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Alexander Bloch Agree that we have to stop talking about forbidding internal combustion engines and leave it up to the market and customers to decide what they want to purchase. The EU should set CO2 targets but stay open to new technologies. This being said, e-fuels are of course not zero CO2 because during the combustion the once captured CO2 will again be emitted, but they are not worse than coal-fired generated electricity either. It is very likely that electric vehicles will win the race sooner rather than later but only by convincing consumers and not by forcing consumers to buy something they do not want. #mobilityinsider

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I´m excited to share my recent experience with GWPR Global Women in PR Deutschland e.V.! 🌟 I've recently joined the Global Women in PR initiative, an organization dedicated to connecting, supporting, and promoting women in senior PR and Communication roles. It's a matter very important for me as women represent 70% of all communicators, but the management levels in the communications industry are still predominantly male. Attending my first GWPR event, hosted by Cornelia Kunze, Birgit Carolina Dengel, and Iris Rothbauer, was a great experience. I had the opportunity to engage with inspiring women, all gathered to discuss the topic of Navigating Digital Realities. In an era marked by rapid changes and digitalization, it is more important than ever to pause and reflect on how we can act responsibly amidst technological changes and advancements. Reflecting on the discussions, my key takeaway is the importance of laying solid foundations for new skills in our business context. This includes building a supportive company culture, establishing strong governance and processes, and continuous learning. According to Deloitte, 77% of business executives agree their organization should help their workers become more employable with relevant skills, but only 5% strongly agree they are investing enough in helping people learn new skills to keep up with the changing world of work (source in comment). That's why investing in a skills-based approach supported by an AI platform is a significant step to getting future-ready. It helps organizations identify skill gaps and assist employees in their upskilling efforts. As we navigate digital realities, it's crucial that we look for new models that fit the demands of a fast-paced, technologically driven world. #GWPR #DigitalTransformation #AI #Skills #SkillsBased #Culturematters

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It is an honour that our book is taken up by Michael Köttritsch and Die Presse! If you’re looking for a summer read on change mangement, you might as well grab your copy here: https://lnkd.in/dMgbQNVF

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🚀 It's the service you provide that makes the experience, and that makes the difference. 💡 Discover how our innovative Service Transformation Framework is revolutionizing the way we deliver excellence. #CustomerExperience #SalesandService #Innovation #Transformation

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Aktuell: #China - aus "gegebenen Anlass": Wie weit gehen noch die #Menschrechtsverstöße? Was sagen die United Nations? Wie #Shanghai #KI- #Kameras nutzt, um #Uiguren aufzuspüren und zu verfolgen", schreibt heute Table.Briefings "#Chinese #security #authorities plan to procure #facial #recognition #software that can identif #Uyghurs in #public # spaces. Find out more in Table.Briefings. https://lnkd.in/eZubGPZ6 Chinese security authorities are using artificial intelligence to systematically track Uyghurs in Chinese #cities and generate individual #movement #profiles. This is confirmed by public #tenders for corresponding software, which are exclusively available to Table.Briefings. The documents come from local #police #departments in Shanghai, various cities and counties in the coastal province of #Zhejiang and the southwestern metropolis of #Chengdu. The tenders are explicitly aimed at identifying members of the Uyghur minority in public spaces," schreibt Marcel Grzanna aktuell. Danke für diese ungeheuerliche News. Mein Google-Link - Document kopiert die deutsche Fassung von Table.Media Briefing heute. https://lnkd.in/e2KaA_F2

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𝗦𝗮𝘅𝗼𝗻𝘆'𝘀 𝟰𝟬-𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗣𝘂𝘀𝗵: 𝗔 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸-𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲? Hey CEOs, brace for this: Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer is pushing for a full-throttle 40-hour work week across Germany. He is dialing back on part-time work as a way to ramp up productivity. "𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵-𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯," he claims, aiming to pivot from the flexibility many have come to expect and need. This is more than a policy shift; it's a cultural rewind to a time when work defined life, not the other way around. While Kretschmer dresses it up as economic salvation, this isn't just a minor tweak but a major step back. In a world that's increasingly valuing work-life balance, caring responsibilities, and personal well-being, forcing everyone into a 40-hour mold could crush the progress made towards a more balanced, inclusive workforce. Over half of the women in Germany worked part-time last year, many to manage childcare. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗲? This isn't just about hours on a clock. it's ab CEOs, how about we ensure our policies add value to our teams' lives rather than stripping them away? Let's champion flexibility and innovation, not restrict it.

