3. Corporate takeovers. The third episode of our series, what can be learned from the "last" crisis in 2008, will not be nice. But we write about reality. Some companies have emerged stronger from the past economic crisis. As described above, two things in particular were decisive for this: further...
#2 Survival as a company – learning from 2008
2. Flexible Workforce. The classic Anglo-Saxon approach in a crisis is to lay off employees very early and very quickly. The typical Central European solution is to retain at least the core team and the essentially important competence and knowledge carriers. This allows the company to get off to a...
#1 Survival as a company – learning from 2008
Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately (?), our economic system experiences a sharp downturn every 5 to 10 years. Since I was 17 years old I have already experienced 5 of them. The good thing about it: it's worth looking back to see what worked "last time". After the financial crash of...
INVESTEMENTS IN START-UPS ARE GROWING UP
Never before has there been so much money for start-ups in Europe as in 2019: Germany is playing a leading role in investments for founders, but has been outstripped by two other countries. Start-ups may be the champions of tomorrow. Investors want to be more involved from the very beginning....
GERMANY BREAKS KOREA’S SIX-YEAR STREAK AS MOST INNOVATIVE NATION
Germany took first place in the 2020 Bloomberg Innovation Index, breaking South Korea's six-year winning streak, while the U.S. fell one notch to No. 9. Singapore's leap into the third-place ranking returns it to its post from two years ago. The annual Bloomberg Innovation Index, in its eighth year, analyzes...
WHAT DOES THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DO WHEN IT IS BORED?
A great warner of the AI is Elon Musk, as is well known. And he's probably right about. But I guess that humans will expand their own "calculating power" parallel to the growing capacities of AI ... by chiping themselves ;-) Why not? We already have hip and knee implants....
LEADERSHIP IN A WOLF PACK
Look at the photo: The first 3 are the old & sick, they walk in front to set the pace of the entire pack. The next 5 are the strongest & best, they are tasked to protect the front side if there is an attack. In the center are the...