Drivers & Trends

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• Blockchain, cryptography and new visions of money

  Blockchain and cryptography are changing not only our thinking and monetary system but our social models. What impact can it have?

  Blockchain & Smart Contracts•Karen Wendt•31 Mar 2021•4 minutes

  

• Brand Safety - Buzzword or Threat?

  Brand Safety - Just a buzzword or a big danger for brands and companies. We clarify and explain why not only CEOs and CMOs should know about it.

  Brand•Thomas Koch•31 Mar 2021•4 minutes

  

• FinTech Ecosystems - The Future of the Financial Sector?!

  How to establish a functioning FinTech ecosystem and why digital ecosystems are becoming important in the financial world.

  Banking & Financial Services•Florian Gmach•26 Mar 2021•5 minutes

  

• 9 reasons why governments fail digital transformation

  What happens when nothing happens? Governments are extremely complex systems and there are major reasons why most governments fail digital transformation.

  Public Administration & Defense•Benjamin Talin•25 Mar 2021•8 minutes

  

• What are Smart Contracts? - Understanding contracts on the blockchain

  Smart Contracts are intelligent contracts based on blockchain technology. This enables different entities to digitally verify and enforce contracts without the need for a third party like a lawyer, notary etc.

  Beginner / Basic•Benjamin Talin•22 Mar 2021•9 minutes

  

• 5 new ways of meeting people and creating connections

  What are new ways of meeting with people and creating connections with them, especially when the standard ways are not working anymore?

  Trends•Benjamin Talin•19 Mar 2021•5 minutes

  

• 7 basic roles of a Government – do they have to change in future?

  What are the current and potentially future roles of our Governments? What can they to, what should they do and how are these roles defined?

  Public Administration & Defense•Benjamin Talin•17 Mar 2021•9 minutes

  

• „Like the Lemmings" - Technology Push vs. Technology Pull

  Technology Push is a term from innovation management, in which there is no acute demand for the product yet. This is different from technology pull: here there is an acute demand in the market, the customer is asking for a product and a solution.

  Technology•Dr. Marcel Roth•4 Mar 2021•10 minutes

  

• Digital ethics in theory and practice

  How can we make digitization fair? Digital ethics should educate mature companies and employees who ask critical questions of technology. To ensure security, social responsibility, transparency and individual autonomy, IT decision-makers must promote user empowerment instead of digital nudging.

  Ethics•Simone Belko•4 Mar 2021•9 minutes

  

• Digitization as an opportunity for associations and volunteerism

  Designing structures more effectively, using tools correctly, and digitizing volunteer work. What opportunities do associations and clubs have in digitization?

  Environment & Social Affairs•Simone Dogu•25 Feb 2021•4 minutes

  

• Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) - Digital Money for our Central Banks

  Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is digital central bank money issued on a new technical infrastructure. While technically similar to private cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, it is a legal tender issued by central banks. What businesses and especially consumers need to know about it.

  Public Administration & Defense•Dr. Patrick Schueffel•25 Feb 2021•9 minutes

  

• Important Crypto Trends for 2021

  The Crypto World is changing fast. Here are the biggest topic and trends around blockchain, crypto and crypto finance you have to know in 2021.

  Finance & Controlling•Tetyana Kohansal•23 Feb 2021•7 minutes