Evolutionizer Archive

How innovative Companies reset their Innovation Strategy

Focusing on less, but more promising initiatives, organizations can revive their innovation program during times of crisis

Evolutionizer Newsroom
November 22, 2022
3

A joint look into the Future of Strategy Management

At the Evolutionizer User Circle 2022, customers and developers shared success stories and an outlook on future challenges  

Evolutionizer Newsroom
November 16, 2022
5

3 Steps to circumvent the Data Shortage Dilemma

Innovative companies rely on data to mange initiatives and create opportunities. But what if the necessary data are not yet available?

Evolutionizer Newsroom
November 15, 2022
3

How innovative Companies can thrive despite a Downturn

With a looming economic downturn, businesses have to ensure the fitness of their innovation engine

Evolutionizer Newsroom
November 9, 2022
5

A new Approach to Innovation

Join our virtual event Success Through Digitized Strategy: Innovation Management to learn about possibilities of adigitized innovation approach

Evolutionizer Newsroom
October 28, 2022

Strong partnership for the best cloud infrastructure

It’s an award that underlines an essential partnership: Evolutionizer has been recognised as Business Partner Excellent 2022 by Deutsche Telekom

Evolutionizer Newsroom
October 21, 2022
3

Business Challenge #1: The dynamics of change

Volatility, transformation and organizational alignment are key challenges for companies. This was a common consensus among the international attendees of the 13th digital Corporate Strategy Execution Forum

Evolutionizer Newsroom
May 10, 2022
2 Minuten

We invite you to the Corporate Strategy Execution Forum

Evolutionizer is joining as an event partner when the virtual doors open on April 25th and 26th for the 13th Strategy Execution Forum. Register now for your free ticket for the first day.

Ronald Herse
April 14, 2022
1 Minute

Evolutionizer appoints Premal A. Desai as Deputy CEO

Digital support for strategic management has been always an important issue for the experienced top manager

Helmut Lodzik
October 5, 2021
1 Minute

Strategy Execution in Companies on Track for the Future

The central challenges facing companies are volatility, transformation, the development of an agile mindset and alignment throughout the organization, according to the unanimous opinion of experts at the 12th Corporate Strategy Execution Forum

Patrick Funcke
May 7, 2021
2 Minuten

Register now for the Strategy Execution Forum

Get your free ticket for the 1st event day of the digital international conference

Patrick Funcke
March 26, 2021
2 Minuten

New im Team: Martin Erharter

Since March, Martin Erharter has joined the Evolutionizer Executive Board. Welcome to the team! We very much look forward to our collaboration!

Gotthard Tischner
March 4, 2021
1 Minute

With Balanced Scorecards and Solyp, Rohde & Schwarz shows its way into future

In mid-February, we continued our User Circle webinar series live from the Rohde & Schwarz film studio at the company's headquarters in Munich. The two speakers presented the successful management and implementation of strategy in global sales with the help of balanced scorecards.

Kürsat Gökce
February 18, 2021
3 Minuten

Digitalization further accelerates AI developments

Due to the digitization push, the conditions for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) have never been better. These trends will accompany us in 2021

Florian Dreher
February 5, 2021
2 Minuten

Network instead of depth

The high speed of change in many markets makes it clear how important it is to act as early and in a coordinated manner as possible when unforeseen events occur. What helps us to deal with uncertainty?

Ronald Herse
December 18, 2020
3 Minuten

New in our Team: Dr. Christoph Kollatz

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Christoph Kollatz as new Strategic Advisor at Evolutionizer

Gotthard Tischner
December 8, 2020
1 Minute

Erfolgreiches Use Case Webinar mit ALTANA

Im Webinar „ALTANA als Strategie getriebenes Unternehmen stärken“ referierten Dr. Benjamin Erb und Ronald Herse Anfang Dezember zum Thema Ende-zu-Ende Strategieprozess mit Solyp 4.0

Kürsat Gökce
December 3, 2020
2 Minuten

Individualization in the Strategy Process

A few key elements are required for the overarching strategy process to form a common, robust core. However the process, methodology and the type of cooperation should be individually designed for each planning unit and aligned with real needs. What should be considered in practice?

Ronald Herse
November 20, 2020
3 Minuten

Successful start of the first digital Solyp User Circle

Numerous customers followed our invitation to attend the 9th Solyp User Circle, this time in a digital edition. Old business acquaintances met new contacts in the virtual space

Kürsat Gökce
November 4, 2020
3 Minuten

Strategic Alignment

Successful strategy work ensures the right strategic alignment at the neuralgic points. These elements will help you with orchestration and alignment in practice

Ronald Herse
October 30, 2020
2 Minuten

Strategic Agility

Successful strategic work is based on agility. Therefore 3 essential things must be ensured in strategic work.

