A few months ago my iPhone 5s literally disappeared. Somewhere on the flight from Hongkong to Zurich. I almost fell apart. I was shocked. I was desperate. I terrorized the whole airport to bring me back my phone. All in vain. It was gone. Thats it. I felt like I
Many people and organizations know exactly what and who they want to become, but they have no idea what and who they are. Instead of accepting that change is the natural result of a conscious life and evolves by itself, they put it into concepts, tools etc. I see two
English: Future of Organizations: 4 Trends and 10 Ideas 4 Treiber von Veränderungen und 10 Ansätze, wie wir Arbeit und Organisationen neu denken können Summary & Fazit Wenn es um die neue Welt des Arbeitens geht, wird viel polarisiert: Alt gegen Neu, Jung gegen Alt, GenY gegen GenX und Baby
When we asked members of a major client organization what they felt about their own organization, they came up with surprising feedback. They stated and even complained, that everything is so “comfortable, we all feel comforted and nice and there are no consequences for non performance” and so on. (It
I stumbled over or better into that quote by Joseph Campbell these days: most people and organizations put a lot of effort and energy in creating a clear path. When planning a mountain hike, I will most probably choose a mountain that has been explored, download the different routes that
A few days ago, I participated in a workshop for machine operators that was led by the head of production of a global company and his managers – shift leaders, heads of maintenance. Participants were people working in the factory halls, in shifts, producing a tangible product. The purpose of the
We are asked – all the time – to be authentic, to share our thoughts openly and to practice straight talk. Fair enough. Maybe you have different experiences, but most of the times I dared to speak up, overcoming my own shame, my fears, my inner voice that says “One is not
I don’t believe in change resistance. Maybe I am the only one, as there is a strong belief out there, that people don’t like (to) change. When resistance occurs within change projects, there is an unchallenged conclusion that goes something like this, “Oh, people resist, because they don’
Perfectionism is the attempt to avoid mistakes. We want to be impeccable. We want the incentive system to be perfect, the presentation to be perfect, the product and the proposal to be perfect. Why? Because we do not want to look bad in front of others. Unless we have answers
Before we started to work in Asia, we had several assumptions about “the Asians”: 1. There is something like “the Asians” 2. “Asians” don’t speak up, never say no and are always worried about losing face 3. “Asians” don’t say anything critical, never, especially when their boss is
This is my new blog. Some people asked me, where they can read about my work and what I am doing, the experience we have from working with organizations around the world. So I sat down and started a “book”, in German, in English, called “Personal Mastery”, called “Managing Complexity”