A few weeks ago I’ve written “The Bigger Picture #1: When a self-proclaimed stable genius (Trump) teams up with an entrepreneurial visionary (Musk)” – now we’ve walked further down the road—and we’re starting to see what has already unfolded, laying the groundwork for what comes next: the systematic dismantling of anything that dares to place […]
Three weeks into Trump’s second term, we’re witnessing the systematic dismantling of government structures – a process that blatantly disregards the separation of powers and the checks and balances built into the US system. I suspect – and this is merely my assumption – that even if the courts rule against these actions, Trump, Musk, […]
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 […]
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. […]
On April 8th I was invited to give a talk at the HS Pforzheim. The topic was: How to drive longlasting (social) change (=sustainalbility). 80 students were watching online the Q&A – Benjamin Fritz, who has been to Janwaar for six weeks in 2019/2020, was asking the questions – it was fun!
Last week I was part of a Musterbrecher-workshop (online) “Unternehmertum” (Entrepreneurship), which they condicted for their client freenet, Hamburg, Germany. My role was to share my experiences with my social experiment in Janwaar and to draw parallels between my work in the village and my work as a consultant for companies. This might seem odd […]