The complex World in Organizations:
Insights from the Outside
The Tip of the Iceberg
You will find my observations from the corporate world here in loose succession: short, pointed, but with depth.
The Tip of the Iceberg, Vol 1: Responding to Crises and the Animals of change: A visit to the Zoo
In addition to the true masters of adaptation such as octopuses and chameleons, behavioural economics uses various examples from the animal kingdom to illustrate the phenomena of change and the reaction to unforeseen events: The black swan, the grey rhinoceros or the elephant (in the room). Time for a visit to the zoo!
The Tip of the Iceberg, Vol 2: The Limits of Agility
A good and sensible maxim has become an organisational principle that, misinterpreted, creates more inefficiency than flexibility and speed. An "agile organisation" tends to stand in the way of the workforce's desire for stability, order and transparency and should therefore be put to the test again.
What moves Organizations: Detailed technical Papers
I regularly write on current topics for the professional journal "PersonalEntwickeln" published by Wolters Kluwer. You can find these and other articles here:
Declining productivity due to exhausted Managers
In this article you will learn
- How many more roles and requirements have been ascribed to a manager over the last few decades,
- What risk this poses in terms of ‘leadership fatigue’ and individual exhaustion and thus productivity,
- What needs to be done at all levels to make ‘leadership’ attractive again and to retain managers.
(Article in German)
Agility as an organisational principle has come to an end
In this article you will learn
- The many ways in which ‘agility’ is currently interpreted in organisations,
- Which forms of a consistently agile organisational structure exist and
- Why agility as an organisational principle does not and cannot prevail.
Talent Management - Process, Project, Metrics and the Impact of Technology
In this article you will learn
- How the term Talent Management (TM) has expanded and why we now speak not only of talent but also of skills,
- What elements a TM concept comprises,
- What contribution managers and employees can make and
- What role robots and artificial intelligence (AI) play in Talent Management.
(Article in German)
The Importance of Retention Management
In this article you will learn
- Why retention management (increasing employee loyalty) is becoming topical again after 20 years and should be implemented quickly,
- Why a few standard "benefits" are not enough and why companies need to find the measures that suit them,
- How everyone in the company, at the top or "on the line", with and without management responsibility, can do something for employee satisfaction and loyalty.
(Article in German)
"Dealing with 'Generation Z' - What is important if Companies want to successfully integrate Gen Z?"
In this article you will learn
- How the "Generation Z" group is defined, what characterises it and what challenges it poses for work in general and for potential employers in particular,
- Which diverse other influencing factors, in addition to considering the demands of Gen Z, affect the challenge of "coping with the workload in the face of a shortage of skilled labour" and how they influence each other,
- What kind of solutions companies can find to successfully integrate Gen Z without disregarding the existing workforce.
(Article in German)
Bonding with Bots or: How Humans build Empathy with Robots
In this article you will learn
- What developments robotics has made and how jobs in production are changing
- How human-robot collaboration looks like
- What the Tamagotchi effect means and how humans are building empathy with robots
- What kind of questions and challenges companies need to address
Effective Leadership in a digital World - really different? A critical Look at "digital Leadership"
In this article you will learn
- Why there is a demand for “new leadership”
- Which new forms of leadership are currently “en vogue”
- How "digital leadership" can be defined
(Article in German)