies of all sizes reveals the usual short list: attracting and retaining talent,…
3 dangerous pitfalls that keep conscious business leaders away from grasping the future of work in today’s digital age
Welcome to the future of work Many of us know that today’s business world is changing. This is not new. It has always been this way. Alas, it is also a fact that due to digital change the pace of change in our business world,…