ESMT Berlin is regularly featured in national and international media outlets. In our newsroom, we showcase selected highlights that present the exceptional achievements of our faculty, including their research activities, and offer valuable contributions to discussions in business, academia, and broader societal debates.
China is far more than just a sales market and production location: as a technological superpower, the country is changing the competitive landscape. For European companies, it will be crucial to determine where they can expand their own strengths and where they can integrate Chinese innovation.
Being an introvert means, above all, recharging your batteries in quiet settings rather than in the hustle and bustle. This has nothing to do with performance, however—even though companies often treat introverts as second-class employees.
The GDR “public housing complexes” on Berlin’s Alexanderplatz, as well as the State Council building, offered him the opportunity for individual design within a collective: On the death of East Berlin’s city architect, Roland Korn.
Based on my more than 15 years of experience coaching executives, there's one thing I can say with certainty about the leaders who come to my sessions: they read books. They can explain emotional intelligence, name their own stress patterns, and cite research on self-awareness. Some can even recite their own personality assessment results from memory.
The more AI writes proposals and handles customer service, the faster the most important element in B2B business disappears: trust. That is precisely what is now becoming a decisive competitive advantage.
AI makes many tasks faster, but those who use it passively often lose touch with their own work. The key is to use AI not as a replacement, but as a partner in thinking. This way, motivation, personal responsibility, and creativity are preserved.
After more than fifteen years of coaching senior executives, I can make a safe bet about the leaders who walk into my sessions: they have read the books. They can explain emotional intelligence, name their stress patterns, and quote the research on self-awareness. Some can quote their own personality assessments by heart.
July 20, 2026
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WirtschaftsWoche reports that the German government plans to hold an international investor summit, hosted at ESMT Berlin, in October and aiming to secure investment commitments worth billions of euros.
In ZDFheute, Jörg Rocholl, president of ESMT Berlin, assesses the government’s planned package to reduce bureaucracy. Drawing on ESMT Berlin’s Bureaucracy Index, he says the measures could mark a turning point by signaling that policymakers no longer want to expand bureaucracy.
In the latest CEO.Pick, Tina Manker, team coach for startups and high-performance teams in the DEEP Pioneers program at DEEP – Institute for Deep Tech Innovation at ESMT Berlin, explains why high-performing teams learn together. She shows how regular reflection and timely, honest feedback strengthen both performance and team relationships.
In California Management Review, Bianca Schmitz, lecturer at ESMT Berlin, and Olaf Plötner, professor at ESMT Berlin, examine how geopolitical fragmentation is reshaping multinational companies. They argue that “confederated communities” can balance global coordination with greater regional decision-making authority.
In the latest CEO.Pick, Tina Manker, team coach for startups and high-performance teams in the DEEP Pioneers program at DEEP – Institute for Deep Tech Innovation at ESMT Berlin, explains why high-performing teams do not avoid disagreement. She argues that honest conversations and constructive feedback build trust, address problems early, and strengthen collaboration.
In an ESMT Berlin contributor article, Tina Manker, team coach for startups and high-performance teams in the DEEP Pioneers program at DEEP – Institute for Deep Tech Innovation at ESMT Berlin, argues that the long-term success of deep tech ventures depends as much on building resilient founding teams as on developing breakthrough technologies.
In a guest article for Frankfurter Allgemeine, Peter Wittig, former German ambassador to the United States and senior advisor at Schaeffler Group who also teaches at ESMT Berlin, argues that Europe must rethink its transatlantic relationship in response to shifting US priorities.
In a guest article for Frankfurter Allgemeine, Jörg Rocholl, president of ESMT Berlin and member of Germany’s Pension Commission, argues that the proposed equity-based pension system will only succeed if investment decisions remain independent of political influence.
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