Ronald Herse
October 8, 2020
2 Minuten

Strategic Management 4.0

The digital transformation leads to significant changes in strategy work. To become "excellent", you should achieve these conditions.

Ronald Herse
September 25, 2020
2 Minuten

Driving Trends of the Digital Transformation

The Corona Crisis has accelerated the digital transformation, which will change the organization and value chain of many companies in the short and medium term. Now is the time to drive digital transformation effectively and sustainably.  We summarized some current trends for you:

Evolutionizer Trendradar
July 30, 2020
3 Minuten

Why Transformation fail?

Many transformation efforts remain ineffective. And often not because of a flawed strategy, but because the change does not reach the organization sustainably. Taking the organization through a phase of change is one of the key tasks of leadership – and managers should know these 6 risks.

Ronald Herse
July 17, 2020
3 Minuten

How to make Transformation succesful

In the last part of our series on the topic of transformation, we described the prerequisites for successful transformation and how to use opportunities in one's own situation. Read now in part 2 how transformation can succeed

Ronald Herse
July 10, 2020
4 Minuten

Leverage the Opportunities of the own Situation for Transformation

As a result of the crisis management, many companies have already successfully implemented initial changes and are initiating new topics for implementation. We are experiencing a seamless transition to a phase of transformation that not only involves risks, but also opportunities. We have summarized a few of the success factors for sustainable transformation

Ronald Herse
June 24, 2020
4 Minuten

6 Trends out of the Crisis summarized for You

The hard lockdown seems to be over for the moment. Germany and Europe are awakening again. Although the consequences of the crisis are not yet fully visible, clear trends are emerging due to major consulting firms. We, as well, observed these changes, combined them with our practical experience and summarized the most important trend topics for you:

Evolutionizer Trendradar
June 18, 2020
4 Minuten

The CFO as Crisis Manager

One of the central tasks of the CFO during a crisis is to ensure financial liquidity. A liquidity squeeze can quickly threaten the existence of the company. Especially in times of crisis, a lot of extra measures are required in addition to operational cost and liquidity management.

Lars Witschel
May 20, 2020
5 Minuten

5 Perspectives on preventing Strategic Faults in unstable Times

In economically difficult phases, companies run the risk of focusing exclusively on key operating figures and losing sight of important strategic issues. With these 5 evaluation perspectives you avoid strategic mistakes and ensure a balanced initiative portfolio management

Ronald Herse
May 7, 2020
4 Minuten

5 Instant Measures to stay on Track during the Crisis

We are experiencing one of the biggest shutdowns in recent history. Nearly all companies are currently asking themselves how they can avert greater losses from their business from the effects of the crisis on their business, how they can continue to act and how they can prepare for the "ramp-up" after the crisis

Gotthard Tischner
March 20, 2020
4 Minuten

Meetup: Evolutionizer at the Munich Management Colloquium

At the 27th Munich Management Colloquium (MMC), more than 80 leading managers and executives from various industries – including Dr. Heinrich Hiesinger – will speak on new business models, artificial intelligence and machine learning and present their solution concepts.

Helmut Lodzik
March 3, 2020
3 Minuten

New Business Partner: TME – Member of Christ & Company

With immediate effect, TME AG headquartered in Frankfurt is one of our business partners. For more than ten years the team has been advising companies across industries

Kürsat Gökce
February 27, 2020
2 minutes

10 Levers for more Agility in Your Organization

If personnel expenses increase more or less in proportion to sales over a longer period of time, this is a sign of potential for productivity and efficiency increases. But what are the levers for increasing agility in our organizations

Ronald Herse
February 24, 2020
9 Minuten

Officially confirmed: We protect Your Data by the highest Standards

We know about the sensitivity of your information and business processes. For us it is the essence that independent auditors confirm that your business information and processes are secure on our platform.

Gotthard Tischner
January 30, 2020
3 Minuten

Machine Learning und KI – wie sie Ihre Strategiearbeit sinnvoll unterstützen

Aktuelle und wichtige Themen, inspirierende Gespräche und auch Charity: Im Dezember luden wir unsere Solyp User für zwei Tage nach Nürnberg ein. Bereits zum achten Mal kamen unsere Kunden, um sich mit uns über Trends und Entwicklungen der Technologiebranche, die Solyp Plattform, sowie Entwicklungen im Bereich Machine Learning und Analytics auszutauschen.

Kürsat Gökce
January 21, 2020
8 Minuten

Evonik relies on Solyp 4.0 for regional Strategy

From the beginning of 2018, Solyp3 was successfully used worldwide in Evonik's Regions Development division. The specialty chemicals company is now extending its co-operation towards the development and implementation of regional initiatives and programs with Solyp 4.0

Kürsat Gökce
November 7, 2019
3 Minuten

The Solyp strategy platform soon also offered on German Servers

Most users of our Solyp 4.0 platform should be just as pleased with the news from Microsoft as we are: Microsoft is expected to provide server space in Germany in the fourth quarter of this year

Gotthard Tischner
September 12, 2019
2 Minuten

Self-motivation: Becoming independent from Motivation through others

What gives us meaning? Where does performance come from? What drives people? You can find out what is important in our guest article.

September 4, 2019
5 Minuten

Promoting and developing the Personality of People

Developing and promoting people is a plea against changing the personality of people. It is therefore one of the most important tasks of managers to take people as they are

July 18, 2019
4 Minuten

Strategic Insights: From the stockpile of documents to the map ogf knowledge

In part II of the Strategic insights publication series, we demonstrated practical ways to improve the quality and reliability of forecasting in planning. This article is dedicated to a much greater potential for strategic insights – which can finally be realized thanks to modern methods such as Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Ronald Herse
June 19, 2019
6 Minuten

Positioning as a Link between Corporate Strategy and Customers

Positioning is not primarily about changing products or services, but about actively designing how customers and leads perceive the company. Thus, corporate strategy always affects the positioning of an enterprise and its offers in the eyes of the customers

June 6, 2019
5 Minuten

Strategic Insights: „Hey KI, what is Your Opinion?“

In part I of the publication series Strategic Insights, the potential benefits of extended statistics and machine learning for strategy and planning work were outlined. As a more in-depth introduction to the topic, Part II discusses ways of increasing the quality and reliability of forecasts in planning

Ronald Herse
May 16, 2019
8 Minuten

Five Approaches to Strategy

As business environments have grown more diverse in recent decades, picking the right approach to strategy for each context has become increasingly important. We believe there are five broad approaches to strategy

May 9, 2019
5 Minuten

Strategic Insights: „If the Company knew what the Company knows...“

Developing a robust strategy has never been easy. High business complexity, market dynamics and shorter planning horizons create uncertainty and make it harder to make the right decisions at the right time. A lever lies in a new handling of the already existing strategy data estimates

Ronald Herse
April 18, 2019
8 Minuten

Sieben Strategiefragen, die jeder Manager fragen und beantworten sollte

Der Schlüssel zur erfolgreichen Umsetzung einer Unternehmensstrategie liegt darin, kontinuierlich Fragen zu stellen. Stellen Sie die richtigen Strategiefragen?

Ronald Herse
January 17, 2019
4 Minuten

„To Ashes, to Dust…“: The old Strategy Approach gives Way to a new Understanding

Market volatility, growth, disruption, digitization, shareholder value... our current environment is characterized by constant change and ever higher speed. It has never been easy to develop working strategies and implement them with the desired results.

Ronald Herse
November 14, 2018
5 Minuten

Strategic Planning: balancing Data and Debate

In many companies, strategic planning remains ineffective. A key ingredient of an impactful processes is a careful balance between data and debate. Four practical approaches from our experience on BCG client projects can help.

Dr. Sebastian Stange
October 22, 2018
4 Minuten

What makes Your Business unique?

Which core competencies create a sustainable competitive advantage over the competition? VRIO analysis is a good way to find out.

Ronald Herse
October 18, 2018
5 Minuten

Strategic Partnership with BCG

From now on, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and our company will organize strategic work for a great deal of companies together: Both enterprises will be closely working together in order to further promote the digitalization of strategic management processes

Kürsat Gökce
October 8, 2018
3 Minuten

These are the 30 best strategy quotes

Some people have the gift to boil down complex issues into short, catchy statements. May it be with humor, charm, fighting spirit, or simply wisdom. In doing so, they inspire others to question their habitual ways of thinking and acting and even pursue entirely new paths in life.

Ronald Herse
April 17, 2018
10 Minuten

Woran messen Sie Erfolg?

Was schätzen Sie: Wie viele Key Performance Indicators gibt es? 300? 500? Weit gefehlt! Es sind sage und schreibe 17.000! Welche Leistungsindikatoren eignen sich am besten zur strategischen Fortschrittskontrolle?

Ronald Herse
October 19, 2017
6 Minuten

Use Go-to-Market Strategies as your competitive advantage

Contrary to popular claims, good products do not simply sell themselves. Successful companies therefore not only develop innovative products, but also effective go-to-market strategies. Do you already use them?

Gotthard Tischner
August 21, 2017
8 Minuten

Generic competitive strategies were yesterday

Which competitive strategy does your company pursue? Cost leadership or differentiation? If your answer to this question is "both", you are probably on the right track.

Gotthard Tischner
June 8, 2017
7 Minuten

Top-Down, Bottom-Up or countercurrent process?

One of the central questions which first need to be clarified as part of the introduction or revision of a strategic planning process in medium and large enterprises is the direction of planning.

