Dr. Dominic Lindner, Autor bei agile Companies

Work 4.0 21. March 2021

The last 5 years count – why specialists often rest on old successes

You are probably familiar with at least one of the following two situations: You are new to the company and one employee is highly praised for helping the company a lot 10 years ago. However, after getting to know each other, you notice that this employee is currently hardly worth any more and is more like a hype.You have an applicant who talks about numerous successful projects 10 years ago but the CV of the last 5 years is actually rather poor. “It used to be good” Many employees believe this sentence when they come across such employees. I often notice that old successes have a long-lasting effect on employees who have been with the company for 10-15 years and often such successes still carry great weight when changing jobs. But I see a danger: Such employees tend to solve today’s problems with yesterday’s methods! The last 5 years are…

digitalization 21. March 2021

Current studies on cloud computing

For me, cloud computing is defined as the use of IT infrastructure to make IT resources available flexibly via the Internet. To get an overview of the topic, I present two studies that I analyzed in the course of my research. Study 1 examines the specific use as well as the potential and risks of cloud computing. Study 2 has a similar focus, which compares the results of the two studies. Study 1: Concrete use as well as potentials and risks The first study is Bitkom’s Cloud Monitor (2019) and is based on a survey of over 500 companies on various aspects. The study shows that more than 70% of the companies surveyed are now testing or actively using cloud technologies. The results are: Cloud users (73%),Cloud planner (19%),Cloud objectors (8%). According to the participants, particular potential is the digitization of internal processes and procedures in the company, the development…

digitalization 21. March 2021

Current studies on automation

Automation means the use of artificial systems. These are systems that follow decisions based on a process that is previously established. For many years, companies have been adapting technologies (hardware and software) in order to automate activities or to support them technologically. I examined study in the course of my research work. I would like to present two of them today to give an impression of automation. Study 1 examines the influence of automation on company success, study 2 deals with the changes in occupational profiles due to progressive automation. Study 1: CRISP 2018 In the first study, the influence of automation on corporate success was assessed on the basis of interviews in over 150 companies from all industries (Crisp 2018). According to their own information, the majority of companies are currently still at the beginning of the automation of processes. The results of the study are: In our company,…

digitalization 21. March 2021

Current studies on globalization in digitization

In this thesis, globalization in the context of companies is understood to mean cross-border or worldwide entrepreneurial activities. These location advantages should lead to competitive advantages. I examined these studies as part of my research. Study 1: Bertelsmann Foundation The first study was carried out by the Bertelsmann Foundation (2018). A globalization index is derived from statistics. In an international comparison, Germany ranks 18th (66.29 out of 100). The first three places are Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium. The index is based on data on economic, social and political globalization. The study shows that, especially in Germany, the gross domestic product depends to a large extent on the success of globalization. Global trade is decisive for Germany, especially as export to other countries. Study 2: Haufe 2017 For cooperation in the course of globalization over Crossing national borders, the virtual team of is particularly useful in knowledge work Meaning. In…

Agile organization 21. March 2021

Basics for change officers – my recommendations from science

You know that: You want a change in the company and the management appoints an employee to commission the change (without management power). If you see this change officer again after a few months, you recognize a stressed and sad person and the change in the company may have progressed by 5%. Maybe that’s even you? Change in the company is not easy and I often talk to blog readers on the phone who ask me for help with my own change project. There is good news and bad news. The bad thing is: You cannot overcome certain barriers in a company without power and you need a manager for help and the good thing is: I have put together great frameworks for everything else at the end of the article. Resistance and change Look at the picture below. You notice that we usually freeze in one state (comfort zone).…

digitalization 21. March 2021

Current studies on innovations in digitization

I understand an innovation as a planned innovation that has economic success on the market. Digitization in particular offers numerous new possibilities. I would like to present two studies that I have highlighted in the course of my research. The first study examines possibilities for generating innovation in companies, the second study focuses on the financing of innovations in companies. Study 1: Lünendonk 2019 The first study was carried out by the consulting company Lünendonk (2019). It is an online survey of 70 senior executives from companies. According to the respondents, almost half of the companies have their own unit or staff unit for analyzing new technologies to generate innovations in the company. The other companies state that they develop innovations across all areas of the company. According to the study, the most important results of the innovation departments of the surveyed companies are: Generation of marketable products (43%),Process improvements…

Agile organization 21. March 2021

Current status of sociocracy and holacracy in companies

Self-organization has many faces and can be implemented in a wide variety of ways in the company. Two possibilities are holacracy and sociocracy, which I want to highlight in this article. I get a lot of questions from entrepreneurs who ask me whether I know companies that still implement this. Of course, I know some startups that deal with it successfully, but I don’t know any traditional and established companies that still use it. In the following I would like to tell you why. What is Sociocracy and Holocracy? My own experience I myself was able to attend a holacracy in 2016 and the frameworks were discussed and tried out in my roundtables as part of my research. Unfortunately, my holacracy crashed after a few weeks. Especially egos in the company and employees who work according to regulations do not fit this framework. One often experiences a standstill when the…

Digital leadership 21. March 2021

When the chair of executives wobbles through inventory retention

Old Way – New Way – No Way! Change is ubiquitous, especially in the course of digitization, and often depends on the approval of a manager. But what if the manager would rather maintain the status quo and that in every area too! Some executives are inventory keepers A custodian is a manager who shows a very high degree of persistence in times of change. Unfortunately, many managers avoid changes that do not come from them. At the top of teams and companies there are often exceptional talents who are more efficient and more assertive than competitors. They are people who are extremely quick in absorbing, structuring, analyzing and processing information and who make decisive decisions. As a result, you have a high level of self-confidence and often only trust yourself in many decisions and thus avoid changes that do not come from you. Which is actually a misunderstanding, as…

digitalization 21. March 2021

Current studies on big data

The term big data describes the handling and evaluation of large amounts of data in the context of companies. Large amounts of data can be recorded via sensors, mobile phones, machines, customer cards, vehicles or come from social media and numerous other sources and, due to the large amount, must be stored, processed and evaluated using special procedures. I would like to present two relevant studies on this topic, which I analyzed in the course of my research work and thus convey the current status. Have fun while reading! Study 1: Bitkom 2014 The first study was carried out by Bitkom in 2014. On the basis of over 500 participants, senior managers from German companies were surveyed online. The study is no longer completely up-to-date, but the information can help to compare the results from 2014 with the second selected study from 2018. First, the study will be presented to…

Digital change 21. March 2021

Current status of Corona in the IT industry

Corona is still ubiquitous. As of May 2020, 7.3 million people have been on short-time work and more than 40,000 new unemployed people have been registered as GDP has fallen by 2.2%. Especially in times of lockdown, 25% of German employees worked from home. Like in my new book ” Virtual teams and home office “this number has already fallen rapidly. Now it is only 10% of German employees and people return to the offices subject to certain conditions. The decreasing stress of families through homeschooling has also decreased significantly. So what is the situation after the lockdown in the IT industry? I would like to report from my experience. Return to the office So the return to the office has started since Corona. Large companies offer to come back to the office between 2 days and full time. Above all, companies like Siemens want to continue to work from…