Each punch must be a strike

Imagine being on a sailing ship in a storm. Or underwater and one of the scuba divers has a serious problem. Alternatively: Your department or even the whole company threatens to fall into economic slump. And now ask yourself:Do you have time for ineffective actions in such a situation?The question...

Management – rocket science, arts or crafts?

Manchmal ist Management nichts anderes als solides Handwerk. Mit einer Prise gesunden Menschenverstands, der Entfesselung des eigenen Buzzword-verseuchten Hirns und ein wenig Schmalz in den Arbeitsmuskeln gelingt so manches Husarenstück. Wenn man es dann noch schafft, nicht-dogmatisches Denken obendrauf zu packen... Unternehmen und unser Handeln als Manager ist voller Routinen,...

Ambidexterity

Ambidexterity - a wonderful word. Hardly anyone understands it, you can talk about it much better.   Out of sheer processes, SOPs, procedural and behavioral rules, we have become blind to the obvious things. Stoic and dull we run on well-trodden paths, we go pre-marked paths ...   ... instead...