Management
Roman Mildner
Management
Efficient Adaptive Team Structure
The traditional “team chart” has fallen out of favor. Self-organizations the idea de jour. At the same time, predictability remains a top priority — especially in safety-relevant, large systems projects. The project’s key stakeholders demand transparency Read…
Management
Project Coach
After decades of ongoing agile transformation initiatives in numerous organizations, many fixed-price projects still fail to meet customer expectations, especially in the area of safety-sensitive industries such as automotive or aviation. In the context of “make to order” projects (MtO), a smartly designed role of a Project Coach can increase the success rate, improve expert staff retention, and give your organization a decisive competitive advantage. Read…
Management
The Best Life Success Predictor
The best predictor of success in life is the ability to postpone gratification for the sake of a more rewarding future reward. Accelerate achieving those goals even faster with the proper help. Read…
Technology
Self-Driving Cars Survey: When Are They REALLY Coming?
Self-driving car fans may have to exercise patience. A recent sample survey indicates that it may take longer than enthusiasts like Elon Musk hope. Read…
Management
OKRs by Projects
After “Management-by-Objectives” (MBO) didn’t live up to its expectations of both employees and managers, its successor, “Objectives and Key Results” (OKRs), came to the rescue. While the OKRs approach is currently being held in high regard on the organizational C-levels, the link between strategic goals and execution of those goals remains an open challenge. The good news is that this gap can be easily addressed and fixed. Read…
Crunch Time
Why Do We Always Go Over the Top With Standards And Methods?
those meaningful concepts become bloated, excessively complicated, overinterpreted, and even absurd or downright harmful. Why is that? Read…
Technology
The Future Car Design
The wind of change has become a sea change in the car industry. It is now clear that the future of individual mobility will be electric and self-driving. We have gone a long way from the early car design, as we can see in the above picture. How could a future car look like? Read…