Digital Leadership: What Skills Managers Need to Have [5 Reading Tips] Posted on 20. September 202120. September 2021 | by Birthe Struffmann Source: Pexels/fauxels It is nothing new that companies have to digitalise their processes in order to remain successful. However, they still neglect the fact that the implementation of innovative projects requires comprehensive changes in the entire organisation. An essential component is the availability of digital leadership skills. Continue (14 vote(s), average: 4.71 out of 5)Loading... Categories Reading Tips of the Week
Companies using agile methods [5 reading tips] Posted on 8. October 20185. October 2018 | by Sara Herrera Source: pexels.com German companies are fit for the digital transformation from the inside out. Not just external macro data such as the status quo of the online retail has proven this. Working methods and internal organisation are adapting to the pace of the digital world. Agile methods are no longer empty promises. On the contrary: Every other major company already relies on agile project management, as a from Bitkom Research makes clear (German only). Continue (7 vote(s), average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading... Categories Design & Usability Reading Tips of the Week
Digital Transformation: Hot Air vs. Best Practice Posted on 14. June 201814. June 2018 | by Christian Otto Grötsch Source: pexels Digital is better! In fact, in 1995 the band Tocotronic’s debut album made that claim with their album name. Kind of ironic, considering that at the time, cell phones were as big and heavy as bricks. Just a few years later, Boris found his way to the internet. “Am I already in it or what?” He asked naively, pointing the way to the digital future. Then the dotcom era, during which network pioneers were sure that digitisation would go quickly. But that couldn’t be further from what happened because technical innovations were geared towards an exponential growth of computing power through computer chips. It was only a matter of time before we could only remember the analogue, grey past. Unfortunately, it’s often said that in desperate times, reality doesn’t keep up with our visions. In the broad spectrum of digital transformation, for example, you move between a lot of hot air and not enough visionary best practices. Continue (6 vote(s), average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading... Categories E-Commerce
Handelskraft Conference 2018: Mobilise. Digitise. Profit! Posted on 25. January 201825. January 2018 | by Sara Herrera Credit: dotSourceThe future of business is undoubtedly digital. At the Handelskraft Conference on the 20th of February 2018 in Munich, we want to mobilise retail, talk about real business and tell real stories about the digital reality and its challenges – with trends, best practices and new impulses. Retailers and manufacturers must break new ground to assert themselves against the competition in the market: Business models must be adapted, strategies rethought, and technical platforms developed further. No digital project has to follow a straight and narrow path – most of them are more reminiscent of an adventurous off-road track. In order to reach the checkpoints, you need the right equipment and knowledge. This is what we want to offer our participants at the Handelskraft Conference. Furthermore, live simultaneous English translation will be available for our international guests for the first time! Continue (5 vote(s), average: 4.80 out of 5)Loading... Categories E-Commerce
Lack of digital skills – still a big barrier towards digital transformation [5 Reading Tips] Posted on 24. October 2016 | by Sara Herrera Quelle: Sergey Nivens – FotoliaDigital transformation, change management, and agile methods are words that naturally come to mind when thinking about how organisations should face the challenges arising from innovation and digitalisation. Executives seem to know how critical these words are for the future possibilities of their companies but they are still static or just about to start preparing for new business models in the best case. And, what is more worrying, they forget that people are the key to master digital transformation, while technology and data are only enablers. Continue (1 vote(s), average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading... Categories E-Commerce Reading Tips of the Week