Executive Advisory
China Advisory
Chinese organisations act first and formalise later. That is where their pace comes from. As Chief People Officer of BYD I steered this principle from the inside during the market entry in Germany. I show you what your organisation can adopt to get faster, without losing its strengths.
What leadership teams want to know
Leadership teams want to know what works: what is behind China Speed? How do pace, focus and agility come about? What makes Chinese organisations so adaptable?
I give concrete answers: how decisions and work happen there, what carries the success, how focus and work culture take effect, and which principles can be adopted without giving up your own strengths.
Alongside that, the question of how to steer cooperation with Chinese partners, investors and competitors safely, even in a geopolitically demanding environment. Here it helps to truly know both sides.
As CPO of BYD during its market entry in Germany, I experienced from the inside how a Chinese group thinks, decides and works together, grounded in years of engagement with Chinese culture and history.
What can be learned from China
China Speed
Product cycles in months, decisions in days. What makes this pace possible and how it comes about.
Organisation & focus
Where the real edge lies: leadership behaviour, short decision paths, clear priorities and a work culture built for adaptation.
AI as everyday practice
How AI has become the operating system in Chinese organisations and shapes pace, decisions and ways of working.
Mobility & GreenTech
How Chinese manufacturers capture markets in record time and what industry and mobility can take from it.
Proximity to the market
Chinese companies develop close to their own customers, with short feedback loops and fast adaptation. What this market proximity means for products, pace and relevance.
What transfers
Which of these principles really take hold in a European organisation, and how to introduce them without giving up your own strengths.
Formats
Workshop: Half or full day with your leadership team. Prepared for your specific situation.
Sparring: Directly with decision-makers. Before a negotiation, a difficult decision, a visit to China.
Keynote: China Speed and cross-cultural leadership for conferences and industry events.
What you get
A robust assessment, applied specifically to your situation.
Concrete answers to concrete questions: what you can adopt and what you had better not copy, even when that is uncomfortable.
China Speed comes at a price. I know it from my own experience and factor it in, along with the geopolitical situation.
Let's talk.
For a mandate, a sparring session or a keynote.
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