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𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 - 80 percent of respondents note that 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱 Reasons why restructurings are not successful 🔹 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 (𝟒𝟏 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭) 🔹 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐝 (𝟑𝟔 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭) 🔹 𝐋𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 (𝟐𝟗 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭) 🔹 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 (𝟐𝟕 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭) 🔹 𝐋𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭/𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝟐𝟓 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭) 🔹 𝐔𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬(𝟐𝟒 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭) 🔹 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝟐𝟒 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭) I very much share the findings / results of the survey on why restructuring can fail. In my opinion, this emphasizes all the more the need to install a team that independently accompanies the restructuring in a fact-oriented manner and without reservations / or "past" in the company - an essential factor for implementation success! #valuecreation #performanceboost #restructuring #privateequity #structuralcost #targetoperatingmodel

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Are you interested in knowing more about how LinkedIn could be beneficial for you and your business? anawo communications have laid out some of the basics to get you started 👍

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Yesterday, we published our updated economic forecasts for Germany and the German insurance market. 💸 Economic Outlook: We forecast a 2.5% inflation rate and 0.3% economic growth for 2024. Inflation will decline to 2% and growth will pick up to 1% in 2025. This will support a nominal income rise of 2.5%, leading to real growth in disposable incomes. Consequently, private consumption is anticipated to increase by 1% in real terms, with the savings rate normalizing at 11%. 📈 Robust Premium Growth: The insurance industry is projecting strong premium growth for 2024 and 2025. We expect an overall premium increase of 2.8% for 2024 and foresee a rise between 3.1% and 5.5% in 2025. 📉 Revised Forecast: Despite lowering the overall sector forecast for 2024 by one percentage point due to weaker single premium business in life insurance, the economic outlook remains stable. 🏠 Shift in Revenue: For the first time since 1996, property and casualty insurance is expected to surpass life insurance in premium revenues, a trend likely to continue into 2025. 📉 Life Insurance: While life insurance might see a 2.6% decline in 2024, a rebound of up to 2.5% is possible in 2025 due to an improved interest rate environment. 🚗 Property & Casualty Insurance: The sector is set to benefit from inflationary effects, particularly motor insurance, which is predicted to grow by 7.8% in 2024. 🏥 Private Health Insurance: Significant premium growth is expected, with projections of 4.5% in 2024 and up to 8% in 2025. Ludovic Subran, Arne Holzhausen, Dr. Jasmin Gröschl, Patrick Saner, CFA, Michael Menhart, Oliver Büsse

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I am looking forward to this session and the moderation. The challenges that ESG poses to companies can only be tackled successfully if the ESG mindset is integrated into corporate strategies. #gbsymposium24 #esg #transformation #businessmodel #sustainability

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Successful management requires more than just numbers and data. Humanity and empathy are crucial for motivating teams and ensuring sustainable success. 🌟 #Leadership #Empathy #Humanity #Success #Teamwork #Innovation #Transformation #LeadershipTraining

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Thank you, Dr. Rapp, Julia Bahlmann, and FERI Cognitive Finance Institute, for challenging my perspectives on 2024's takeoff of tokenization. Your insights have been invaluable in exploring our future financial market infrastructure. The year 2024 marks an important milestone in the development of #tokenization and the transition to the #token economy. This is not least the result of the groundwork laid in 2023, which has created a solid foundation for concrete results on the blockchain. Major financial players are increasingly entering the market and driving the development of a token economy. Tokenization enables a sophisticated digital financial market infrastructure that overcomes numerous limitations of the existing economic and financial system. It goes beyond a simple technological upgrade and has the potential to fundamentally transform traditional financial markets and other economic sectors.

