Lars Watling

Same spirit, new logo, driving progress And, what‘s about the future of G+D Netcetera , digital powerhouse of the global #securityTech group Giesecke+Devrient ? Read more about focus, ambitions, collaboration and future horizons in Inside IT interview with our CEO Dr. Carsten Wengel

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🏋️ GETTING FIT FOR AI 💪 I am proud and thankful to be mentioned by Handelsblatt in their latest article on AI training in German companies. 🙏 "Handelsblatt" highlights three remarkable examples of successful AI training initiatives, with Merck leading the way. The mission of the data culture team is to infuse excitement about Data & AI and cultivate awareness of the importance of things like data quality or digital ethics. We've already engaged 10,000 employees through our GenAI internal training formats. Our Merck Data & Digital Academy is upskilling colleagues from zero to citizen data scientist. 🚀 Our winning formula involves practice-oriented training courses for example using our internal AI assistant tool “myGPT Suite” in small groups, focusing on 10% formal knowledge training, 20% group exercises, and 70% real-world application. And of course we want to make learning fun. I personally believe that the more emotional the approach, the better the outcome. #DigitalTransformation #AITraining #FutureofWork #DataCulture #GenAI Künstliche Intelligenz: So machen Konzerne Mitarbeiter fit für KI (handelsblatt.com)

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Last week, I had the privilege of opening an event with the keynote on the 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬. According to the latest data from STATISTIK AUSTRIA, women hold only 12.2% of management positions at the top 200 highest-grossing companies in Austria. 👉 A Catalyst study clearly demonstrated a 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 of a diverse workforce. The Return on Equity was 46% higher in companies with the highest proportion of women in leadership positions compared to companies with the lowest proportion of women. 👉 Another study demonstrated that diverse teams lead to 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠. A group consisting solely of men is more inclined to take risks than an individual man, while the opposite is true for women. A group consisting solely of women is less risk-taking than an individual woman. Decisions in diverse teams are therefore more balanced and better considered. After the keynote, we explored 𝐀𝐖𝐒 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤, a platform where participants can build AI-generated apps using Amazon Bedrock. In just a few steps, we created a variety of apps to experiment with generative AI, and we had a lot of fun! 🤩 The event concluded with a 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 and networking & drinks, making it a memorable event for all attendees. Thanks to Melanie from tecRacer Group and Monika from Amazon Web Services (AWS) for the organization. 🧐 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞: Be mindful of and actively challenge your own biases and stereotypes in your daily interactions. Foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels empowered to voice their opinions and contribute to discussions, ensuring that diverse perspectives are valued and respected. ---------------------------------- #DiversityAndInclusion #WomenInLeadership #InclusiveWorkplace #DiverseTeams #WomenInTech #BreakingBias Monika Oblonczek Melanie K. Linda Mohamed Rana Kızıltoprak German Gerrit Meier-Ewert Sebastian Eckler Christian Keller Nancy Nemes Niclas Otte Source: https://lnkd.in/d6Y2TbiT https://lnkd.in/dTDH5fbT https://lnkd.in/dYWq84ny

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We end the OKR Day (Review & Setting) in such a good mood! When world4you Internet Services GmbH contacted Oliver and me from building BRIDGES - Enterprise Agility, they wanted to 🟣 create alignment between company strategy and day-to-day work. 🟣 create cross-functional teams to de-centralize decision processs, increase autonomy and gain speed. 🟣 become more customer centric and make more data informed decision. 🦸🏻🦸🏻‍♀️🦸🏼‍♂️👩🏻‍🎤🧑🏼‍🎤👨🏻‍🎤🦹🏻‍♀️🦹🏼 The s/heroes in the picture, the OKR pilot team, made it all happen. It sure was/is not easy. It takes courage to navigate uncertainty and complexity. It takes commitment. I asked them, how they would name their first OKR cycle, if it was a movie/series. They said: “The Bear” - symbolizing their resilience in overcoming modernisation challenges. I’m so proud of each one of them! #OKR #OKRs

