Dr. Frank Melzer, Member of the Management Board Product & Technology Management at Festo SE & Co. KG interviewed by Marcel Derakhchan, Founder and Managing Director of DLA Digital Leaders Advisory, about the future of the CTO.
Project performance is essential – Interview Dr. Rainer Mehl – Part 2
With a look to the automotive industry, digitization offers greater opportunities than averting the next Apple Car by marshalling their own “smart” networked vehicles. In the first part of this dla Perspective Dr. Rainer Mehl from Capgemini Invent explains why the greatest potential lies in shifting from product focus to customer centricity. The emphasis of part one of the conversation with Rainer Mehl and Marcel Derakhchan is on how management can shape this change by providing “Digital Leadership.”
A connected life is better than a connected car. Interview Dr. Rainer Mehl – Part 1
We spoke with Dr. Rainer Mehl, Managing Director Manufacturing, Automotive and Life Sciences at Capgemini Invent, about how automobile manufacturers are developing a digital DNA. The first part of this dla Perspectives interview details what steps need to be taken to move from product focus to customer centricity. In the second part of the interview, we present success factors for implementation by managers in the corporate organization and culture.
“Diversity means the end of naivety.” Diversity – Part 1
Diversity is one of the questions that shape the social and political agenda intensively. However, from a corporate strategy perspective, the topic has hardly been addressed to date. Marc Rompf talks to the organization and change experts Dorothea Derakhchan and Christine Solf about the contri-bution diversity makes to competitiveness and innovation, the prerequisites for successful female lea-dership careers and why a heterogeneous mix of voices makes a good choir.
“You have to understand the rules in order to change the game.” Diversity – Part 2
In the second part of the interview with the organization and change experts Dorothea Derakhchan and Christine Solf, we discuss the implicit rules and power structures, cross-gender linguistic skills and the success of the development and change program called “iLead. Make it your Game” at Accenture.
Interview Heiko Weber: “Smart Factories are much more than digitalisation”
Heiko Weber, Partner at Berylls Strategy Advisors and Marcel Derakhchan, Managing Partner of dla Digital Leaders Advisory, discuss leadership and culture in the intelligent factory and Germany’s chances of preserving its status as an automotive country
Interview Niels-Christian Krüger: “Technological transformation and organizational change need to go hand in hand”
What is the key to success of a Chief Digital Officer (CDO)? This was the topic of our interview with Niels-Christian Krüger, partner and Head of Digital at goetzpartners
Interview Axel Krieger: “There are always conflicts between strategic goals and the goals of the founders”
We sat down with Axel Krieger, General Partner of the growth capital specialist Digital+ Partners, to talk about risk and opportunity in corporate venturing
Interview Dr. René Kusch: “Self-Awareness is dead”
In the first part of the “Perspectives” interview, Dr. phil. René Kusch explained what companies should do when dealing with terms such as “VUCA” and “Agility”. To what extent this is changing the role and skills of executives, is explained by the owner of RELEVANT Managementberatung in his continued conversation with Marcel Derakhchan, Manager of DLA Digital Leaders Advisory.
Interview Dr. René Kusch: “Agility needs stability”
Becoming a digital enterprise with Google Sprint and a top executive via an app? How managers can avoid buzzword dead ends during digital transformation, is described by Dr. phil. René Kusch, owner of RELEVANT Management Consulting, in the first part of his “Perspectives” interview with Marcel Derakhchan, Managing Director of DLA Digital Leaders Advisory.