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Pseudo interest – long-term relationship killer

Good relations between the members of a working group are the basis for the interaction of the participants. Unfortunately, trust
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Pseudo interest - long-term relationship killer

The step to the Customer Journey

Once you have caught the clientele's attention so that you can develop their interest in your offerings in order that
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The step to the Customer Journey

The tide – the ideal metaphor for far too much

We are perpetually racing around the sun at over 100,000 km/h. Simultaneously, the Earth is rotating on its axis at
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The tide - the ideal metaphor for far too much

Planned futility – eyes shut and get through

The absurd business acceleration and geographic dispersion and the flood of data in the VUKA world force executives to think
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Planned futility – eyes shut and get through

Leading in this or in a different way

Not all superiors want to take responsibility but rather earn more. In the absence of expert development paths, they have
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Leading in this or in a different way

Learning from the elders

Before we start denigrating those who have demonstrated the most consistency over the past 2500 years, let's take an unbiased
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Learning from the elders

Putting action into words

The life cycle of different companies follows similar patterns: R&D, Procurement, Production, Sales, After Sales, and Cross Functions. Differences arise
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Putting action into words

Life also does not necessarily punish those, who come too late

The words "I would have ..." turn responsible managers into wouldhavers. These people have in hindsight the aptness of knowing
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Life also does not necessarily punish those, who come too late

Overthrower throw over

We try to use factual language nowadays. However, there is even in such profane things as a glass containing 250
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Overthrower throw over

Lateral thinking revisited

The authors of the first chapter of the Bible described God's command to mankind in Genesis 1:28: Be fruitful and
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Lateral thinking revisited

The seat direction in the railroad – the ideal metaphor for temporal horizons

Let us forget for the next few minutes that we do not yet understand the phenomenon of time, although we
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The seat direction in the railroad - the ideal metaphor for temporal horizons

When self-confidence becomes hubris

The biggest hurdle on the way to fulfilling one's initiatives is the insecurity concerning one's capabilities - the existing roles;
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When self-confidence becomes hubris

The blunt ax – the ideal metaphor for a deficiency

Deficiencies arise from errors, wear and tear, accidents, or environmental changes. As a result, things and processes only function inadequately.
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The blunt ax - the ideal metaphor for a deficiency

The kick in the so-called – the ideal metaphor for a disturbance

The outcome of decades of standardization is bureaucracy in all areas. This is manifested in regulations that are supposed to
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The kick in the so-called - the ideal metaphor for a disturbance

First things first

When the affairs are not going as desired, you start looking for reasons, such as searching on the Internet. With
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First things first

Learning from our own experience

We learn through observation, from teachers or others, and from the experiences we make ourselves. In this case, everything happens
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Learning from our own experience

Change is always – and different

When experts examine systematically, facts dissolve into incredibly subtle components, whereby our view of the whole gets lost. Thus, we
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Change is always - and different

The curse of one-sidedness

The line of least resistance is built on simplicity, which is most easily generated by one-sidedness. Doing as if is
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The curse of one-sidedness

The appropriate metaphor field provides many images

A metaphor effects through the mental links that the addressees add, especially if the images are coherently from one subject
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The appropriate metaphor field provides many images

What we can know

What we can know was already a concern of Socrates according to Plato “I know that I do not know
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What we can know

The A7L – the ideal metaphor for basic needs

So far, 27 people were 300,000 km away - twelve of them were on foot and motorized on the moon.
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The A7L - the ideal metaphor for basic needs

Titanic – the ideal metaphor for false certitude

The Titanic disappeared at about 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, after colliding sideways with an iceberg about 300 miles
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Titanic - the ideal metaphor for false certitude

The look – the ideal metaphor for the own identity

Since any opinion can be published on the Internet, we have to face a confusing flood of views. In this
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The look - the ideal metaphor for the own identity

Opinions are the new truths

We ALWAYS perceive the world with our senses. That way, we only see and hear what our filters let through
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Opinions are the new truths

The dough – the ideal metaphor for VUCA

In the real world, we differentiate between solid, liquid, and gaseous substances. Our common sense suggests clear distinctions. However, many
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The dough - the ideal metaphor for VUCA

The reticle – the ideal metaphor for aiming

Achieving or hitting a goal is difficult without an appropriate aiming device. It is not enough to be able to
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The reticle - the ideal metaphor for aiming

Bonsai – the ideal metaphor for nipped dedication in the bud

A bonsai is the Oskar Matzerath of trees. Even though Oskar decides at the age of three to stop growing,
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Bonsai - the ideal metaphor for nipped dedication in the bud

Future management involvement

One of the hurdles on the way to agility and entrepreneurship, vibrant corporate culture, and a secure psychosocial climate, genuine
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Future management involvement

The pendulum in the service desert

Once upon a time in the retail sector, the physical customer, who made an effort to go to a shop,
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The pendulum in the service desert

The effect of single headedness

Companies that cross the Dunbar number of 150 employees should find ways to spread their leadership across several shoulders to
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The effect of single headedness

All show and no substance

With digitalization, new storefronts are emerging that convey an image of the business that raises expectations that are not always
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All show and no substance

Who benefits from the relocated perspective

For what reasons should we believe that reality is different from what we perceive? We see the coastline in the
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Who benefits from the relocated perspective

Instructions are for newbies

There are occasions when our character appears. For instance, if you squeeze into a parking space, even though someone is
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Instructions are for newbies

Tool beats rule

In the wake of long-term growth and tackled crises, bureaucracy proliferates in all corporate corners. This is especially true to
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Tool beats rule

The whole-ness is a matter of opinion

Our perception is a personal matter. On the one hand, it differs from one person to another. On the other
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The whole-ness is a matter of opinion

The views at the state of affairs

Fruitful negotiations need an approach that is focused on the issue rather than on the relationships and the personalities involved.
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The views at the state of affairs

What I do not know I care to

Peter Drucker has pointed out that you can only control what you measure. Today we are overwhelmed by numbers, data,
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What I do not know I care to

Tasty bait for the fish

Most of the time we are all customers. Nevertheless, it seems to be hard in business to leave the own
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Tasty bait for the fish

The price of the isolated stand-alone solution

One consequence of the information age is the unbelievable amount of data on the Internet of more than 33 zettabytes
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The price of the isolated stand-alone solution

What I don’t know won’t hurt me

Peter Drucker has shown that you can only steer what you have measured. This has led to the fact that
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What I don't know won't hurt me