Susanna Nagy June 01, 2017 etventure News, Tools & Methods, Trends Dream job founder – author and entrepreneur Felix Plötz on the Generation Y success factor Eric Migicovsky’s aim was to earn 10,000 dollars within 37 days. Instead, he earned 10,266,845 dollars – in the same time period. He had already amassed the ten thousand after two hours. Migicovsky, now aged 30, discovered the smartwatch long before Apple and the...
Tobias Ledermann April 27, 2017 Tools & Methods, Trends The Value of Failure In the last few years, the concept of a “culture of failure” has appeared in the business community. Economists praise the culture of making mistakes as an important success factor and founders of start-ups celebrate their failures at “fuck-up nights”. Failure has come into...
Doris Bärtle March 16, 2017 etventure News, Tools & Methods CSR report: from free choice to obligation In the last few weeks, the German Parliament adopted the CSR Directive Implementation Act. As a result, from the next financial year, around 550 German companies are obliged to publish a sustainability report. The problem is that many companies are not yet sufficiently prepared...
Philipp Depiereux March 02, 2017 General, Tools & Methods, Viewpoints The winning formula for digital new business: go beyond the core organization As of 2017, managers are past the question of whether digital transformation plays an important or a vital role in core business. The majority of top-level managers have already recognized the significance of digital transformation. Now the predominant questions are: “How do I prepare...
Susanna Nagy January 05, 2017 Tools & Methods, Trends Digital transformation: Good ideas implemented badly or bad ideas implemented well? Almost all companies are occupied with the issue of digital transformation. New studies appear almost daily that aim to demonstrate the importance CEOs and managers from all sectors attach to digital transformation. So far, so good. The solution appears to be attractively simple to...
Verena Stark December 22, 2016 Tools & Methods Creating Digital Entrepreneurs When we think about digitization, we think about technologies, processes and business models. We rarely consider the importance of the “human factor” in the digital transformation process. The Cultural Status Quo Modern businesses have evolved into efficient operations, where high-achieving managers work to meet...
Friedrich Arnold November 30, 2016 Tools & Methods Going Lean, Again Friedrich Arnold, Senior Project Manager at etventure, explains how manufacturers can embrace the Lean Startup methodology as the centerpiece of their Digital Transformation. The Proud Leader On a recent client visit to a German OEM of construction machinery, the CEO and the Head of...
Lukas Bower November 23, 2016 Tools & Methods Blockchain Demystified Blockchain is receiving a lot of attention, and is making inroads into the enterprise space. But what is Blockchain exactly, and why is it important? In the following blog, etventure’s Lukas Bower explains Blockchain – for an executive audience. What is Blockchain? In brief,...
Gregor Ilg November 10, 2016 Tools & Methods The Art of Agile In this article, etventure’s Head of Product Gregor Ilg will take a closer look at the buzzword “Agile” – and de-mystify Agile in a business context.
Larissa Forker November 04, 2016 etventure News, Tools & Methods The SMS digital Data Challenge – data science meets steel industry SMS digital, a digital unit that etventure helped to establish for the plant manufacturer SMS group, is launching its first Data Challenge. Data scientists from around the world can take part. Participants face the challenge of developing an algorithm that can identify and measure the...
Lukas Bower October 26, 2016 Tools & Methods, Trends Why Go Digital? All the metrics you use to measure success indicate that you are doing just fine – So why “Go Digital”? etventure’s CEO for North America, Lukas Bower, provides some context – and clarifies why business leaders should not only “Go Digital”, but make innovation...
Andreas Stark October 11, 2016 Tools & Methods, Trends A Fresh Take on Strategy Development Businesses have been using the same formula to develop strategies for many years. However, is this formula still valid in today’s fast-paced business environment? etventure’s Andreas Stark, Vice President North America, explores this question – and provides a fresh take on how to approach...
Martin Rudloff September 28, 2016 Tools & Methods The Business of Two-Speed IT What is Two-Speed IT? How can it accelerate time-to-market? In “The Business of Two-Speed IT” our Head of Technology, Martin Rudloff, explains Two-Speed IT for business leaders.
Philipp Depiereux September 19, 2016 etventure News, Tools & Methods Promote employee development, improve expertise – work@etventure Human resources departments should be dealing with the effects of the technological and social forces of digitization on the world of work. HR must not impede these changes – instead, it would be ideal if it could act as a further impetus for change,...
