The Nomad is a growing collection of stories, fascinations, encounters, observations, lived moments — and the quiet (and not-so-quiet) joy hidden inside them.They’re all rooted in my life, wandering freely between places, people, questions, and unexpected turns. Many of these stories eventually find their way into the book — others insist on staying a little […]
This is a guest blog post I recently worte for aidbees. aidbees is a platform that enables acts of social kindness and builds a community of people doing kind deeds at just a click. Headed by Zamrooda Khanday, aidbees is the one-stop platform for donations, community building, and volunteering. With the focus of growing as […]
For Datentreiber’s 10th anniversary, I’ve written a guest article in which you will learn about the nine principles that enable the successful implementation of data strategies and, consequently, the transformation of business models. The new Datentreiber philosophy is “train. think. transform.” It is a holistic approach which defines data-driven strategies as the trigger for corporate […]
Ten years ago I was in Lahore, Pakistan. I came in from India and crossed the famous superficially cheerful Wagah Border between Amritsar (India) and Lahore (Pakistan). A principal of a school, whom I knew from social media, had invited me and I stayed at her house. During my stay I also had the honour […]
This is the second part of “What companies can learn from Janwaar”. The first part you’ll find here. While the first part was more about how to set-up the transformation process in order to succeed (=principles), here in the second part I summarise the main learning in form of a few rules. Combined these rules […]
This is the first part of “What companies can learn from Janwaar”. The second part you’ll find here. While the first part is about how to set-up the transformation process in order to succeed (= principles), in the second part you’ll find the main learning in form of nine rules. Combined these principles and rules […]
When one thinks of transformation, change management and EmPOWERment, a closer look at the skate park in the remote Indian village of Janwaar, whose inhabitants live just about poverty line, does not really seem to make sense. But only at first glance – a second look shows that companies can learn enormously from this example. […]
The Greater WE – How WE all can build a more human world and overcome old capitalistic constraints This is an expose for a book written in January 2023. It is now with a couple of publishing houses. Keep your fingers crossed. Summary We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking when we created […]
Dieser Beitrag wurde am 22.10.2022 in ManagerSeminare veröffentlicht. Hier ist der Originaltext: TitelFühre im Tempo des Vertrauens! VortextIn Kapstadt, Südafrika fand vom 12.-14.Oktober das dritte d.confestival statt. 350 Teilnehmer aus knapp 40 Ländern feierten Design Thinking (im folgenden DT) – ein Management-Werkzeug, das hilft, schneller, bessere Lösungen auszuführen. DT stellt den Menschen in den Mittelpunkt, […]
Think Quarterly is a unique communications tool that brings together some of the world’s leading minds to discuss the big issues facing businesses today. It was designed as an experiment and it started in 2011. I had the honour to contribute three articles to it – alongside editors from The Guardian and The New York […]