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Brazil: Strong Businesses in Difficult Times 

Latin America’s econ­o­my is suf­fer­ing. Yet it also has some bright lights. Porsche Consulting’s office in São Paulo sup­port­ed two Brazil­ian cor­po­ra­tions that post­ed record sales in 2020—despite the pan­dem­ic. Or pre­cise­ly on account of it.

01/2022

byAnja Steinbuch
Strategic TransformationMultidimensional Leadership

Every­day oper­a­tions at many com­pa­nies are deter­mined by a con­stant pres­sure to change. Yesterday’s guide­lines no longer apply to today’s world. The mere appeal to ratio­nal thought alone is not enough to bring every­one on board. Intu­ition plays a key role in suc­cess­ful change man­age­ment. And it all begins in the minds of top man­agers.

01/2022

byJürgen Hoffmann
InnovationThe Oil Trick with Hydrogen

Hydro­ge­nious LOHC Tech­nolo­gies GmbH has devel­oped a tech­nol­o­gy that binds high­ly volatile hydro­gen gas with oil. This achieve­ment led to the com­pa­ny being nom­i­nat­ed for a 2021 Ger­man Entre­pre­neur­ial Award (Deutsch­er Grün­der­preis). Porsche Con­sult­ing will be sup­port­ing Hydrogenious’s efforts to fur­ther scale up its activ­i­ties.

09/2021

byJürgen Hoffmann

The Big Switch: Taking Remote Work Anywhere

When – seem­ing­ly overnight – a pan­dem­ic changed the way the world worked, Porsche’s con­sul­tants had to come up with clever ways to com­plete projects with­out let­ting clients down.

09/2020

byAndrew Curry

First Aid from Companies

In this time of cri­sis, many com­pa­nies are switch­ing to man­u­fac­tur­ing essen­tial prod­ucts, launch­ing ini­tia­tives, and send­ing their employ­ees to places they are need­ed. A look at their rea­sons.

09/2020

byEsther Sambale
InnovationInnovation Tackles the Virus

Dig­i­tal inno­va­tions not only sim­pli­fy the lives of doc­tors and patients but can pro­tect them too. With that aim, GE Health­care—a man­u­fac­tur­er of med­ical sys­tems—wants to do away with wait­ing rooms.

09/2020

byClaus Hornung

“Doctors don’t
need information overload”

Inter­view: Swiss emer­gency med­ical direc­tor Aris­tome­nis Exadak­ty­los urges bet­ter prepa­ra­tions for epi­demics.

09/2020

byWolfgang Gomoll

Hospital Rises to
the Challenge

Bat­tling the corona­virus is part of every­day oper­a­tions at Munich’s Rechts der Isar Hos­pi­tal. Com­mer­cial direc­tor Dr. Elke Frank sees oppor­tu­ni­ties now to catch up on dig­i­tal­iza­tion.

09/2020

byWolfgang Gomoll
SustainabilitySustainability – Now More Than Ever

The Covid-19 pan­dem­ic sent shock waves through busi­ness­es and the econ­o­my. In con­se­quence, sus­tain­abil­i­ty could fade into the background—or become an even more impor­tant fac­tor for suc­cess.

09/2020

byKarin Willms

What Makes a Strong Crisis Manager

Crises tend to hit peo­ple and orga­ni­za­tions unpre­pared. Strong per­son­al­i­ties are then need­ed, who can see the big pic­ture and act calm­ly. What exact­ly are the qual­i­ties of out­stand­ing cri­sis man­agers?

09/2020

byTim Tolsdorff

Automated Oracles

Early warn­ing sys­tems buy time and pro­vide a basis for prompt action. They use data to gain insights into poten­tial future sce­nar­ios. But they run up against lim­its, espe­cial­ly in con­nec­tion with pan­demics.

09/2020

byManuel Stark

Words That Work

Act­ing swift­ly and authen­ti­cal­ly, ensur­ing trans­paren­cy, build­ing trust—the demands placed on com­mu­ni­cat­ing with stake­hold­ers are espe­cial­ly high in a cri­sis. In such sit­u­a­tions social media are both a bless­ing and a curse.

09/2020

byAlexandra Riegler

“You want friends around the world, not enemies”

Inter­view: Lock­downs have deeply shak­en glob­al sup­ply chains. Expert Edwin Keh from Hong Kong advis­es com­pa­nies to gain deep­er insights and make secu­ri­ty a pri­or­i­ty in their strate­gic con­sid­er­a­tions. 

09/2020

byMajor Tian

Back on Course
Ways out of the Crisis

The Covid-19 cri­sis has not affect­ed all parts of the econ­o­my equal­ly. For some indus­tries it has even brought more oppor­tu­ni­ties than chal­lenges. We present cru­cial con­sid­er­a­tions for top man­agers in fields from mechan­ical engi­neer­ing to finan­cial ser­vices.

09/2020

byMaren Eitel
InnovationDigital Leap:
When If Not Now?

The corona­virus has accel­er­at­ed dig­i­tal trans­for­ma­tion in many sec­tors. It has revealed deficits, but also released new ener­gy. We look at five indus­tries and their dig­i­tal futures.

09/2020

byEsther Sambale