𝙒𝙞𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙘“𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙐𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙝𝙢𝙚𝙣” is a phrase I often read on the websites of small and medium-sized businesses. I always find myself wondering… Is tradition still a value today, or is it more of a risk to the perception of being modern and innovative…Continue reading»Is Tradition a Value Proposition?
Yesterday, at the New Year’s reception hosted by the German-Canadian Society e.V. in Berlin, I had the opportunity to speak with Canadian Ambassador Vera Alexander about one of my current projects. Art and culture are not only expressions of social values, but also a powerful…Read more»New Year’s Reception of the German-Canadian Society
With the brand 𝙀𝙎𝙋𝙍𝙄𝙏 filing for bankruptcy once again and the company’s impending liquidation, a very special chapter in the fashion world is coming to a close. In the mid-1980s, I had the pleasure of working for ESPRIT—it was truly a…Read more»ESPRIT …
In March 2024, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman passed away. As a behavioral economist, he refuted the mistaken assumption that humans are “homo economicus”—beings who always make decisions objectively and rationally, after weighing the alternatives and costs to their own advantage. This…Read more»The Gut Makes the Decision
Does diversity add value for companies? Is this really a new issue? And what can we learn from the past? Everyone is talking about diversity these days. It seems as though people have only just begun to recognize the value of social diversity for companies…Continue reading»Diversity
BOMAG Is the Global Market Leader Last Thursday, I spoke on the topic of “𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗻” at BOMAG. It was an exciting workshop with interesting content. As a best-practice example, Daniel Fuge from Grimme presented the conversion of the…Continue reading»Workshop