Management

Philipp Hoffmann

29.12.2023

Have a good start into the week!

Strategy Entrepreneurship Innovation

Have a good start into the week!#innovation #futurepositivity #creativity #entrepreneurship #future #management #strategy #startups👩🏻‍💻 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀? 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.👍 𝗢𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆.

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Philipp Hoffmann

09.10.2023

"I need to get worked up for a moment: what a load of rubbish!"

Corporate Innovation Innovation Management

"I need to get worked up for a moment: what a load of rubbish!" That was Paul Wesendonk in our latest (and second!) episode of "Pippo & Paul debate all things innovation" about Desirability, Feasibility and Viability: a well-known framework in innovation management. We also talk about Nespresso, a major innovation from Nestlé that was 30 years in development before its big breakthrough. Which successful corporate innovation should we discuss next? And

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Philipp Hoffmann

03.10.2023

Most innovation processes I see at clients are designed to make life hard for slackers.

Design Innovation Management

Most innovation processes I see at clients are designed to make life hard for slackers. The problem? They annoy the fuck out of your best people tooBig Co’s are inherently risk averse.Sometimes from C-level down to the office clerks, sometimes only the middle management, sometimes only the lowest levels - risk aversion everywhere.Yes, it’s partly good that big co’s are risk averse. That’s what makes them stable.But innovation and risk aversion don’t go well hand in hand.What’s the result? Innova

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Philipp Hoffmann

08.08.2023

Most organizational problems are not known to top managers

Culture Innovation Management

⚡ Most organizational problems are not known to top managers:what can they do to get to know them more effectively?#innovation #futurepositive #culture #management

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Philipp Hoffmann

05.03.2023

I never wanted to do sales, but now I love it

Design Management Sales

⚡ I never wanted to do sales, but now I love it. Why? Because I don't see it as such.In my first company, which I started at age 18, I was the designer.Then I acquired a startup (Coffee Circle) from Berlin as a client by going to some university event and talking to the founder. I wrote it off as a luck.Next, I got recommended to the guys at Treatwell to build their website and booking platform.After university I was hired as a project manager at AMERIA AG. Soon, I did account management too (fo

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Philipp Hoffmann

15.12.2022

Innovators, stop obsessing over processes!

Corporate Innovation Design Management

Innovators, stop obsessing over processes! They will get you nowhere.Your biggest challenge as a corporate innovator?To keep the speed of learning as high as possible. Most don't manage to achieve this.In big organisations it's easy to get caught up in trying to build the perfect process. Or in strategizing about which field to explore next. Or in convincing management to invest in the next step.And why?To create an illusion of safety and security that simply doesn't exist when doing non-increme

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Philipp Hoffmann

14.12.2022

This is why it's important to be accurate when visualizing data.

Strategy Entrepreneurship Innovation

This is why it's important to be accurate when visualizing data.The graph gives a false impression of the average female height / size in different countries, because a shape is being used for the visualization.And the shape has an area size that is square to the number on the y-axis.#innovation #futurepositivity #creativity #entrepreneurship #future #management #strategy #startups #data #visualisation👩🏻‍💻 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀? 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵

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