Creating myself
Creating myself – my motto for the year 2023 For years I haven’t really been a fan of new year’s resolution. Not that I haven’t believed in annual goals. I have. As a matter of fact, I have been setting goals for years and followed…
The Future of HR? Dim to None
What’s the future? – Who knows? It depends how we want to live in the future. What’s the future of HR? – Dim to none when it comes to life and work in the digital age. But there is hope and a key for the…
Die Zukunft ist menschlich – nicht technisch!
Die Zukunft ist menschlich – nicht technisch! Richtig: In einem früheren Blogpost erklärte ich, warum die Zukunft weiblich ist. Gleichwohl dürfen wir diese Aussage nicht als ausgrenzend verstehen. Richtig und wichtig ist es zu verstehen, dass wir als Mensch sowohl weibliche als auch männliche Seiten…
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…
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…
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…