We learn from mistakes - more than from our successes. We know it and yet we try to avoid mistakes and feel bad, if they happen. For this reason it is so difficult to implement a culture of continuous improvement and learning in our companies.A true culture of...

When it comes to change initiatives, there will always people that resist and they will more often than not take an over proportional share of voice. This triggers a lot of focus on this group of people to convince them.In my experience this is the wrong approach. In...

Do you know the phenomenon of powerpoint poisoning? I came across this fantastic phrase years ago in a Dilbert cartoon. Someone was giving and endless and complex presentation and the audience went completely apathetic.The funny cartoon is still reality in many...

I guess this quote reveals that I am really old - who the f… is Fleetwood Mac? 🤨 But I want to use this line in a different context.If you are in a management position, do not expect to hear the truth! People will be reluctant to give critical feedback and voice there...

This first statement is probably true for most of us. Companies promise to support this attitude with promises to foster empowerment and entrepreneurship within the company.In my experience only few companies fulfill these promises. The reality in many organizations...

Last week I was invited by Marek Borgstedt and T&O Unternehmensberatung GmbH to the lean & green award event at DMG MORIi in Pfronten. I did not expect that this event would give me one of the most impressive company insights in the past years.We had the...