WEF23: The Spirit of Davos is Human
Finally, after a long 3 years wait due to the Covid pandemic, the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting is returning to Davos. From Jan 15-20, 2023 the small town in the Swiss Alps is bringing world leaders together for the most salient questions. Yet, what are the…
Wiser faster teenager
I will speak at this weekend’s edition of NeoWAY.org – the online version of www.WisdomAccelerator.org, which was created for global teenagers who wish to become wiser faster by learning from the experiences of successful professionals from a large variety of countries and backgrounds. If you know any curious…
Design the future you want with Human Business
Design the future YOU want. Do not remain an object or resource of change. Become a change agent with Human Business. How? This is the question we, Marc Buckley, and I talked about in his podcast Inside Ideas. Marc is a UN Sustainable Development Goals…
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…
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…
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,…
Traditionelle Organisationsentwicklung führt in eine Sackgassse
Heute erklärte ich den Teilnehmern des HR Summit beim 12. Deutschen Corporate Social Responsibility Forum warum traditionelle Organisationsentwicklung in die Sackgasse führt, weil es auf den falschen Annahmen und überholten Management-Theorien basiert. Stattdessen plädiere ich für einen agilen Ansatz der organisatorischen Potenzialentfaltung. Ein entsprechendes Programm entwickelte…
In Search for the Ideal Company
Over the last two decades I have worked for a number of companies, consulted even more. Some of them were outstanding, others were, well, less so. It is time to reflect and share what I believe are 3 characteristics of a well-run business and desired…
How to achieve organizational excellence: Appreciate your performance to unfold your potential
“Kumbaya” – or practicing traditional organizational development About a year ago I told a friend of mine that my new project was in organizational development. He congratulated me and then asked, “so you are sitting in a circle around a bonfire and sing Kumbaya?” and…
2016: what’s to BE
Yes, I do have a number of new year’s resolution. Here is a list of topics I would like to write about: Building a Happy Workplace Forget HR: Why „HR“ is detrimental to organizational health and business growth (and what we need to do instead)…