Bayern Innovativ E-Mail-Magazine - 02/2025

Let's keep it short

Because with only 28 days, February leaves us a little less time for the tasks we all have on the agenda. In this issue of the Bayern Innovativ e-mail magazine, the focus is on "chance": lucky breaks, accidents and unforeseen events that affect your business and the question of how you can achieve your planned goals with the courage to innovate and technology.

Enjoy reading!

And then it just happened

Corporate strategy and futurology also experience things that nobody saw coming. They are simply there - they bring new tasks and challenges with them and throw everything out of kilter.

We have spoken to people from the fields of strategic planning, product development and business strategy and introduce you to methods that you can use to turn surprises into valuable impulses for your business and master situations.

The article about dice, wildcards and foresight is definitely here.

And we saw that coming

The Cassandra metaphor describes situations in which omens are seen but ignored. What ended fatally in Greek mythology should be avoided in your business planning. That's why we tell you: Analysis methods such as trend scouting provide you with valuable knowledge about what is coming and what is already emerging. But "knowledge" alone is not enough. The real challenge is to derive the right measures from the forecasts.

We will introduce you to a method with which you can easily solve this important task yourself and develop directly implementable work steps.

We will guide you to the tools against Cassandra moments here.

And so that this doesn't happen again

Honestly, mistakes happen. Never on purpose and rarely "by accident", but because somewhere in the process something is not quite right. Be it the level of knowledge, degree of maturity or operational process. Even more honestly, this is a good thing because, as the saying goes, you can learn from mistakes. That's why mistakes are neither a stupid coincidence nor a risk, but an important part of any healthy (business) development.

Our article explains how a culture of error can even lead to greater security and stability.

And finally

A firm promise: With reliable partners, you are well prepared for all events. That's why it's good that you have a strong network in Bavaria to support you. And... sometimes also "warms" you up a little. Just like the patent we have brought you. One glove for two. Secure, binding - no matter what.

You can discover the handout for cold days here.