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I write about business models, decisions and the work of implementation: the tasks involved, what has worked and where experience has changed my view. Guest contributions add other perspectives.
Wolf Lotter · Guest contribution
23 September 2026
Quiet! The end of inattention — why we need less noise to think more clearly
The West is experiencing a collective nervous breakdown. We rush, post and hold meetings, mistaking the shrill background noise of keyboards, smartphones and Slack notifications for genuine productivity. Racing through …
Urs Treuthardt
6 April 2026
What a time to be alive: my eureka moment between AI, business and being human
Last Friday morning, everything I had been considering over the previous six months suddenly came together: new professional roles, my own business, family life, the much-discussed transformation, working with AI and how …
Urs Treuthardt
26 November 2025
Lessons from advising destinations, conference venues and places for meaningful encounters
I admit that I am still not sure whether becoming self-employed at a time when almost everything seems to be changing was particularly wise. It is a period of transformation, rethinking and questions about what growth …
Michael Gleich · Guest contribution
15 October 2025
Better decisions depend on dialogue
Dialogue is a wonderfully expressive word. It combines the Greek dia, meaning ‘through’, and logos, meaning ‘word’ or ‘meaning’: an exchange of words through which meaning flows and becomes apparent. Remembering its …
Urs Treuthardt
16 September 2025
Why have we stopped making time for genuine dialogue?
My second blog post deliberately begins with a question. It is the question occupying me most at the moment. Are we not living at a time when everyone says that dialogue between people is the only way forward? That …
Urs Treuthardt
11 August 2025
No way round it
When people enter data:room by occursus for the first time, the question is almost always the same: ‘Urs, great space — but what does it have to do with data?’ Often followed by: ‘I thought there would be more data …