by Christoph Zohlen

Digital Transformation Needs Compassion!

At the beginning of a corporate transformation, leaders often speak with empowering language: digitize, accelerate, disrupt, reinvent, innovate, reinvigorate, grow, and so on… This is partially because these leaders are involved in making the decision to transform. At the beginning...

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by Christoph Zohlen

Innovation & Transformation Need Space!

“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.“ (Archimedes) Whether using terminology like digital disruption, the fourth industrial revolution, industry 4.0 or any other hyped buzzword, they all imply the same: Today’s...

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by Christoph Zohlen

Meta Transformation – Change Your Thinking!

The reason companies get stuck is because their thinking gets stuck. This especially applies to senior leaders, who are vulnerable to two deadly traps: 1. They get stuck in the thinking that used to work – that created success in...

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by Christoph Zohlen

Can Art Transform Your Company?

When you watch Kazakov’s five-minute animated video, you will see that he morphs one object into another, in a seemingly endless display of what it is like to see the world through creative eyes. Much as a manager might look...

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by Christoph Zohlen

If a Leader Can’t Change, The Company Can’t Either.

A stark reality underlies any talk about working harder, being more competitive, and transforming your business: a business won’t change until its leaders change. This is the 800-lb gorilla in any discussion about business transformation, and it is the one...

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by Christoph Zohlen

Lead By Example.

There is a leadership standard of excellence that exists far beyond where most leaders operate. Rooted in confidence, backed by competence, it eliminates the leader’s ego from the equation. We call it what it is: leading by example. Instead of...

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by Bruce Kasanoff and Christoph Zohlen

Is Your Company Mindful or ADD?

If companies were children, many would be on Ritalin. They operate in a hyper-frenzied manner that leads to distraction, a lack of consistent focus, and bad outcomes. In short, they behave as though they have attention deficit disorder (ADD). Do...

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by Nicole Dufft and Christoph Zohlen

Digital Transformation Is About People First And Technology Second.

The currently hyped notion of “Digital Transformation” has moved to the top of the strategy agenda in most enterprises today. Its strategic relevance has grown alongside the disruptive impact of digital technologies on business models, industry structures and competitive landscapes....

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by Christoph Zohlen

Transformation With Impact

Change is a principle of life, affecting nature as well as individuals and organizations. For nature in evolution, it has been a question of “survival of the fittest.” For individuals and organizations, it is the difference between stagnating and evolving....

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