For over one year I'm now in my new position as an Organizational Transformation Companion at the Bosch Corporate IT in Stuttgart. Many things have changed in this amazing journey. It’s a good time to look back and share my observations and learnings. Let‘s begin with a little refresher on how this journey took shape.... Continue Reading →
Moving on – Goodbye Automated Valet Parking
It's four years ago that I decided to join the new Connected Parking team and with this step, join the Bosch company after a fabulous time with car2go and moovel. I expected and hoped for an exciting and challenging time in a field as innovative as hardly another one in the current mobility sector. The... Continue Reading →
Everyone on Board – Impressions from a PI Planning
With products getting more complex and thus development goals and teams growing larger, keeping everyone on the same page is getting increasingly difficult. Both horizontally across teams and vertically between stakeholders and developers. I implemented numerous different approaches during the last years. Now was the time to experience a SAFe® PI Planning of another Bosch... Continue Reading →
“Good evening Kraftwerk!” – Higher Goals Unite
It’s more than stunning what mankind can achieve when pursuing one dream and working together to reach it. Space seems to be one of this higher goals. A surreal sign is this live interaction of Alexander Gerst from the ISS during the Kraftwerk concert in Stuttgart. The National Geographic project MARS shows in a mix... Continue Reading →
My Strategy for Painful Tasks
You probably know this energizing feeling after completing a task that has been long overdue or postponed. I just have this as I finished something that was not my favorite kind of todo. Time to share my practice how to avoid such situations. There are many practices out there, like GTD (Get Things Done) or... Continue Reading →
Do you ever feel inadequate? Low standards might bore you. Too high standards might scare you. Add time! Nice visualization by Mathias Jakobsen
Read his latest Handwritten Newsletter issue.
Domestic Flights in Germany: Waste.
For my recent trip to Berlin, the usual business travel scheme was straightforward: Flight + Hotel. Flight seems to be the default even for domestic flights within Germany because it suggests saving a lot of time. But is this true? My first reflex against this default was triggered by my bad feeling about the CO2 footprint.... Continue Reading →
Let’s meet at Future Mobility Week Berlin
April 8th-12th Berlin will host the Future Mobility Week with numerous renowned speakers from business, research and politics. Located at the EUREF Campus, openBerlin cisco Innovation Center will do a meetup on the mobility of the future. I'll be talking there on Tuesday, April 10th, so meet me there!
“What’s Inside it” special on Automated Valet Parking
That was fun. Dan from whatsinside.it came to take a special on our Bosch Automated Valet Parking! Watch his youtube special here: