Local AI: Governance Before Hardware Purchase
Benedikt Langer
Four developments over two weeks show that locally operated AI goes far beyond the tech stack. Anyone ...
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New Work & Leadership
The shortage of skilled workers costs the German economy 49 billion euros per year. At the same time, AI and remote work are fundamentally changing the requirements for leadership. New Work & Leadership shows how CEOs and board members use people strategy, talent retention and organizational culture as strategic levers.
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Which control remains after the agent rollout
Benedikt Langer
According to a Gartner press release (August 2025), around 40 percent of enterprise apps will feature ...
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AI deliberately eliminates middle management levels
Jakob Bach
The first management tier to be automated out of existence is the one that’s easiest to replace. Gartner ...
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What Consultations About Transformation Conceal
Jakob Bach
70 percent of all transformations fail, or so the story goes since John Kotter first said it in 1996. ...
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The Chief AI Officer is here. The problem remains.
Eva Mickler
76 percent of corporations now have a Chief AI Officer-up from just over a quarter a year ago. The role ...
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Digitalization as a CIO Matter: The Costly DACH Reflex
Eva Mickler
During the board meeting, implementing AI seems to naturally fall under IT. This is how responsibility ...
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Four Stumbling Blocks: Why AI Projects Fail to Transition to Regular Operations
Jakob Bach
The most dangerous moment in an AI project comes after a successful pilot. In the completed test run, ...
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Records Management as a CIO Topic: Why Governance Ownership is Needed
Eva Mickler
In most companies, no one has ever answered the question of who actually owns the responsibility for ...
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The Blind Spot in the Transformation Pitch
Jakob Bach
A transformation pitch rarely promises too little. It promises the wrong things in the right tone: a ...
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When an AI Model Disappears Overnight: Why CIOs Need a Plan B
Tobias Massow
On June 12, Anthropic took two of its latest models offline worldwide after a U.S. export restriction ...
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