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Case Study 18: How Excel Errors and Risk Oversights Cost JP Morgan $6 Billion

2. Juli 2024

In the spring of 2012, JP Morgan Chase & Co. faced one of the most significant financial debacles in recent history, known as the «London Whale» incident. The debacle resulted in losses amounting to approximately $6 billion, fundamentally shaking the confidence in the bank’s risk management practices.  At the core of this catastrophe was the

Boards Must Understand Technology. Period.

1. Juli 2024

Reflecting on the 2024 Swiss Board Day in Bern it has become even more clear to me that understanding the current technological landscape and its associated opportunities, challenges, and risks is now essential for both executive and non-executive board members. Equally important is staying informed about governance issues related to these technologies, including regulatory challenges

Technology Vision Definition – (Non)-Executive Workshop

1. Juli 2024

Understanding the current technological landscape and its associated opportunities, challenges, and risks is now essential for both executive and non-executive board members.    Equally important is staying informed about governance issues related to these technologies, including regulatory challenges and potential pitfalls.    There is now way around it anymore, in order to set the company’s

(Non)-Executive Crash Course – Technology Trends Shaping Our Future

1. Juli 2024

Understanding the current technological landscape and its associated opportunities, challenges, and risks is now essential for both executive and non-executive board members.    Equally important is staying informed about governance issues related to these technologies, including regulatory challenges and potential pitfalls.    There is now way around it anymore, in order to set the company’s

How To Select a Good Project Manager for Your Large and Complex Transformation Project

14. Juni 2024

One of your most important jobs as a project sponsor is to select a good project manager for your project.  Selecting the right project manager is crucial for the success of your project.  Here are the five key factors to consider when choosing the right person for the role: 1) Experience Nothing beats relevant experience when

(Non)-Executive Crash Course – Strategy Execution Through Projects

9. Juni 2024

Strategy has little value until it is implemented. In a world where disruption can happen overnight, moving rapidly from strategy formulation to implementation is critical. Yet too many companies go only halfway, putting their best people into formulation and in effect ending up treating implementation as an afterthought. As a result, strategies fail, customers leave,

(Non)-Executive Crash Course – How to navigate large and complex transformation projects

9. Juni 2024

Large complex transformation projects can make or break an executive career and even companies.    As a senior executive you will find yourself rather sooner or later in a situation where you are the sponsor or a steering committee member of such a project.   Project sponsors and steering committee members are expected to have

(Non)-Executive Trainings

9. Juni 2024

Currently I offer three high impact trainings for C-level executives, partners at a professional service firm, board members, and business unit leaders. The first is for people in the role of Project Sponsor or Steering Committee Member of a large and complex technology project.  > (Non)-Executive Crash Course – How To Navigate Large and Complex

My Talk «Artificial Intelligence» @ Business Angels Switzerland

19. September 2023

Last week I was invited by Business Angels Switzerland to give a talk at their Academy about Artificial Intelligence. The goal of the talk was to enable investors to make better investment decisions when it comes to startups that are leveraging AI and Machine Learning. Many executives share this challenge with startup investors. In this

Case Study 17: The Disastrous Launch of Healthcare.gov

19. März 2023

Barack Obama was inaugurated on January 20, 2009, after defeating his opponent John McCain by 365 electoral college votes to 175. One of Obama’s primary campaign issues was fixing America’s healthcare system by providing affordable options to the 43.8 million uninsured Americans.  In 2010, the year Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the United