Dr. Dominik Faust
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Psychological Safety in Change Initiatives
Highly functional and cohesive teams are crucial for economic success in our VUCA world. One of the most important elements in achieving this is psychological safety. This term was introduced by Harvard professor Amy Edmondson in the 1990s. She defined psychological safety as a state in which the work environment is safe from interpersonal risks.…
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Artificial Intelligence in Change Initiatives
Artificial intelligence (AI) in change management is crucial to meet today’s challenges of effective change leadership. As early AI in CM adopters, we are using AI tools to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of our services. Below we have compiled a current overview of the sectors in which we are using artificial intelligence. At the…
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26 Golden Rules for Prompt Engineering
At viadoo, we are early adopters in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in organisational change management. As a leading service provider for planning and managing change initiatives, we are using AI tools to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of our services. Of course, we are learning more about this topic every day. This also…
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Digital Transformation done right
The digitalisation or digital transformation of an organisation is one of the most common changes. At the same time, it’s one of the most difficult ones. But why does the implementation of a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system fail so often? Why does the continuous use of digital technology to improve customer experience and…
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Change Management in New Work Projects
New work projects are changes that require management. Like the construction of a new office building or the conversion of individual offices into open-plan offices. Without change management, they harbour social and emotional dynamite. So any management would be well advised to involve employees as early as the planning stage for new working environments. You…
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Internal Communications Check – 3 x 5 Questions
Internal communications (IC) is key to success of any transformation. Therefore, we at viadoo provide a IC change readiness check with 3 x 5 questions. It’s most likely that your change initiative or transformation will fail when most of the check lights are red. Check it out!
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5 Reasons Why Transformations Fail
Do micromanagement, overtaxing the middle management, wrong labelling of a change programme or delayed start of change management sound familiar to you? Then you are close to some evident answers to the question why transformations fail.
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Successfully Implementing ESG in Insurance Industry
The insurance industry is under immense pressure to implement ESG. Regulatory requirements, reporting obligations, new stakeholder expectations, and the adaptation of products, processes, and responsibilities are driving this transformation at a rapid pace. Many insurers are working hard to implement sustainable insurance both organizationally and technically. Yet it is precisely in this phase that a…
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Social Leadership on an Aircraft Carrier
An aircraft carrier is a high-performance social system: up to 5,000 people often live and work in confined spaces for months on end. This extreme situation reveals how leadership deals with group processes and human dynamics. The captain is at the center of a system that would quickly become dysfunctional without targeted social leadership. CEOs…
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Volkswagen’s Corporate Newsroom “The Bridge”
A corporate newsroom has been regarded as an agile form of collaboration and integrated communication for years. It has been a tradition at our company since 2012. To this day, it has lost none of its appeal. This was confirmed by over 100 participants at the first Corporate Newsroom Day in Hanover last week. However,…