More and more companies are entering into partnerships to achieve benefits such as cost reduction, standardization, flexibility and increased quality. Such relationships are essential in order to remain competitive in a complex world. Nevertheless, numerous examples show that failures with far-reaching consequences can also occur. This blog post shows the factors that make partnerships successful and the norms that need to be met.
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Digital transformation presents organizations with the challenge of developing an adaptive culture and harmonizing traditional business practices with digital offerings, whereby a comprehensive willingness to change and learn as well as a holistic approach to corporate management are crucial for an efficient transformation.
The following blog post presents a possible approach to analyzing a holistic transformation. The Capability Compass.
The world is shaped by various trends, first and foremost megatrends. Megatrends describe complex dynamics of change that shape society for more than ten years. They can be used to make the complexity of change more understandable. Megatrends affect all levels of society and thus influence companies, institutions and individuals. It is essential for companies to analyze the opportunities & risks associated with the trends at an early stage. This blog post presents the selected megatrends of health and sustainability as well as the associated macro and micro trends.
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A highly relevant and much discussed challenge for Switzerland is the shortage of skilled workers. This article presents the main causes of the skills shortage and generic strategies on how to deal with it from a leadership perspective.
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Companies and their employees are facing fundamental challenges from globalization, aging, digital transformation and “new work”. To ensure that organizations are equipped to meet these challenges, it is important to properly educate and train the next generation of managers for the tasks ahead.
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The Glasgow Conference and its decisions have prompted us to consider the sustainable development of our planet and the extent to which the Circular Economy can contribute to achieving climate goals. In this article, we first look at the climate challenges and the developments of the Glasgow Conference and then take a look at how companies can contribute to a more sustainable development of the economy by transforming their production according to the principles of the circular economy.
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The current corona virus situation has shown us that we are capable of taking big steps in digitalization in a very short time in the education sector. Digital methods have already found their way into schools and universities, but this sometimes hesitant development was reinforced to an unprecedented degree by the homeschooling required during the peak of the pandemic. Collaborative platforms have grown enormously, and new teaching and learning formats have been introduced in the form of explanatory videos and virtual lessons or group work. One technology, or rather a concept that has been largely ignored so far, but which offers great potential for improving both digital and face-to-face teaching, is augmented reality (AR), the enrichment of reality with virtual content.
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