Crises tend to hit peo­ple and orga­ni­za­tions unpre­pared. Strong per­son­al­i­ties are then need­ed, who can see the big pic­ture and act calm­ly. What exact­ly are the qual­i­ties of out­stand­ing cri­sis man­agers?

The corona­virus has also jolt­ed the food indus­try. Four man­agers explain how this led them to focus on essen­tials—and how they even dis­cov­ered some new oppor­tu­ni­ties.

In this time of cri­sis, many com­pa­nies are switch­ing to man­u­fac­tur­ing essen­tial prod­ucts, launch­ing ini­tia­tives, and send­ing their employ­ees to places they are need­ed. A look at their rea­sons.

Which com­pa­nies will sur­vive the Covid-19 pan­dem­ic, and which will not? Banks play a key role in this ques­tion. How DZ Bank is mov­ing quick­ly to the aid of its clients.

Bat­tling the corona­virus is part of every­day oper­a­tions at Munich’s Rechts der Isar Hos­pi­tal. Com­mer­cial direc­tor Dr. Elke Frank sees oppor­tu­ni­ties now to catch up on dig­i­tal­iza­tion.

Early warn­ing sys­tems buy time and pro­vide a basis for prompt action. They use data to gain insights into poten­tial future sce­nar­ios. But they run up against lim­its, espe­cial­ly in con­nec­tion with pan­demics.

Act­ing swift­ly and authen­ti­cal­ly, ensur­ing trans­paren­cy, build­ing trust—the demands placed on com­mu­ni­cat­ing with stake­hold­ers are espe­cial­ly high in a cri­sis. In such sit­u­a­tions social media are both a bless­ing and a curse.

Crit­i­cal ser­vice providers like the RWE util­i­ty com­pa­ny need to be espe­cial­ly well pre­pared for emer­gen­cies. Pre­cise and detailed plan­ning ensure that they can respond rapid­ly to unex­pect­ed events.

Inter­view: Dr. Tanja Beck­er, an entre­pre­neur and air­line pilot, applies avi­a­tion meth­ods to business—to enhance safe­ty and deci­sion-mak­ing.

Inter­view: Swiss emer­gency med­ical direc­tor Aris­tome­nis Exadak­ty­los urges bet­ter prepa­ra­tions for epi­demics.

Expec­ta­tions are high and the tech­nolo­gies are proven – is the hydro­gen econ­o­my about to take off? The play­ers still need to net­work and to estab­lish their busi­ness mod­els.

The Covid-19 pan­dem­ic sent shock waves through busi­ness­es and the econ­o­my. In con­se­quence, sus­tain­abil­i­ty could fade into the background—or become an even more impor­tant fac­tor for suc­cess.

The bat­tery mar­ket for elec­tric vehi­cles is going from strength to strength. But it is still char­ac­ter­ized by a high level of uncer­tain­ty with sig­nif­i­cant swings in demand. LG Chem is man­ag­ing this volatil­i­ty at its giant plant in Poland.

Dig­i­tal solu­tions are cen­tral to Nestlé’s Covid-19 come­back. CIO Fil­ip­po Cata­lano on the con­sumer goods giant’s response to cri­sis, the impor­tance of pre­pared­ness, and where big com­pa­nies go from here.

Inter­view: Lock­downs have deeply shak­en glob­al sup­ply chains. Expert Edwin Keh from Hong Kong advis­es com­pa­nies to gain deep­er insights and make secu­ri­ty a pri­or­i­ty in their strate­gic con­sid­er­a­tions. 

Dig­i­tal inno­va­tions not only sim­pli­fy the lives of doc­tors and patients but can pro­tect them too. With that aim, GE Health­care—a man­u­fac­tur­er of med­ical sys­tems—wants to do away with wait­ing rooms.

Empty air­ports and train sta­tions and the sus­pen­sion of car production—the Covid-19 pan­dem­ic brought mobil­i­ty to a halt in many parts of the world. The CEOs of lead­ing mobil­i­ty com­pa­nies look to the future.

The Covid-19 cri­sis has not affect­ed all parts of the econ­o­my equal­ly. For some indus­tries it has even brought more oppor­tu­ni­ties than chal­lenges. We present cru­cial con­sid­er­a­tions for top man­agers in fields from mechan­ical engi­neer­ing to finan­cial ser­vices.

The corona­virus has accel­er­at­ed dig­i­tal trans­for­ma­tion in many sec­tors. It has revealed deficits, but also released new ener­gy. We look at five indus­tries and their dig­i­tal futures.

Few indus­tries have been hit as hard by the corona­virus as avi­a­tion. Now is the time to devel­op ideas that will facil­i­tate a rapid return when the cri­sis is over. Dig­i­tal­iza­tion and sus­tain­abil­i­ty will play an impor­tant role.

Inter­view: Porsche CEO Oliv­er Blume on social respon­si­bil­i­ty, focus­ing on essen­tials, and opti­mism.