CEO Blog

In his monthly blog, Prof. Dr. Eric Schott reports, among other things, on current market developments, experiences from the customer environment as well as on opportunities & risks of new technologies and trends.

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13.09.2022

Sharing sustainability goals and getting employees involved at all levels

Study shows the path to economic success.

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25.08.2022

CS turns 30

Campana & Schott celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Reason enough to take a look back.

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16.12.2021

Artificial Intelligence – what are you waiting for?

Step-by-step towards a successful use of artificial intelligence – and where it is already proving its worth today.

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15.10.2021

More Purpose or More Efficiency?

Digital & Agile Leadership: Leaders have to communicate purpose.

Von der digitalen zur nachhaltigen Transformation

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26.08.2021

From the digital to the sustainable transformation

Why sustainability and profitability are not mutually exclusive.

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24.06.2021

Lost in Transformation

What the next stage of transformation may look like.

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22.04.2021

Digital customer approach – anywhere, anytime

How the pharmaceutical and health industry profits from modern sales and marketing tools.

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28.01.2021

“The home office is just an interim step in the current pandemic”

Interview with Dr. Eric Schott on the challenges of the post-COVID era.

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26.11.2020

Seamless Office

When our work environment seamlessly adjusts to our new requirements.

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01.10.2020

Agile learning

Why individualized advanced training is the key for the organization of tomorrow.

Firstline Worker: Das übersehene Potenzial

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21.05.2019

Firstline Worker: The untapped potential in your own company

Learn how all employees benefit from digital collaboration tools.

Keine digitale Zukunft ohne Investition in (Weiter-)Bildung

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08.02.2019

No digital future without investments in (advanced) training

Why investing in employees pays off.

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28.11.2018

Smart Spaces for more innovations

How offices can be more than desk space.

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08.10.2018

More digital transformation means less internal IT

Why it can be worthwhile for companies to rethink the role of the IT department.

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23.08.2018

Goodbye change management (as it used to be)

Why change management can no longer be regarded as an independent element.

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10.07.2018

Process automation – Five suggestions for the implementation of C…

How companies can build core competencies for the digital transformation.

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11.04.2018

Invisible robots

Bots and the virtually unnoticed moments in the digital transformation.

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01.03.2018

The agile organization of the future - Wave planning as enabler

Why Wave Planning is a major process for the digital transformation.

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02.02.2018

The Internet of Things: 5 x 5 Answers to the most important quest…

What are the obstacles faced by companies when introducing the Internet of Things, and what approaches are on the horizo…

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07.12.2017

Guiding principles instead of good intentions

What capabilities will your employees need for the digital transformation in 2018?

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11.10.2017

Why the digital transformation must start with a transformation o…

How companies can lay the base for the digital transformation with a modern IT and process infrastructure.

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09.08.2017

5 leadership rules for the digital transformation

Everyone wants digital transformation. Really all of them? When we take a good look, we often see that need for quick di…

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13.07.2017

The right use cases for successful digital change

How the identify relevant use cases and which technologies are currently relevant and will play a role in the future.

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10.06.2017

Thinking ahead, but starting today

How to identify and initiate the first steps into digital transformation.

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11.05.2017

The transformation of the digital workplace: 7 theories for great…

Digital transformation is in full flow; it starts in most companies with an eye on customer-oriented processes. And that…

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31.03.2017

Trying more new things and focusing more – Good news from San Fra…

What companies can learn from the spirit and development of Silicon Valley.

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10.11.2016

Yes, I use an internal social network. But why?

How can enterprise social networks be used and what ist the added value of such networks for enterprises?

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30.08.2016

New ways of Collaboration: How large Enterprises work with Startu…

Eric Schott explains, how large companies can collaborate with startups and how to profit from their high innovation pow…

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04.08.2016

Definitely not disruptive. But that's okay. Up-to-date assessment…

Dr. Eric Schott evaluates Microsofts' current product strategy, that was presented in Toronto.

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07.07.2016

How many IT areas are there in the company?

Dr. Eric Schott looks at different IT areas and shows how companies can push digitalization through a collaborative posi…

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12.05.2016

"How we create is what we create"

The first German Social Collaboration Study is released - with some surprising facts.

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24.02.2016

CEO Blog March 2015

The current participant development of the "Kaminabende" of CS provides some surprises.

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11.02.2016

The moment of truth: How important is project management to the d…

Dr. Eric Schott describes, how project management can reduce the gap between the digital claim and real implementation c…

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04.12.2015

Multi-project management - Recommendations for decision-makers

Dr. Eric Schott summarizes the results of the current multi-project management study and called success factors for comp…

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10.11.2015

The courage to do things differently

Dr. Eric Schott describes how projects can serve as a laboratory for new forms of cooperation.

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02.10.2015

Looking for use cases? Communities!

Dr. Eric Schott explains the relevance of communities and shows which success potentials lie in their use.

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04.09.2015

A totally normal disruption: Post-merger IT projects

Dr. Eric Schott draws conclusions from numerous integration projects. Companies without such change projects can also pr…

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07.08.2015

Five common myths about social collaboration

CEO Dr. Eric Schott about key factors of successful social collaboration projects.

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03.07.2015

What agile project portfolio management looks like

Agile project portfolio management: Not a buzzword, but an integral part of large companies.

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11.06.2015

The digital transformation reaches the heart of Microsoft

Recently I was part of a 15-member team that represented Campana & Schott at the Microsoft Ignite technology conference …

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08.05.2015

Partly cloudy, or: all of a sudden, the Cloud appeared

Worldwide networking, fast and flexible availability and integration of all employees - Cloud changes the game.

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10.04.2015

"No more spaghetti please" - it is time for a new IT demand manag…

The exceptionally well-attended "IT Demand Management" conference confirmed one thing: the fast-growing interest in a ne…

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20.01.2015

A customer asked me recently...

Digital Transformation: Creating a social collaboration platform, leadership rules and an agile management-of-change pro…

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10.12.2014

Setting the course in project management: What you can learn from…

Large change projects require a completely different approach from what is generally understood as project management.

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14.11.2014

Recently I was asked by a customer,

the CIO of a mid-level global market leader, “What is the point of a collaboration strategy?”