Publications
Integrated Intelligence
How may companies profit from artificial intelligence? So far, most firms use AI tools primarily for enhancing efficiency and automating jobs. However, AI provides many more opportunities!
Intelligence times X
Many of the advanced automation procedures will become standard tools in the future, and their isolated application will not enable companies to gain a competitive advantage. This book develops an intelligence-based view of firm performance, which underscores the need to integrate AI with specific human expertise to outperform competitors. It shows that companies can achieve an unbeatable competitive advantage by making AI a core part of their innovation strategies. The targeted integration of human and artificial intelligence, which goes beyond standardized applications, enables an enhanced form of intelligence, a super-intelligence or Intelligence times X.
Systematic guideline
This book will show executives, HR professionals, and consultants how to gradually develop Integrated Intelligence in large and medium-sized organizations and how to use SMART leadership principles and the I3 – Integrated Intelligence Incubator as tools for building a unique intelligence architecture. As such, it offers a systematic framework for generating growth and innovation beyond optimization and efficiency.
Numerous examples
With detailed guidelines for implementation and with many examples from the world’s most innovative companies as well as from start-ups, Integrated Intelligence
reveals how executives can achieve a sustainable competitive advantage through intelligence-based business models.
Further literature references
The book Integrated intelligence
is a practice book for managers and the focus is clearly on the effects of artificial intelligence for executives.
To enhance readability, the book focuses on the most relevant references and otherwise avoids further discussions of the academic literature.
As explained in the book, further references can be found in my journal articles, to which I refer in the book, as well as in the overview in the following document.
Sustainability skills
Edited volume
Many companies currently implement sustainability initiatives, but they are still at the start of a long journey. The development of sustainability skills plays a crucial role in empowering employees and anchoring the topic in all areas of the company.
This edited volume in German offers valuable insights into developing sustainability skills. The book further sheds light on the transformation process and the role of leadership in specific companies in the context of the industry, business ecosystem, and regulatory environment.
A key focus is on the circular economy, with perspectives from firms of different sizes and industries.
New core competencies
Numerous best-practice examples illustrate the skills that companies and managers need to successfully manage sustainability and ESG.
The contributions come from experts from Continental, Covestro, Cube Real Estate, Deutsche Telekom, HGK Logistics and Intermodal, Infineon Technologies, OTTO, Peter/Lacke, Rotkäppchen-Mumm, S.OLIVER GROUP, VfL Bochum 1848 and Zentek, among many others.
Sustainability as a competitive advantage
Edited volume
Sustainability is one of the key megatrends of our time. Companies need to implement specific sustainability measures that have a positive impact and are in line with other business activities.
This edited volume in German presents convincing examples and best practices for ecological, social, and economic sustainability. In their contributions, experts from various companies show how organizations may not only address sustainability as a side issue, but make it part of their core business.
This is not just about minor improvements, but about arriving at completely new and better solutions in order to achieve a long-term competitive advantage by means of efficiency gains, innovation, and transformation.
Positive sustainability
Besides positive sustainability and opportunities for sustainability innovation, numerous best-practice examples show how sustainability actually changes companies.
The contributions come from experts from Audi, Clariant, dm-drogerie markt, HSBC, Mast-Jägermeister, Miele, Plastic2Beans, PwC and Stadtwerke Iserlohn, among many others.
Successfully implementing AI
Edited volume
This edited volume in German provides a cross-industry overview of success factors in the implementation and use of artificial intelligence in companies.
In their contributions, experts from research, teaching and practice illustrate the opportunities and possibilities as well as the challenges and threats in the use and implementation of AI in small as well as large companies.
In addition to specific use cases of AI solutions, the necessary preconditions and requirements in the phase of scaling AI solutions in practice are discussed.
In their contributions, experts from research, teaching and practice illustrate the opportunities and possibilities as well as the challenges and threats in the use and implementation of AI in small as well as large companies.
In addition to specific use cases of AI solutions, the necessary preconditions and requirements in the phase of scaling AI solutions in practice are discussed.
Practical examples for Integrated Intelligence
A particular focus of the edited volume is on how companies can benefit not only in the short term by automating tasks and jobs with AI tools, but how they can achieve a competitive advantage in the long term by combining human and artificial intelligence.
This perspective of Integrated Intelligence is discussed in an easy-to-understand manner and with specific use cases from leading experts from a wide range of companies in very different industries.
This perspective of Integrated Intelligence is discussed in an easy-to-understand manner and with specific use cases from leading experts from a wide range of companies in very different industries.
Selected articles
The world's most innovative firms
By means of a meta-ranking, those companies are identified that are regarded as the most innovative companies worldwide. For further information about my article in the Journal of Strategy and Management, please see the following link.
Managing artificial intelligence
To guide discussions about successfully managing artificial intelligence, an AI management framework with five maturity levels is developed. My entire article in the Journal of Innovation Management can be downloaded from the following link.
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Positive Sustainability & innovation
Traditional sustainability is not enough. Firms rather need to embrace new innovation opportunities to achieve a 'net positive impact'. For further information about my article in the Journal of Business Strategy, please see the following link.
