INSights

Perspectives

Ideas to inform better business decisions

Every business decision starts with a perspective. When navigating new waters or venturing into unknown territory, it pays to broaden your view. In our perspectives, we explore current issues, develop models and put developments into context. They are not intended to provide ready-made answers, but to offer guidance and inspiration for business owners, entrepreneurs and executives.

Explore corporate culture
Dr. Yamilet Gómez-Strömer and Christoph Strömer turn their attention to those responsible for leading, changing and bringing businesses together. They explain why culture is where strategy takes effect, why decision-makers need a clear picture of the cultural landscape—and why cultural competence is not an add-on, but a foundation for effective leadership.

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A dream conversation: Peter Drucker meets Christoph Strömer
One night, one library … I meet Peter Drucker in a dream. We talk about how leadership finds direction during integrations and why culture is the medium that matters. My present meets a brilliant mind of clarity.

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Business Case Erosion
We wanted to understand how culture’s impact on business success can be measured. Drawing on transaction experience and 16 conversations, we developed a model calculation that shows when cultural dynamics create new value—and when they erode the business case.

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Corporate culture in dialogue with business and society

Kultur! Standard is our publishing platform. Here we share selected articles from our magazine—the “best of” interviews, essays and insights from business, science and society. Our aim is to make corporate culture visible as a strategic leadership responsibility and encourage dialogue about its importance for businesses and society.

Culture is reality
Christoph Strömer describes culture as the unseen current beneath a company’s keel: it connects past and future, makes strategy resonate and enables responsibility to be carried. The article shows why culture becomes an economic reality, especially during growth, transformation and M&A.

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Goldbeck Interview: Hans-Jörg Frieauff and Marcus Wattenberg
Christoph Strömer speaks with Hans-Jörg Frieauff and Marcus-Friedrich Wattenberg about culture as a lived system of values and decision-making: the responsibilities of families and leaders, personal accountability and rules, and formative experiences from M&A processes. At the heart of the conversation is whether culture is merely a stylistic device—or the spirit that holds everything together.

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Komax AG Interview: Dr. Andreas Häberli
Christoph Strömer speaks with Dr. Andreas Häberli about culture as a leadership and governance issue: lived responsibility, self-correction over harmony, and navigating conflict, growth and M&A. At the heart of the conversation is how culture provides direction—and why it can neither be delegated nor reduced to a soft factor.

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Loy & Co Interview: Marcus Loy
Christoph Strömer speaks with Markus Loy about the different perspectives of buyers, sellers and advisors: shifting power dynamics, common errors in judgment and looking beyond signing. At the heart of the conversation is why culture remains a blind spot in M&A processes—even though it has a decisive impact on success after closing.

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INSights

Perspectives

Ideas to inform better business decisions

Explore corporate culture

A dream conversation: Peter Drucker meets Christoph Strömer

Business Case Erosion

Kultur! Standard

Corporate culture in dialogue with business and society

Culture is reality

Goldbeck Interview: Hans-Jörg Frieauff and Marcus Wattenberg

Komax AG Interview: Dr. Andreas Häberli

Loy & Co Interview: Marcus Loy

Would you like a print copy of the magazine?

Kultur! Monitor

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