Calmness – or a black swan for too many meetings
Yes, there is a black swan for too many meetings: CALMNESS. Calmness? Yes, calmness How? Or what makes me think so? Well, maybe you, too, at times experience an inundation of meetings. Some are more useful and purpose-driven than others, some of them are a…
The Corona Chance: Love, Life & Work in a Human World
What if the Corona pandemic is a once in a life-time chance to build something grander than we have ever seen? What if the Corona pandemic is the chance to shape a new, more human world? If so, what are we waiting for? – And…
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…
Meet us at the World Economic Forum 2019 in Davos
For the fifth time we will be visiting the World Economic Forum in Davos. This year will be different and very special. Together with The Art of New we have organized two events entitled “The Art of New Business: Body, Mind and Soul of Digitization”…
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…
Being human in the digital age
As much as the title sounds like an oxymoron; it is not. The opposite is the case. I believe that being human in the digital age is ever more important and, thanks to technology, feasible. Digitization is “taking over our world” No doubt digitization is…
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…