EuroCham Sustainability Awards - A Celebration to Pull Forward in Small Steps
Inspirational speeches, heart-warming performances and great conversations on our table and across the room! This was this years EuroCham Sustainability Awards Gala. As with any change, climate action seems to be daunting. Though every small step counts . Let's get inspired; let's inspire others with our stories! Thank you, SwissCham Singapore, for your support and engagement. Looking forward to...
Respectfully Honest
Today I was invited to participate in the Greentech Festival and it is always refreshing to see that the sustainability topic is promoted from various angles via a diverse group of people. For me, it was also a time to catch-up with friends and engage in many insightful discussions. One theme popped up which I want to share here. We need to be more honest. Especially when it comes to...
Carbon Tracing & Offsetting - What can we do now to build the future of tomorrow?
Last Wednesday, the Climate Tech Subcommittee event was all about Carbon Tracing & Offsetting. We as co-chairs of the subcommittee feel that this is an important topic which needs a solid conversation. We wish we achieved that last week. We started off with an insightful keynote by Karina Cady with three key messages below. Reach out to us to receive the slides which are kindly provided by the...
Carbon Tracing & Offsetting - How to get started and set yourself up for success?
Carbon Capture is in everybody's mind and ears. From new technologies capturing CO2 from the atmosphere (Climeworks) to crazy markets for carbon credits, solutions to offset our carbon footprint are in high demand. Corporates and governments need to comply with their ambitious net-zero sustainability targets! Though, how effective are these carbon off-setting projects? What are the best ways to...
Let's Celebrate - With a focus on Collaborative Success
We all heard that we need to celebrate success in order to motivate our people. And companies are getting creative: employee of the month, best idea of the month, people awards in endless categories; or they are sticking to the established tools like bonus and commission. And yes, celebrating is great and it gives all of us a short kick. The big question: what happens if we stop with these...
Who is representing the interests of our future generations? The Ministry for the Future
To get this out at the start: this is a book review. A review of a climate-fiction book called 'The Ministry for the Future'. And there are two things I think about this book: a) it is a must read for everyone !; b) the the book is very disturbing, at least the first half; towards the end it turns out to be revealing and exciting. Let me explain why and how. There seems to be no denial: we are...
Congratulations to Your Completed Certification Program!
In the last five weeks, a team of 10 people of AMKFSC Community Services went through the certification program to become Certified Associates in Change Management. In five highly interactive sessions, the participants discussed and applied the concepts of the CPC Change Management methodology . "I learned a lot because we spend a lot of time in our groups applying the concepts and tools on our...
Collaborative Success - The right skills are simple and yet so hard
Last week I had the great opportunity to hold a lecture at SMU with the Asia Terms students of the University of St.Gallen . A group of 60 exchange students are joining 60 students from SMU and working together on consulting projects from a wide range of corporate partners. This is an excellent opportunity for the students to get exposed to the work environment and to collaborate with their peers...
Inspire your team! Give them space to talk
Last week, we engaged with a client in an inspiration workshop. The company is starting a digitalisation and automation transformation in a highly conservative environment. Before we start with the design of the concrete steps we wanted to inspire the team for the journey ahead. The objective was to create excitement for a better future and get them involved from the very start . The end result...
Where has that community feel been? Let's get it back
For a few months I observed a certain notion; a change that is forming and starting to emerge. And last week, a friend of mine shared a story that greatly describes my notion. Here is the story. My friend is regularly working in two different sites which are not far from each other and yet are very distinct. One day he met a colleague at the northern site, which has recently moved jobs from the...
Positivity Goes the Long Way
Friends often come to me and say, 'Hey Tim, you are so positive all the time - how are you doing that?'. One could say, oh, that is simply my character. It might be, though for me it is a deep conviction that positivity is the better approach to life . What led me to this conviction? There are a few elements which I would like to elaborate on here. First is simply neuroscience: when people are...
How long do you want to run your business? Another 10 years?
It never seems to stop - people around me are rushing deadlines, month-end closures and are stuck in one "burning platform" after another. I feel many people are stuck in immediate return, the quick buck and focus on financial returns (of the month, the day, the minute?). How does this lead to long-term success? Apparently not. In my observation, this short-term focus is getting more ingrained in...
Master Change Management - In Small Steps
Change Management is undoubtedly one of the key skills for leaders on all levels in the organisation. Change is THE constant in our business life and without looking at the people side of doing business, we will fail to achieve the results we are expecting . How are you structuring your change engagements? Where do you start your journey to become a change master? CPC Consulting and Hive17...
To Err is Human - How to Handle Mistakes?
We all make mistakes - they simply happen . One apparent place are our text messages - we make numerous typos, right? Although, these errors happen everywhere - big and small. And most of the time, our intention was doing the right thing. It is important to keep in mind that these errors are part of being human. Don't blame others. In this context, I often like to mention that errors depend on...
Is Leadership Like Dragging a Huge Rock Behind You?
Since a decade or so, it has been a good measure to involve people, ask for their opinion, and get them engaged in most company decisions and initiatives. This is intended to cultivate intrinsic motivation and a more enjoyable workplace . Now, we look back and think: what went wrong? The employees don't see how their contributions have been considered in the decision making process, coordination...
Delegating Power? Here is Why
People often see me as an evangelist for letting go of control. What I mean by this is a leadership style that is focusing on creating a platform and an environment for the organisation to be successful . Basically that is less of 'command & control' and more of 'facilitate & guide. In practical terms, this is delegating the relevant decision making power to the front. Ok, nice. "I agree with the...
Climate Change - Where Change is Happening
At the end of last year, I have decided to follow my interest and take a deeper look at Climate Tech. I started this out of three simple beliefs: climate change is an essential global topic; creating business opportunities will accelerate the solutions; change management practitioners can enable to achieve impact. Today, I am proud that the announcement went out that we have launched a SwissCham...
Every Big Change Starts With Small Steps
Earth Week - As a change manager I am interested in many different forms of change. One particular one is nature, our planet earth. It is inspiring to observe what happens and discover similarities to the changes we intend to create in our work and life. Our planet has evolved over millions of years and created spectacular lifeforms. Humans evolved over thousands of years to reach its current...
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[Case Study] Stronger Collaboration leads to Faster Time to Market
Introducing new products is vital for any company to stay ahead of the curve and strengthen the future business. This was also the case for this regional organisation in the chemicals industry; and they struggled with delays in the development of these new products . The accountability was with the marketing, commercial and R&D directors and they identified that the collaboration within these...
Change Management is the Umbrella for all your Innovation, Excellence and Leadership Campaigns
We heard this many times: Change is Everywhere! We are continuously advancing, improving, tinkering and even disrupting our own products, operations and organisational models. Recent conversations, studies and experiences confirmed this again: to be successful with these initiatives, we need to bring people together and enable an effective collaboration. "We build people; and these people build...