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With which business model can our company remain successful in the market in the long term?
ORGANIZATION
How do I create an adaptable organization in which people work together in an outstanding way for the benefit of the whole?
LEADERSHIP
How do I anchor a performance culture in which ownership and accountability are defining characteristics?
GOVERNANCE
How can strategy, organization and management culture be best anchored in day-to-day business?
IMPLEMENTATION
How does a good idea lead to effective change—with a clear focus, committed people, and consistent action?
INTERIM MANAGEMENT
Wie sichern Unternehmen in kritischen Phasen Führungskapazität und Umsetzungskraft – und verankern Ergebnisse nachhaltig?
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From Neighbors to Partners: How We Plan to Help Children Through Iniuva
A chance encounter in a Hamburg apartment building brought Markus Baumanns and pediatrician Professor Søren Gersting together. Today, they are building Iniuva together—a startup that uses artificial intelligence to develop drugs for rare genetic diseases in children. Company Companions is on board as an investment partner: Markus Baumanns will serve as chairman of the board and, together with Gersting, is establishing the governance and financing structure for the next phase of growth. “ZEIT für Unternehmer” met with the two for an interview.
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We support you in a trusting, challenging and tailored manner, based on self-developed, field-tested, and modular methodologies. We come from the business world, have manyyears of experience in positions of responsibility and are consultants with a hands-on mentality.
Karsten Schnelle
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Dr. Sandra Meister
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Dr. Torsten Schumacher
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Anke Krahn
Management Consultant
Dr. Markus Baumanns
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Sebastian Jensen
Management Consultant
News
We regularly publish articles that encourage reflection and action. Browse our archive and find inspiration.
Newsletter #52: Soft Factors
In a world marked by constant change, even a brief greeting can build a bridge—between places, people, and perspectives. Such small connections foster a sense of belonging and are the first step toward shaping uncertainty together.
Newsletter #51: AI and the World of Work
The role of humans is changing: Instead of doing things ourselves, we are increasingly delegating, evaluating, and managing—a new skill set that fundamentally challenges learning and education. AI delivers fast, seemingly sound results, but it is not free from errors or nonsense. What will be crucial is how we, as humans, learn to deal with these uncertainties and use AI responsibly as a partner.
Newsletter #50 So what? Disorder as a Value
What Europe is experiencing today as a new disorder is the familiar norm elsewhere: a world shaped by pragmatic action and shifting alliances, where rule-based orders coexist with opportunistic improvisation. The paradise of reliability is fading, and we must learn to renegotiate the balance between stable architects and flexible craftsmen.
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