ENVIRONMENT – Rodenberg Tillman & Associates

Top management is not prepared for the challenges in the business environment

April 22, 2019

Two/third of top management lacks the competency to manage successfully their companies through the ever changing external business environment. In additon they are not able to inspire and motivate their staff and employees. Over 80% of investors and analysts tell that leadership and vision are “leading” for their future investment strategies. Investors see leadership and vision as far more important than the financial performance during the past three years.

Six risk environments in our VUCA world

June 1, 2016

Joseph Rodenberg

A World View, Intelligence Briefings

Many firms still follow the traditional approaches to strategy that were designed for more stable times, emphasizing analysis and planning and focused on maximizing short-term performance rather than long-term robustness. In early 2016 Harvard Business Review published research dealing with 30,000 public US-companies over a time span of 50 years.

It’s an illusion that you are able to keep pace with all changes

November 15, 2014

Joseph Rodenberg

A World View, Intelligence Briefings

Peter Diamandis founded the prestigious US Singularity University, active in research on new technologies and author of the bestseller “Abundance”. One of his visions is that technology developments do not just follow the linear curve of growth, but do, however, follow the curve exponentially. Many Boards underestimate the speed of technology change and when this happens exponentially the company loses ground. There are numerous examples where this occurs, the latest being Blackberry and Nokia.