Dr. Dominic Lindner, Autor bei agile Companies

Cloud computing 21. March 2021

Cloud technologies: recommendations for entrepreneurs and decision-makers

Entrepreneurs and decision-makers on their way to the world of cloud technologies primarily hope for an increase in sales and easy scaling of their IT. Even if risks in the area of data protection and generally high costs can arise, experts count the cloud among the TOP 5 IT trends. In addition, they predict extraordinary growth for cloud providers. And also a study by Bitkom ( Cloud Monitor 2019 ) shows that of the more than 500 companies surveyed, more than 70% already use cloud technologies. For the other sub-area that is still on the way, this article is intended to provide an introduction to the topic. Guide to the world of cloud technologies Entrepreneurs and beginners in the field of cloud technologies should first of all make the decision about the right service model. With regard to your requirements, you should choose between IaaS, PaaS and SaaS. Overview of…

Cloud computing 21. March 2021

Use of the cloud in practice

For many companies and especially their employees, the cloud is usually still a mystery. Nevertheless, it can be said: the use of the cloud in practice has a good star. IT experts even favor the cloud as one of the TOP 5 IT trends with probably extremely strong growth for cloud providers. But what makes the use of the cloud so desirable in practice? Are there only positive effects or can disadvantages also be found? And how is the cloud currently being used by companies? Use of cloud In the area of using the cloud, it is primarily about the desire and the possibility resulting from the cloud in the area of information technology (IT) to be able to work efficiently and at the same time flexibly and agile. While these parameters only appeared feasible for startups for a long time, larger companies are increasingly making use of these advantages…

Agile organization 21. March 2021

How are employees’ self-organization and freedom of choice related?

In many companies, the task of managing the distribution of work among employees lies in the hands of a few decision-makers. There are also many other models that can lead to an effective way of working among the workforce. But to what extent can employees really act out self-organization and to what extent should they be given their own freedom of choice? What does self-organization actually mean? While in rigidly hierarchical companies the scepter of leadership is usually clearly assigned to one or a few actors, self-organized companies follow a different path. Because here leadership and its individual sub-areas are distributed according to competencies, skills and strengths so that employees are able to make decisions themselves and act accordingly. Nevertheless, fixed structures and processes remain in place in order to enable a fixed and orderly framework around self-organization. Within this framework, the workforce can move freely and focus on current…

Agile organization 21. March 2021

What does virtual work have in common with eating cake?

For many companies, virtual work and setting up virtual teams have become an integral part of the organizational structure. Nevertheless, many digital leaders repeatedly deal with the problem that the greater the size and spread of the teams, the more complex collaboration becomes. It can quickly happen that the actual structure and organization becomes confusing and chaotic. There is an efficient way of splitting up a large amount of tasks o so that large teams can effectively organize virtual work. Is virtual work really as easy to set up as a cake buffet? Even if the headline of this article may sound ridiculous at first. You can actually compare virtual work to eating cake. How is that supposed to work? Very easily! Take a look at the following picture: Imagine they are selling cakes at a buffet. As a salesperson, you represent yourself as a team leader. Your buyers, who…

Work 4.0 21. March 2021

How can you control remote and home office work?

Home office and distributed teams are on everyone’s lips and for many it is a dream to be able to work from anywhere and at any time. What sounds like a dream for employees is pure horror for many executives, because the question arises: Will someone still work what? Basically, my experience is that employees who hardly work in the office do hardly anything at home. In contrast, hard-working employees are just as hard-working at home. A current study, which examines almost 30,000 employees has shown that employees in the home office work an average of 4 hours more overtime per week than employees in the office. So the fear that employees will do nothing only seems to exist in the heads of managers? Control task completion in the home office Even with great self-organization and trust, there should be a possibility of control. To do this, you first need…

Cloud computing 21. March 2021

Cloud computing – the current status in companies

As a result of widespread digitization, the demands on computing resources have also risen sharply. As a result, cloud computing is becoming more and more important. Due to the large amount of data and information and the urge for faster and more flexible solutions, the demands have also increased. More memory, better servers and a higher degree of software, network components and databases are now required. The main advantage is that the user only pays for the cloud service actually used. This gives companies the opportunity to reduce their operating costs. At the same time, you can implement needs-based scaling in an effective infrastructure. But how many companies have already recognized these opportunities? And what is the current usage rate? Or to put it another way: What is the status quo of cloud computing in companies? How current statistics of the “Cloud Monitor 2019” from Bitkom show, almost three quarters…

Digital change 21. March 2021

Importance of a digital strategy

With the advent of digitization, there are many new requirements for companies. One of them is the development of a suitable digital strategy. But what does it mean? How important is the focus on such a digital strategy really? And above all: what about companies that place little value on it? What is a digital strategy? However, before I go deeper into the topic and importance of a digital strategy for the individual areas of a company in this article, I would like to first discuss the definition of the term. Many often only associate the term “digital strategy” with pure goals in the field of online marketing. This only describes a small part of this measure. Because the term is more about the development of a company towards a holistic use of digital processes. In other words: the digital strategy describes the entire transformation of a company towards digitization.…

Cloud computing 21. March 2021

New book in retail: The way to the cloud

My new book together with Paul Niebler and Markus Wenzel is online and in stores! It’s called: The way to the cloud – A guide for entrepreneurs and decision-makers! The authors examine this essential Opportunities and risks of using cloud technologies and illustrate the topic through examples from research and practice. They explain the basics and use cases around delivery models – private and public cloud – and service models – IaaS, SaaS and PaaS – of cloud technologies. In addition, they give recommendations for action for the use of the cloud, which serve as input for further research and support users in finding strategies. Amazon: LINKJumper: LINK The content • Basics of cloud technologies • Opportunities and risks of using cloud technologies • Delivery and service models of the cloud • Recommendations for decision-makers and entrepreneurs The target groups • Lecturers and students of business administration and business informatics…

Medium-sized companies 4.0 21. March 2021

From silo thinking to open structures with more cooperation – how breaking #project boundaries can serve as a problem solver for SMEs! –

Since At the beginning of my blog I deal with the advantages and opportunities that for SMEs by introducing agility and implementing related agile methods. As part of the Blog parade from projektmagazin.de I want to be specific in this post Dealing with the opportunities available to small and medium-sized companies Companies by optimizing physical and virtual collaboration in Can open up with regard to internal project management. In Germany the middle class is strongly represented. More than 99 percent of all companies are among the SMEs in this country and many of them can be attributed to technological Level in addition to pioneers and best practice examples. But how can it be that exactly these companies seem to be changing after all Ordinary methods, such as the introduction of holistic strategies, fail? How can it be that the role models from medium-sized businesses are still like this rigid boundaries…

Work 4.0 21. March 2021

Does every job really have to be meaningful for the employee?

Recently (2019) Xing asked over 17,000 of its members about salaries and one of the primary results is that every tenth XING user would change jobs for more meaningful work. According to the study, Generation Y in particular places more value on meaning in their job than on the “pure paycheck at the end of the month”. This is just one of many surveys that consider the purpose of work to be very important. Under a similar aspect, in 2019 I conducted workshops on the search for meaning and team vision with 9 teams and I noticed that not everyone needs meaning and that it is often difficult to find, especially in routine tasks. But the topic of meaning is currently such a big topic in the minds of many managers that a veritable search for meaning is kicked off in some companies. Reading tip: Team workshop to search for…