English The plastic brick – the ideal metaphor for modularity The division of labor did not only change the work of the employees by cutting individual tasks smaller and smallerWeiterlesen Undermining oneself Most tasks require a lot of preparation, mental stamina and serious efforts, in order to prepare the results. With theWeiterlesen PERYOU – Does the customer get what I have or what he wants? The best offer is the package that supplies the customer with the best result. Afterwards, even the latest knows whatWeiterlesen Entrepreneurship in lockstep Are these the rules of the certifications or the artificially created Compliance, which increasingly burden entrepreneurial action nowadays? Or areWeiterlesen The pendulum – the ideal metaphor for framework The provision of energy is crucial for the movement of the pendulum. It occurs immediately by pushing the plummet. ItWeiterlesen Batch processing – memory of the future An important reason for the introduction of writing 6500 years ago was, besides religious and ritual reasons as well asWeiterlesen The house building – the ideal metaphor for a project The longest project experience gained mankind with the building of its accommodations. After the available caves were occupied and peopleWeiterlesen Human – Machine – Business model The main task of the strategy, the plan or the own initiatives, is to keep all aspects in line. ItWeiterlesen The organism – the ideal metaphor for natural order The original world knowledge was determined by the experiences that humans witnessed in their immediate environment. They were holistic experiencesWeiterlesen Join the contract, quit the contract – Good riddance Many services are offered today as a membership. It starts with the fitness center around the corner, is valid forWeiterlesen The clockwork – the ideal metaphor for technical order Descartes and the enlightment divided the world into parts as small as possible, in order to examine and understand exactly,Weiterlesen The Artist – prototype for intrinsic motivation What pushes us? What engages the colleagues? These questions arise every day. The look inside oneself provides only limited answers.Weiterlesen The door – the ideal metaphor for change Changes are complex procedures that are differentiated by the strength, the duration and the frequency. The sliding transitions from oneWeiterlesen Leadership nightmare If it is sometimes not going in the direction that you desire as a boss, in the first place theWeiterlesen The desert – the ideal metaphor for scarce resources Deserts are natural phenomenon that results from their position on earth. They are characterized by a large dryness. Excessive heat,Weiterlesen Medial free riders The information society is on a drip of news. As soon as something newsworthy happens, the different channels react -Weiterlesen The knot – the ideal metaphor for a problem The war chariot of king Gordios stood 333 BC in Gordion. An oracle had prophesized that who dissolves the knotWeiterlesen Distorted view of the E-mobility In August 1888 Bertha Benz made the first cross-country trip from Mannheim to Pforzheim with a fuel-driven car. At theWeiterlesen Cooperative Metamorphosis Henry Ford introduced that assembly-line. He was inspired by Taylorism and also made efforts, to get all levels of valueWeiterlesen SVC – Capacity killers from the top Division of labor is determined by horizontal and vertical distribution of tasks. The enemy of this arrangement is the microWeiterlesen Word choice – the third door into the mind of the public The right word in the right moment has a large influence, whether you arrive in the consciousness of the listenersWeiterlesen Who’s afraid of change? Always the other people - right? Fear is a natural reflex that enables us in the case of danger toWeiterlesen Flat rate for the sensory world? Our sensory perception takes place in each individual mind. Nevertheless, we all have apparently similar impressions. Enterprises make efforts forWeiterlesen What makes a result good? After the transition of the professional world due to the knowledge and service society as well as the shift ofWeiterlesen Listening The urge of letting others knowing your stand point drives some people with a prepared script into a conversation. AlmostWeiterlesen The overall context determines the understanding The language does not offer an adequate base, in order to interpret a phrase. Let’s pull one of world literatureWeiterlesen Planned transformations need a targeted strategy Change takes place constantly. As long as you are drifting, you leave your fate to others. If it does notWeiterlesen Only achievable goals are pursued The world record in high jump since 1993 is 2.45 m. The gold medal in high jump at the lastWeiterlesen Evading the worn-out tracks with the agile project organization Over time a track evolves during repeating trips on unpaved ways that digs ever more deeply into the ground. ThisWeiterlesen Momentum always evolves from within The readiness to stand up for something cannot be stipulated. At best, you can try to extort fulfillment with sanctions.Weiterlesen Becoming agile! But how? After years of productivity increase through standardization, we now arrived in a dead end. The formal requirements pollute the actualWeiterlesen Chicken-and-egg – the ideal metaphor for unclear causes and effects Regularly we buy eggs, which were hopefully laid by happy chickens. And sometimes the egg is used, in order toWeiterlesen The first hurdle for all Often different tasks have to be synchronized. This is valid for your own activities, which you would like to achieveWeiterlesen Who is responsible? The voters break away from the established politicians. As counter measure they show muscles, by taking over the populist behaviorWeiterlesen Probably we’re doing something wrong History is visible until today in those everlasting monuments that everybody knows. This includes the enormous stone buildings, like Stonehenge,Weiterlesen New things – younger and older together The special about new things is the fact that they did not exist before. This includes new products, like phones,Weiterlesen The external and internal watchfulness The meditative term of mindfulness emerged in the wake of Work Life Balance. This special form of attention is aWeiterlesen Meme-It – Make ideas adherent In the 70s of the last century, we had reached the time for the next level of ‘bits of paperWeiterlesen The Way out of unimaginativeness It is wrong to believe that everybody must find new things. Ideas alone are not sufficient. They must also beWeiterlesen As far as my feet will carry me Only contemporaries can remember. All the other people learn from history by hearsay. Just seventy years ago Germany lay inWeiterlesen ‹ 1 … 5 6 7 8 9 … 11 ›