I am waiting on the next flight. Once again on the way to a seminar, once again arriving in the middle of the night and giving a training tomorrow in the morning. Once again explaining this or that to some people, and once again only a very few of them actually implementing what they have […]
As a consultant, I am constantly traveling, and even during my sabbatical I was constantly traveling. How do you organize yourself so that traveling does not become a burden? One solution that worked for me: minimalistic travel and only taking as much as can fit in a carry-on bag. Naturally, one possibility is the oft-praised […]
“When do you read all that?” asked a friend of mine shortly before a seminar. I was talking with her about a book containing great example that could help move the discussion forward in the seminar. I answered tersely: “Always.” I read in the train, on the plane, in the bus. I listen to books […]
I was recently at several start-up pitching events in Vienna and Berlin. As an investor and business angel, I shake my head every time. What I get to see is not even third-class – and I don’t mean the business ideas, I mean the pitches. Catastrophic. Please quit boring me. I do not want to […]
What makes an entrepreneur successful? I could quote the wisdom from Silicon Valley or from Orange County. Something along the lines of: You need a good network, or you should get a good team started. Since I have a bit of experience, I would rather let you in on my 6 currently most important secrets […]
Professor Franz Josef Radermacher, member of the Club of Rome, suggests in his new book what at first glance seems to be a crazy idea: “The core of the recommendation is that companies and people finance high-value projects in non-industrialized countries as CO2 compensation and in doing so not only address climate issues, but also […]
The buzzword “New Work” has popped up excessively in every magazine and newspaper in the last few months. This term is used to sell almost anything: Yoga for management, expensive and wonderful lounges (formerly the coffee kitchen) and, of course, the idea that every start-up is good and we just need to bring this hip […]
1. Corporations take over the power, the climate goes to hell “Secretively, but right in front of our eyes, the balance of power has shifted in our society so much that democracy, the market economy, our autonomy and our freedom is threatened. We as citizens must fight back.” I came across Thilo Bode, who was […]
“The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails. For all the definitions, descriptions, and characterizations of leaders, there are only two that matter: effective and ineffective. Effective leader lead successful teams that accomplish their mission and win. Ineffective leaders do not.” (1) It’s pretty clear what the highly-decorated American […]
“You are not mature enough to tell it like it is,” she [Greta Thunberg]said at the COP24 summit, which ended late Saturday night after two weeks of tense negotiations. “Even that burden you leave to us children. But I don’t care about being popular. I care about climate justice and the living planet.” (CNN) In […]
