Enterprise Playbook
The groundbreaking workbook for strategists, doers and designers. A book by company companions GmbH
Navigating companies safely in unknown worlds
Ready to break new ground and overcome crises with clarity?
The Enterprise Playbook is a practice-oriented guide for managers to navigate companies through the uncertainties of our time. It offers valuable impulses and concrete tools for developing strategies, organizing collaboration in a resilient way, successfully anchoring leadership and shaping corporate culture in a targeted manner.
This is no ordinary handbook, but a dynamic work that invites you to experiment and tailor it to your individual needs. This book is the perfect companion for leaders on their journey through the unknown and offers practical tools for mastering the challenges of everyday life. A book for all those seeking innovative and unconventional ways to make their organizations resilient and future-proof.
Ready to break new ground and navigate crises with clarity?
#1
STRATEGY
Directional decision with ongoing adjustment
Strategy processes often first need a reorganization of the planning process and the creation of a common understanding - so that it is immediately clear what the "no go's" are. Finally, the value of the strategy becomes apparent in the prioritization, the implementation of ambitions and the handling of conflicting goals.
#2
ORGANIZATION
Understanding
as a living organism
The development of a flexible, adaptable organization, effective collaboration and trust in teams is emphasized.
#3
GUIDE
The lubricant for successful collaboration
Five core tasks of leadership that contribute to the viability of the organization, such as decision-making, growth through trust and the balance between renewal and preservation.
#4
CORPORATE
CULTURE
As an implicit result
Building a culture that sees uncertainty as an opportunity and promotes continuous adaptation.
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The book impresses with its many concrete contents, such as a list of questions for analyzing the corporate culture, a five-step plan for anchoring successful leadership in everyday corporate life or the presentation of contemporary decision-making processes such as the consensus process.
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Newsletter #52: Soft Factors
Unter Berufung auf einen aktuellen Financial-Times-Artikel wird ein Gegentrend beschrieben: US-Unternehmen stellen seit April wieder mehr Hochschulabsolventen ein, gerade in stark KI-betroffenen Branchen, wobei menschliche Fähigkeiten wie kritisches Denken und Kommunikation entscheidend bleiben.
Newsletter #51: AI and the World of Work
Von einem Trendone-Panel ausgehend wird die Verschiebung von Arbeit „vom Tun zum Beauftragen“ beschrieben. Vier Bausteine von Urteilskraft werden definiert (Problemformulierung, Fachwissen, Fehlerkalibrierung, Lernfähigkeit unter Unsicherheit), mit Praxisbeispielen aus Schule (Doppel-Referate mit/ohne ChatGPT) und Hochschule (handschriftliche Prüfungen).
Newsletter #50 So what? Disorder as a Value
Persönlicher Bericht von Stationen in Kolumbien (Attaché in den 90ern), China, den USA und der Arktis. Mark Leonards Unterscheidung zwischen „Architekten“ (regelbasierte Ordnung, z.B. Europa) und „Handwerkern“ (opportunistisches Handeln, z.B. Russland, China) erklärt, warum die aktuelle „Unordnung“ für die meisten Weltregionen längst Normalzustand ist.
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