Digital Transformation & AI
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Getting Stalled Projects Back on Track
At first, everything sounds logical: a new ERP system like SAP S/4HANA, AI integration, a new planning model, a digital shop floor or supply chain solution. Everything brings benefits, and potential risks seem manageable. A few months later, however, the “all green, two yellow” reports come to an end. Instead, there are no solid success…
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The Human Side of the “Software-on-Wheels” Revolution
The mood is tense, and expectations are high: when Friedrich Merz invites guests to the automotive summit at the Chancellery this Thursday. Federal ministers, the prime ministers of Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, and Lower Saxony, OEMs, suppliers (who are facing a tough change process since 2019), and employee representatives will be sitting at the table. In the…
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AI in Change Management Gets a Human Face
Starnberg, March 29, 2025 – With the launch of two custom-developed AI personas – “Content Carla” and “Research Randy” – Starnberg-based viadoo GmbH is turning a new page in the story of digital transformation and of AI in change management. In a market often unsettled by opaque AI applications, viadoo has taken a bold step…
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»Adapt culture & organization to digital transformation«
The digital transformation challenges companies on many levels – but it is manageable if executives directly involve their employees from the very beginning. We at viadoo Change Guides are convinced of this and act accordingly for our customers. Our founder Dr Dominik Faust gave an interview to the editors of the Würzburg-Schweinfurt Chamber of Commerce and…
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Overcoming Change Overload
According to Gartner Research, the average employee is faced with as many as ten enterprise-wide change initiatives per year. They can span from restructuring to achieve efficiencies, from a culture change to new work or a new IT system. Yet, even positive, well-intentioned changes can overwhelm employees when the volume or pace of projects is…
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How to make change work in large organizations
In large organizations, an average of 70 to 85 per cent of all change initiatives fail. According to our many years of experience, this is particularly due to a lack of social and emotional aspects like insufficient empathy and motivation skills of executives (in addition to other reasons why transformations fail). We recently had the…
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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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Top 5 Change Leadership Trends 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI), appreciation of communication, self-reflection, employee’s mental health, and a persisting polycrisis will be our top 5 change leadership trends 2024.
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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…