automated talk.

Chatbot Interview

• your morning medium:

  Trying to avoid the routine of a ‘Morning Medium and the ‘Tyranny of the Normal’ it creates – habits stifle creativity and provocation. Get up and do something different…its unnerving and exciting.

• which MarTech was/is groundbreaking for you?:

  The fact that technology is shifting the Marketing Model from Pipeline support to Insight Generation – a dramatic shift to ‘outside in thinking’ is not only groundbreaking for leaders – it is daunting for many.

• your biggest PAIN pitch and what you learned from it?

  Every Pitch is a pain pitch – don’t do it, co-create value,….otherwise you are already in vendor mode.

• what would you like to automate and what would you never automate?

  Funerals….Having Children

• do you prefer group or family business?

  ‘Prefer’ is a ‘Suitcase Word’ that needs unpacking…some group aspects benefit some contexts and visa versa…however Family business normally has more emotion invested in value for both clients and employees

• which event is more important for your company: company party or future workshop?

  Why not combine the two – I have a colleague who has created a party innovation island off Croatia, where people go to think, have fun and collaborate in the sun… let’s not separate the two.

• how do you make room for the further development of your corporate strategy in your daily operations?

  Make every business decision from the balcony -not the dancefloor, then development of the business is embedded in everything you do instead of responding from the treadmill of every day tactical pressures.

• your dinner tip in Berlin?

  for the best Kebabs in town follow the Turkish and Iranian Taxi drivers at lunch time – they have their own cafes… half the price – twice the taste. Think global… act local!

• at the top of your dream travel bucket list is …

  The Lofoten Islands to ice climb under the Northern Lights.