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Helping customers in the area of Business Agility and Transformation at KEYE, I understand the critical role of actionable insights in driving business success. Our upcoming webinar on Multidimensional Contribution Margin Accounting (mDBR) is a unique opportunity to explore how detailed financial analysis can uncover profitability across various dimensions such as products, customers, and regions. This knowledge is crucial for agile decision-making and transformational strategies. Join Dr. Christoph Lange and Filipe Welter Ribeiro to enhance your strategic toolkit. #BusinessAgility #Transformation #Profitability #Strategy #KEYE #Webinar

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👀 Big news! As announced last week, the Swiss Federal Council is planning to tighten the rules for sustainability reporting and for taking effective action. More complexity and stricter regulations for Swiss Companies but also more international alignment. I am very curious to see what discussions this will lead to... ⏩ How can you and your company prepare yourself and get ahead of these upcoming changes? I look forward to an exchange with you!

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The circle closes itself. My bicycle accident in November was an emergency stop that had a huge impact on my professional life. One thing was very clear to me: me and my body no longer want a life like that in the (right) fast lane at 250 km/h. The first thoughts were to completely put an end to my working life and enjoy my paradise in the south of France and have a good time with my Family and friends. The two advisory board positions should keep me sufficiently busy. The reaction after my announcement was overwhelming and the general tone was that this can't be happening or "You can't do nothing and take life easy." Many offers and inquiries came my way and I thanked them all in a friendly manner because one thing was certain: I would no longer accept an operational job. But a phone call persuaded me to accept a conversation. The person, the organization and the task made me think differently. One of their arguments was that my 30 years of industry experience and track record should not go to waste. In addition, I have known these people for almost 25 years and we have always treated each other with great respect in different phases of life and positions of responsibility. Who personally pushed me to the point where I changed my mind? And peuple who know me know that that is almost impossible. Exactly 24 years ago, this person presented me with a #CEO contract to lead one of his companies and steer it out of difficult waters. He trusted a 30-year-old Belgian to take on this challenge. A few years later we looked for and found new owners. Nevertheless, he constantly kept an eye on us and visited us almost every year. Yes, it is the founder of the Bartec Group and therefore also the founder of bdtronic (formerly Bartec Dispensing Technology) Reinhold Barlian. After all these years, he entrusts me with running the industrial branch of his foundation which he set up in 2017 to endure his Long Term visions for his Familie and close ones. The task is to support the investments, to become even more successful and to optimize and expand the portfolio of investments overall. Dino Trslic , who I have known for 20 years in his previous job as Topmanager at Sparkasse, is an important team member and I am very much looking forward to working with him and the family Barlian. So you can say the circle is closing. I'll be posting more in the coming fast because the first word in our strategy is #growth and that means #investment. Here is the BMC website (yes, it will be optimized later) Barlian Management Consulting GmbH. Finally I would like the Family Barlian and all the colleagues at BMC for their trust and support we will make something great with the Foundation. https://lnkd.in/dHb_VXCv

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➥ 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽: #𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗕𝗘 𝗩𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 - 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 "What is work?" - Together with Thorsten Schnieders from PwC Deutschland, our Managing Director and Head of Research and Strategy Andreas Höfner talked about the future of work at this year’s GARBE Vordenker Conference. #Newwork continues to be a hot topic: in their keynote speech, Thorsten and Andreas focused on the opportunities offered by new working approaches and provided a historical outline with relevant examples of progress. The following theses were put forward:   ➡️ Thesis 1: On the way to a 15-hour week ➡️ Thesis 2: Technological Darwinism is lurking! ➡️ Thesis 3: Today’s work is multilocal and mobile, tomorrow’s work is virtual and in the metaverse   In the following panel discussion with the title “work in transition”, our Managing Director Thomas Kallenbrunnen, Dr. Sandra Breuer from loop_creating places, Katharina von Schacky from WeWork and Thorsten Schnieders from PwC Deutschland discussed new approaches for future working environments.    According to Thomas, "working environments will change significantly not only for office workers, but for example also in the healthcare sector, in schools and supermarkets - thanks to technological opportunities. Property owners and developers need to respond to this."   #Vordenker #Hamburg #Deepdive #paneldiscussion #realestate #future

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