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.
02.03.2026

IT Outsourcing 2026: Nearshoring, AI, or In-House?

Benedikt Langer

42 percent of German companies plan investments in Central and Eastern Europe. At the same time, AI coding ...

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01.03.2026

IT Skills 2026: 39 Percent of Competencies Will Become Obsolete

Benedikt Langer

The World Economic Forum forecasts that 39 percent of all professional competencies will become obsolete ...

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28.02.2026

Who Owns AI? CIO, CDO, or CTO – Compared

Tobias Massow

Who is accountable for artificial intelligence within the enterprise? The CIO, who operates the infrastructure? ...

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24.02.2026

Gemini 3.1 Pro: Google’s Strategic Bet on Pure Intelligence

Tobias Massow

Google has released an AI model that leads on 13 of 16 benchmarks - and sells it for a fraction of ...

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22.02.2026

149,000 Open IT Positions: How CIOs Are Using AI Copilots to Bridge the Skills Gap

Benedikt Langer

⏱ 7 min Reading Time 149,000 open IT positions in Germany - and the market simply isn’t producing ...

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20.02.2026

Change Management in AI Transformation: Why Technology Accounts for Only 30% of Success

Tobias Massow

TL;DR 70% of all transformation projects miss their goals - the most common cause is organizational ...

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18.02.2026

Cloud Repatriation: Returning from the Public Cloud

Benedikt Langer

More and more companies are moving workloads back from the public cloud into their own data ...

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16.02.2026

When Watchmakers Break the Rules: How Three Independents Are Reshaping the Luxury Market

Tobias Massow

TL;DR Independent watch manufacturers like Urwerk, MB&F and Ressence are growing against industry trends ...

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15.02.2026

How e.l.f. Beauty and rhode Are Rewriting the Rules of the Cosmetics Industry

Tobias Massow

TL;DR e.l.f. Beauty’s acquisition of rhode represents one of the most strategically compelling deals ...

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10.02.2026

Why “AI-First” Is the Wrong Strategy – and What Actually Works

Tobias Massow

Key Takeaways Between 80 and 95 percent of all AI projects in companies never reach productive operation ...

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