Author: Torsten Spill

There are enough reasons to take care of the changes in your own company now to operate more sustainably. They would be: ■ be prepared at an early stage for new sustainability demands from customers and society ■ meet and implement new legal requirements (Supply Chain Due Diligence Act in Germany, EU-CSRD) ■ Create synergies… Continue reading We’ll just wait and see: Postpone sustainable management until Saint-Never’s Day?

A very complex year is coming to an end. For many of us, including me, 2022 was a year of unexpected upheaval. Already in January, many people from the agri-business, who used to be involved in business with the Russian Federation, felt great concern about the Russian troop deployments on the borders with Ukraine. I… Continue reading A look at 2023 at the end of a year of upheaval

In my last newsletter I reported on strategy development projects in the agricultural and food industry. In addition to the current crises caused by energy prices, inflation and the war in Ukraine, the medium-sized companies in the industry are concerned with two key issues:   The lack of professionals and experts for the implementation of… Continue reading Perspectives on sustainable management: Your newsletter is coming soon

Once again, I would like to comment on the results of the Future Commission for Agriculture (FCA) which was installed by the federal government of Germany: What does the far-reaching consensus of the commission members mean for the agricultural machinery sector? Definitely a big challenge! Everything that has been set in motion in the technical… Continue reading Agricultural engineering of the future: Can Germans future commission’s visions be implemented?

For the fifth time in my still young self-employment as a business coach, I support medium-sized companies in the agricultural sector in developing basic strategies and thus realigning the organization. My basic attitude is that strategies can only be successfully implemented if they have been developed together with employees and, if possible, with business partners.… Continue reading Corporate coach as a companion in strategy development: Ensure success through sustainable implementation!

For the third time, I was recently able to contribute to the exchange between CEOs and executives with a keynote speech at a co-create network meeting. My thanks go to the moderator @VolkerPetersen from @Co-Create GmbH, who reflected the positive feedback on my topic “Perspectives on sustainable management“. In addition to the current crises, the… Continue reading Impulse for co-create management network: Perspectives on sustainable management

“The promotion of sustainable development is the guiding principle of the German federal government’s policy. Economic performance, protection of the natural basis of life and social responsibility must go hand in hand so that developments are sustainable in the long term. The economy is an important player and multiplier for more sustainability.” This is what… Continue reading Implementing and demonstrating sustainable management: What is coming up for medium-sized businesses?

Already published in 2020 and published for the second time last year, the popular scientific work “Alle satt?” (Everyone fed?) by the former head of FiBL (Research Institute for Organic Farming in Frick, Switzerland), Urs Niggli, is a concentrated summary of the view of our food system from the perspective of organic farming. Niggli, one… Continue reading “Eco Pope” Prof. Urs Niggli: Food security with organic farming?

I enjoy listening to the podcast by Dr. Christopher Rauen and Andreas Steinhübel. I was particularly impressed by this episode. The two leading coaches and consultants in Germany sum up the topic of “change“. My experiences of change processes with my clients correspond almost 100%. The approaches of the two experts to successfully shape the… Continue reading Business coaching and more: Rauen and Steinhübel on organizational change

Last week, June 9th, 22, I had the pleasure of moderating a high-level discussion panel at the General Meeting of the German Potato Associations. The SPD member of the Bundestag Isabel Mackensen-Geis, the Rhineland-Palatinate CDU member of the state parliament Johannes Zehfuss and BMEL sub-department head Walter Dübner faced the questions of the potato industry… Continue reading German potato industry in dialogue with politicians in Bad Dürkheim