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𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆: 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 – 𝗔 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮, 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 Had an interesting conversation with my colleague Svenja Weber today about 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗘𝗦𝗚, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆. We agreed, it’s time to move 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲-𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮. If we want to talk about #women in leadership as a business case, let’s do it with numbers, not clichés or token gestures. The evidence is there, and it’s compelling. A 2019 study from S&P Global Market Intelligence found that public 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗖𝗘𝗢𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗙𝗢𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲-𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 (https://shorturl.at/0ssKu). Gender-diverse boards also drive measurable business benefits: greater innovation, stronger decision-making, higher employee satisfaction, and even lower volatility in earnings and dividends. And this isn’t just theory—the growth in #female leadership is tangible. From just two Fortune 500 companies led by women two decades ago, we now have over 40, with an upward trajectory (https://shorturl.at/BWmId). #Investors are catching on, too. 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿, with funds like the 𝗦𝗣𝗗𝗥 𝗦𝗦𝗚𝗔 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘅 𝗘𝗧𝗙 (𝗦𝗛𝗘) (https://shorturl.at/HZigy) and 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗬𝗪𝗖𝗔 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝗧𝗙 (𝗪𝗢𝗠𝗡) (https://lnkd.in/dGdm6esY) offering exposure to women-led companies. These funds don’t just symbolize progress, they outperform. The lesson? If we want to champion women in #leadership, the numbers do the talking. 𝗡𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀. The data is the proof, and it’s changing the game.

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📗 Look in this book: Team Toppings – 21 agile learn-hacks for teams ▶️ I read the book Team Toppings” by Franziska Schleuter and Jan Schoenfeld and it inspired me a lot. ▶️ The book provides entertaining productivity tools that every team can adapt and use to suit their own needs. Even if some of the approaches are not entirely new, the approaches to familiar problems are refreshingly creative. Besides the quick texts the book layout is very nice. ▶️ The team toppings fit the agile mindset; small, easy impulses that get all employees thinking. These tools are low-threshold and contribute to the development of each individual team member. They were originally developed for the Scrum model. This is a framework from product development that helps teams find adaptive solutions to complex problems. ❗ ❗ Look here https://lnkd.in/e7zHFf-c

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//BREAKING NEWS - book launch alert 🚨 Finally, our little book on #strategicagility (in 🇩🇪 atm) is now available on Amazon and any other bookstore (Link in comments) In "Strategische Agilität - dynamische Strategieentwicklung und -anpassung in turbulenten Zeiten", my colleagues Lucas Sauberschwarz, Florian Lanzer, Thorben Sertler and I describe the basic needs of strategy development and adaptation in todays dynamic and uncertain environments. And we propose a directly portfolio management system for strategic agility. The book is not only based on our research at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management and teachings at Woxsen University SGMI Management Institut St. Gallen, IU International University of Applied Sciences and other business schools, but also many consulting projects with established companies and organizations from venture.idea. Thanks to the #essential format from Springer Gabler, this book allows you a quick start into strategic agility, including practice comments from DEHN SE, Schaeffler, Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V., Hochland and many tools and templates to apply in practice:-) //END OF AD :-)

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You want to know how to escape the ops hamster wheel to free up time for more interesting tasks? If you missed my webinar, here is the recording and slides. And as I held the Webinar in German, here's the summary in English: 💡 𝗔𝗜𝗢𝗽𝘀 = Utilizing Machine Learning and Big Data to tackle IT Operations challenges 💡 AIOps 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀:   - Anomaly Detection   - Event Correlation & Alert Grouping   - Intelligent Root Cause Analysis   - Chaos Engineering with AIOps (addressing ‘unknown unknowns’)   - Supporting Continuous Deployment and shift right strategies (e.g canary release) with AIOps Insights 💡 The need for AIOps can be a sign of poor system design -> also focus on DevOps / Shift Left / Platform Engineering 💡 AIOps in a first place (e.g. alert grouping, noise reduction) can you free up time to get there 💡 AIOps 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁:    - Reduced Mean time to Detect & Restore (MTTD/MTTR)   - Shorter Time to Market for new solutions   - Breaking down Product Team Silos through shared data / insights   - More time for Innovation due to reduced ‘Ops’ work 💡 AIOps 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀:   - The shift towards decoupling/microservices led to an exponential growth of possible failure modes   - Systems have become increasingly observable   - The customer experience is becoming a digital experience, high availability is king   - Democratisation of Machine Learning 💡 AIOps 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵:   - Set actionable goals with meaningful metrics to track progress    - Bring the right skills/people together   - Implement a first case early and iterate, but don’t forget to lay the foundational layer such as architecture, data sources, model selection

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I will be a speaker at the MTM SUMMIT 2024 in #Hamburg! My session will cover our #AI use cases in #TiCon and how we will evolve the #future of work measurement. So please register today for your FREE online ticket! #MTMSUMMIT #MTMTIMETOWIN #industrialengineering #generativeAI #productivity