Ronald Herse
March 29, 2017
6 Minuten

John Kotter's 8-Sep model in the digital age

What is the reason for Kotter’s continued topicality? Because when all’s said and done, his book ‘Leading Change’ appeared more than 20 years ago.  What is it that’s motivating the strategy community to engage with Kotter today?

Kürsat Gökce
October 18, 2016
6 Minuten

Ten steps to asuccessful strategy workshop

Organizing and leading strategy workshops has to be learned, because the results of such workshops have a decisive influence on the future performance of the company

Ronald Herse
July 11, 2016
7 Minuten

Tipsfpr developing Key Risk Indicators

Key Risks Indicators signal changes in the company's risk profile at an early stage. We show you how you can identify risks early on and actively counter them with suitable measures

Ronald Herse
February 1, 2016
4 Minuten

Are classic Strategy tools still relevant?

The corporate environment is characterized by rapidly increasing complexity, dynamics and decreasing predictability. This situation requires new approaches to thinking and acting from management and those responsible for strategy.

November 16, 2015
10 Minuten

Tips für effektive Stakeholder-Management

The number and interrelations of these stakeholder groups are becoming increasingly complex in today’s connected, globalized world. Yet, still very few companies pursue an active, long-term approach to stakeholder management

Kürsat Gökce
July 9, 2015
7 Minuten

Strategic Intelligence – eine Begriffserklärung

Das primäre Ziel der Strategic Intelligence liegt in der Unterstützung und Verbesserung der strategischen Entscheidungsfindung im Unternehmen durch die Bereitstellung relevanter strategischer Informationen.

Ronald Herse
February 9, 2015
6 Minuten

How to capture more value from your innovations

Many businesses are good at creating value by developing innovative new products and services. But when it comes to capturing that value and turning it into profits, the inventiveness of executives and managers all too often reaches its limits.

Kürsat Gökce
November 5, 2014
3 Minuten

Wie Sie Thought Leadership als Wettbewerbsvorteil nutzen können

Was haben Unternehmen wie IBM, Philips, Unilever (Dove) und McKinsey & Company gemeinsam? Sie alle gelten als „Thought Leader“ innerhalb ihrer jeweiligen Branche. Eine Position, die sie sich über viele Jahre hinweg mit entsprechenden großangelegten Content Marketing Programmen gezielt und hart erarbeitet haben.

Kürsat Gökce
September 1, 2014
7 Minuten

Clarify resonsibilities more easily using the RACI-Matrix

One of the most common mistakes when it comes to strategy implementation is that responsibilities are not clearly defined. Employees are not sure what is expected of them or simply assume that someone else will do the job. Create a remedy with RACI Matrix

Ronald Herse
August 11, 2014
5 Minuten

Zero-Base-Budgeting: Do you plan your budget from scratch every year?

In contrast to traditional, incremental budgeting, Zero-Base Budgeting does not simply update the costs of the previous year. Instead, the budget is replanned from scratch, similar to when you start a business

Ronald Herse
April 2, 2014
4 Minuten

Successful organizational transformation - Kotter's 8-Step change model

Change management is focused on the people. It aims to implement change in a comprehensive, smooth, and lasting way. But how can it be achieved in practice?

Kürsat Gökce
February 12, 2014
6 Minuten

How to archive strategic alignment?

Bridging the gap between strategy development and execution is one of the biggest challenges many organizations face. Probably the most important driver for a successful strategy implementation is the so-called strategic alignment

Ronald Herse
September 5, 2012
5 Minuten

Strategisches Risikomanagement – eine Bestandsaufnahme

Durch jüngste Ereignisse wie die Finanzkrise und die Erdbebenkatastrophe in Japan ist das Risikomanagement in multinationalen Unternehmen branchenübergreifend verstärkt in den Fokus gerückt. Unternehmen, die einen echten strategischen Ansatz zum Risikomanagement verfolgen, sind jedoch nach wie vor eher die Ausnahme denn die Regel.

Kürsat Gökce
March 19, 2012
6 Minuten

Visionen sind Antrieb zum Handeln – wie überzeugend sind Ihre Vision Statements?

Ein Vision Statement zu formulieren, das hohen Ansprüchen vollauf gerecht wird, ist kein leichtes Unterfangen – hier sind einige Tipps für Sie.

Kürsat Gökce
March 7, 2012
6 Minuten

Wie kommuniziere ich meine Strategie an die Mitarbeiter?

Um Kommunikationsstörungen schon im Vorfeld zu vermeiden, wird oftmals empfohlen, für jede neue Unternehmensstrategie eine passende Kommunikationsstrategie zu erarbeiten. Wie könnte so eine Kommunikationsstrategie konkret aussehen?

Kürsat Gökce
December 6, 2011
4 Minuten

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