Interviewed by Caspar Busse and Lisa NienhausChristian Sewing has been in business long enough. He knows crisis. When the financial crisis broke out in Manhattan in 2008, he was a risk manager at Deutsche Bank. What's going on in the economy right now, the current head of Germany's largest financial institution also considers that to be unique. Nevertheless, Sewing, 52, appealed to caution during the rescue at the SZ economic summit: The current aid package is right, he says, but...
There are almost 1900 hospitals in Germany. Too many, say some managers. They demand more specialization - and the data of the patients. source site
People's sense of style has suffered greatly in the home office. Fashion insider Raffaello Napoleone warns that things can't go on like this, praises the saving spirit of the Germans - and predicts the return of the tie. source site
No matter how low the infection numbers fall: The Minister of Health is expecting a new corona wave. He also has to endure a lot in other ways – and then his approval ratings also drop.Of Angelica Slavik, BerlinTimes are not easy for Karl Lauterbach. The virus wave, which he has announced several times, is not coming - instead the corona numbers are falling. That sounds like good news for everyone, but politically it's not exactly a stroke of luck...
And then came the pandemic. Suddenly took away what had only been questioned in a few companies before: the physical office. "When we used to talk about digitization, it was about the paperless office," says Oliver Blueher, Germany boss of the software company Slack, in the SZ interview. "I've still experienced cubicles," he says, areas in large rooms separated by partition walls. Then two-person offices were en vogue, and finally differently designed large rooms. "But the focus," says Blüher, "was...
Sometimes big things are best explained in small ways. "I should also lose a few kilos, but I just like to eat too much," says Martin Daum, head of truck manufacturer Daimler Truck, describing the dilemma many German companies face on the way to climate neutrality. He is convinced that they all want to become sustainable, and that everything is technically feasible, but the implementation doesn't really want to happen that quickly. For his industry, the automotive industry, Daum can...
Of Lea Hampel, BerlinOne thinks one really knows a lot about this man: gifted entertainer, clearly identifiable Swabian, multiple father, these are the most important things. But a lot of what you think you know about the "nation's chief cynic," as Harald Schmidt stated on Wednesday evening on the stage of the SZ Economic Summit, is simply wrong. Subject of study, number of children, all of this was written somewhere in an untrue variant; Despite having published 14 books, he...
Right-wing populists govern in Rome - so what? A coffee entrepreneur, an oil manager and a fashion impresario explain what they expect from Germany and Europe. And why they get along quite well without the government in Rome.Of Thomas Fromm, BerlinThat's the thing with Italy and Germany. You meet several times a year, sometimes in summer on the beach of Cesenatico, then again in winter on the Seiser Alm, the Alpe di Siusi, and then finally again while strolling at...
No staff, expensive energy, hacker attacks: It used to be easier to run a company. In conversation with journalists Süddeutsche Zeitung three company bosses report how they deal with the crises, why digital technologies are part of the solution and why a change of perspective can sometimes help.Joachim Schreiner, SalesforceJoachim Schreiner is increasingly desperate. He simply cannot find enough staff, neither for his own, rapidly growing company, nor for the many service providers who ultimately set up the software from...
Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck and Vice-Chancellor Christian Lindner have buried their long-term feud for now. They still celebrate their disagreement when it comes to fracking. And they prefer not to go so far that they enjoy working together.Of Claus Hulverscheidt, BerlinWhat is it that Christian Lindner is doing there? A campaign gag? The attempt, after the preliminary end of the dispute over the further use of nuclear power, to drive the Greens along with the next topic? Or is he really...
