Interview im CHEManager 3/2025: Interimsmanagement in der chemischen Industrie Lukas von Hippel und Iordanis Savvopoulos im Interview. Das gesamte Interview können Sie hier lesen. Quelle: Interimsmanagement in der chemischen Industrie“ – aus CHEManager 03/2025
Magic of Culture We are born in the reality of our family. Whatever our family looks like, it does form our worldview, our perspective, and our values. Our families are part of the society and the time, we are in. Whether we are refugees, emperors, soldiers, or scientists, baker or cooks, just to name a…
Magic of Freedom We all use the word freedom frequently. Freedom to operate. Freedom to talk. Freedom to travel. Freedom to roam. Freedom……is a wildly used word. However, everybody does have – outside of a technical expression which is somehow defined – a different opinion what freedom is and what it means. For all of…
Magic of Cash We live in different societies, and in different societies cash has a different relevance. I am not talking about having some cash in a wallet in the event a credit card may no longer work, but more about hunting for cash in our accounts or not. We know from psychologists that typically…
Magic of Words We all use our language. Our language and our word are tools to communicate, and to make things happen. We explain, we discuss, and we understand that every word, every sentence is subject of an interpretation. When we listen to words, the tome will travel together with the sentences, and the tone…
Magic of Self-understanding When we look back in history, we will easily understand that different countries went through different historical events contributing to our self-understanding. In some countries, people understand themselves being part of something bigger, a population, a nation, something that is more relevant than the individual. In other countries and societies, people understand…
Magic of Tasks We all get tasks to do in our life. Some come with our work, some with our private life. Some are designed by us, others get designed by the situation we are in, by other people. Some tasks get designed by the epoch we live in while others may just come by…
Magic of Children We have four children. Having children does mean that probability is limited to ever get rich in cash. We are rich in emotion, rich in having the next generation at our home, and sitting on the table. Rich in seeing the different perspectives, and rich in never being bored. We know why…
The Magic of Big Numbers When I listen to politicians I sometimes wonder: Millions, billions, trillions – numbers seem to be only words, and currencies fluctuate as well easily. The taxpayer in me wonders if there is no longer any connection to reality.When I was still in R&D and as parttime controller part of budget…
Sales Roles – Hunter, Farmer – and Shepherd There are numerous trainings about salespeople, their mentality, and what type of sales a certain business requires.Hunters are often characterized to be the always hungry, looking for new prey. They want to develop new customers, are agile, always active, using all channels and keen to generate more…
The Innovation Dilemma If you look at the organizational charts of some companies, you can see a traditional attitude: R&D is responsible for new things, including innovation. The consequence? Some people develop new products in the dark, even if there are stage-gate processes, pipelines and all that is modern – the day R&D delivers it…
The Change Dilemma Change Managers are often in an interesting position – hired to bring change to an organization, but the organization may not be ready: If the organization is close to bankruptcy, there is a sense or urgency cross all levels. As long as the organization is profitable, the will to change is quite…