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In the latest episode of the #cooperateculture podcast, I had the pleasure to talk with Fabian G., an Agile Coach, Design Thinker, Scrum Master and Innovation Consultant with work experience at Deutsche Bank, PwC, launchlabs Berlin and various other places. In our conversation with Fabian, we talked about how teams and organizations can improve cooperation and innovation at the workplace. How can coaches, facilitators and consultants support people in achieving better results together? What role can agile approaches play in today's working world? And what are the most promising paths for innovation? Through our shared fascination for design thinking and gamification, Fabian and I once again realized the power of breaking up our own mental patterns and see things from new perspectives. In addition to that, Fabian also presented his latest project: Applying his vast expertise from innovation processes to the sustainability sector, he argues that the next stage after "human-centered" approaches is "planet-centered". Watch our whole conversation here: https://lnkd.in/e2TJZkka #innovation #agile #designthinking #coaching #facilitation #consulting #teamwork #gamification #sustainability #scrum #sustainability #humancentered #planetcentered

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The shortage of women in the IT industry is relatively speaking a recent phenomena brought about by biased data analysis and shameful marketing of the first PC. This concept of antisocial nerd/ tech genius grew up with a generation and should retire with it to. The adoption of generative AI presents the perfect moment to dramatically reshape this narrative and our reality when it comes to diversity in tech. https://lnkd.in/eJp9-U_Y

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True strength lies in aiding those in need.

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Insta payments and economy of scale in practice. Additional cost of implementation plus having a second payment channel. Business will benefit from the instant cash flow while customer will pay the fees. At UBS payment will cost you a whooping CHF 5 💸 . At Raiffeisen Switzerland less than half of that, with the first 12 payments for free after that CHF 2 per payment.

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Artificial intelligence is really breaking new ground for accuracy and efficiency in data processing. A great example of how technology is solving real-world problems!

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I am very proud that we are part of the TECH by Handelsblatt platform initiative with Horváth. Being one of the lead partners at Horvath to drive our membership on the platform with the topic “Performance Management in the new TECH era” I have the great opportunity to exchange ideas about how to transform AI, Robotics and other Deep Tech technologies into real business value. From Technology to Performance! Horváth TECH by Handelsblatt Handelsblatt Handelsblatt Media Group #Technology #Digital #DigitalTransformation #AI #KI #Deeptech #Strategy #Transformation

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Next Week, next update. Last week I told you about our current focus: the safe and valid part. So let's look at why this is important and how we tackle it. A representative study from the Bertelsmann Foundation shows that a strong majority (84 percent) sees desinformation as a major threat to society. So I guess we can pretty much all agree on that. Yet we still don't have a solution for it, or at least not a scalable or decent one. When we first looked into this, we found solutions, but many of them are for governments to determine threat actors and are not accessible to the public. Some are for the public, but they tend to have poor results or are limited since they rely on journalists checking facts. Since the data flood is growing by the second and the quality of fake content is also increasing dramatically, we need a solution that is scalable and transparent so everyone can look at the data and decide for themselves what they believe. I had a piece of information that goes into how to analyze content, but I cut it out since it was very long and very detailed, and attention spans are low. So my question is: how the F… is someone supposed to do this analysis by themselves for every piece of content they consume? That's why we focus on a lot of modules to make a robust check for all the claims and all the information you can get, and then present it in a human-readable result that helps you understand that content better. Trust is a very important factor when you claim you can answer the question, “Is it fake news?”. That’s why we want to make it as transparent as possible but also so robust bad actors can’t just rig their content. And this brings us to the question: what is enough for someone to decide there is enough context and background information so they can better understand the content they see? How do you determine what is fake or not? Is it simply sources? What would be a good metric for you to see right away? The list is long. I give you a couple of possibilities we see right now: - Author Expertise - Author Aliases - Tonality - Intention - Source Financing - Whether the source corrects or clarifies errors - False content rate - Clickbaits - Whether the source lists political biases - Labels for context (news, opinion, satire) - Whether the source links their sources - Credibility of their sources So what is important for you to say this is real or this is fake? Let me know. Also if you want to check out the study you can check it out here: https://lnkd.in/e6stqhtA

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This week I can introduce another key attribute that sets us apart at freiheit.com. After exploring decisiveness and accountability, this week we dive into what it means to be collaborative. For us at freiheit.com, collaboration means working together with one goal in mind—where egos take a backseat, and the best team result always comes first.

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Whooop Whooop ... we did it again... our latest BearingPoint/ IIHD New Retail Paper has been published today. Learn how AI models can support you in reducing ambiguity and uncertainty in decision making. More details on the launch page: https://lnkd.in/ej3PDx8M

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