According to BCG, Business model innovation is the art of enhancing advantage and value creation by making simultaneous—and mutually supportive—changes both to an organization’s value proposition to customers and its underlying operating model. Professors Girotra and Netessine, economists of Cornell and Wharton universities, have presented a framework for identifying opportunities and becoming systematic about the process of taking business model innovation to the level of a reliable and improvable discipline. Since business model
Next Level Business Model Innovation — The Decentralized Network GAIA‑X Could Become
The Mindful Revolution — Entering The Next Evolutionary Level
I’m very happy to announce the publication of my first book: The Mindful Revolution. It took me much longer than expected — the original release date was November 2019. However, I realized that it’s quite a challenge to write a book while growing a company that itself is more than a fascinating task. The Mindful Revolution is not a lifestyle book describing the latest wellness trend, but it’s my attempt to formulate a thesis of how human
DAO — Brainstorming On Decentralised Autonomous Organisations
Ideas are cheap — most of them not worth a second thought. Approaching a short Easter break in times of Coronavirus — what could be better than brainstorming on some ideas lying around. That said, I invite you to collaborate and comment on this brain fodder:
SARS-CoV‑2 — How to manage the Coronavirus Crisis
Complex systems, corporations, economies, organisms, or ecosystems, tend to become ever more complex. Due to a multitude of dependencies, competition, relationships, and other types of interactions between their parts, and distinct properties, s.a. nonlinearity, emergence, spontaneous order, adaption, and feedback loops, complex systems are difficult to model. The Coronavirus SARS-CoV‑2 is an exogenous shock to our ecosystem. How to manage the Coronavirus crisis to make the world a better place? Besides reading
Connex Coin – Germany’s First Real Estate Investment Token
With our team at RAAY RE, we proudly present Connex Coin — the first real estate investment token that qualifies as an investment according to German and EU law. Connex Coin is the appropriate investment option for investors looking for a combination of an innovative, digital investment channel and the most secure asset you can find: real estate: Introducing Connex Coin – Germany’s First Real Estate Investment Token. At EXPO REAL 2019, Europe’s largest
The Humanitarian Blockchain — DLT Applications For Social Good
With my company Datarella we have specialized in Blockchain technology. Initially, we had started with data science and data analytics stuff, but moved on to Blockchain in 2015, when Ethereum was launched, the first distributed protocol we could use for industrial projects. Starting in 2016, we have been developing the Humanitarian Blockchains — applications in the fields of payments, disbursement, supply chain, and tracking: The Humanitarian Blockchain — DLT Applications
On Healthy Eating — How To Choose A Sustainable Diet
Since nutrition is an essential part of our REWIRE upgrade program, I‘m often asked whether there is a simple way to eat completely. healthily. My answer: yes, there is a way to optimize your food intake — at least on a high level: On healthy eating — how to choose a sustainable diet. If you plan to choose a healthy diet, you should address: what you eat and drink, how much you eat and drink, and
Vulnerability Is Power — Remove Your Armour
Global defense spending is higher than ever, with USD 1.822bn, or 2.1% of global GDP. With over 200 million sold SUVs, the share of bigger and heavier cars has reached its all-time high representing 40% of annual car sales, today. We hide behind armored cars, but: Vulnerability is power — why not removing the armor, stopping playing a role, and starting to be authentic, with strengths and weaknesses? We tend to defend
Non-Violent Communication Improves Relationships
2019 was a year without a New Year’s resolution for me. I cannot tell whether that made any difference, for good or bad. However, I was inclined to give it a try for 2020 — which, at least, marks a new decade. My goal is to communicate in a non-violent way in order to improve relationships, and decrease stress levels in everyday communications: Here’s why Non-violent communication improves relationships. The best thing about my actual resolution is
The Best Time To Start With Something New Always Is Now
There are lots of recommendations about when starting a business. Mostly, we are advised to start-up when times are good and we can afford to invest some time and money in building our own self-employed careers. Since I’ve discussed that several times over the last weeks, and, as so often, my view does not fit into the prevailing view, here are my 2 cents: The best time to start with something new
The Lull Before The Blockchain And AI Digitization Storm
We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run”, the old adage by Roy Amara, was more than obvious during Diffusion 2019, a 400+ developers hackathon that took place in Berlin from 18–20 OCT 2019. Convergence, the coalescence of today‘s hottest technologies, AI and Blockchain, was the theme of two days full of workshops, talks, and, of course, hacking. My