Hören Sie alle Episoden auf Apple Podcasts oder Stitcher … Mathematics of a VirusWelcome to another episode of “Mediocrity and Madness”, my podcast about our daily balancing act between aspiration and reality at our workplace, about the ever-widening chasm between talk and truth! Here is another episode in English and…
Hören Sie alle Episoden auf Apple Podcasts oder Stitcher … A Magic Dwells in ImperfectionWelcome to another episode of “Mediocrity and Madness”, my podcast about our daily balancing act between aspiration and reality at our workplace, about the ever widening chasm between talk and truth! Slowly climbing out of my…
Hören Sie alle Episoden auf Apple Podcasts oder Stitcher … To AI or not to AIWelcome to another special edition of „Mediocrity and Madness“! Usually this Podcast is dedicated to the ever-widening gap between talk and reality in our big organizations, most notably in our global corporates. Well, I might…
That mindset blurOrganisational developers or people transformers assess their workforce and put each of us into one bucket: Growth XOR Fixed. From there, there are logically only two avenues: either “develop” fixed mindset ones into growthers or get rid of them (and hire growthers instead). This view is not only supercilious…
Hören Sie alle Episoden auf Apple Podcasts oder Stitcher … Meditationen über Agilität Heute geht es um ein Thema, das eigentlich keiner mehr hören mag. Mich eingeschlossen. Bleiben Sie bitte trotzdem dran. Es geht um „Agilität“. Das ist mittlerweile ziemlich abgedroschen. Jeder, vom Werkstudenten bis zum Senior Partner ihrer bevorzugten…
Hören Sie alle Episoden auf Apple Podcasts oder Stitcher … The Meeting In „Mittelmaß und Wahnsinn” I write that one of the properties of the matrix organization is that it keeps you busy; preferably by way of meetings. Again, this is not a new fact and thus it is also…
Hören Sie alle Episoden auf Apple Podcasts oder Stitcher … The MatrixWe’re in the midst of the Sommerloch (“summer hole”) which only crudely translates into something like “silly season”. I am in the mood and thus I am happy to present a special edition of a small part of my…
Hören Sie alle Episoden auf Apple Podcasts oder Stitcher … Silodenken.Herzlich willkommen zur neuen Folge von „Mittelmaß und Wahnsinn“, dem Podcast über den Spagat zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit in unseren Unternehmen, über die stetig weiter werdende Lücke zwischen Reden und Realität. Diesmal geht es um einen Mythos, nein um einen…
Cookie wise, success foolish.Recently I met — completely unrelated — a number of people who told me “My (new) boss is obsessed with numbers”. “Well”, I thought, “very good!”. Being obsessed with numbers is not the worst thing for a boss (besides being obsessed with people). After all, it’s business…
THAT project.This is another confession and another apology. I cast that stone many times. Not openly. No, much more subtle. Well trained in the refined behaviours of (corporate) politics. It’s hardly an excuse that almost everybody does it. Almost regardless of rank and title. That deteriorating project I am talking…
