About this episode

In this episode, Donna P. Mitchell discusses with Jürgen Dauk the importance of a people-centric leadership operating system in achieving successful technology transformations and profit.

70% of technology transformations fail. Not because of the technology, but because of the gap between the strategy and the people who have to live it. In this episode, Donna P. Mitchell sits down with Jürgen Dauk, author of the best-selling The Leadership Operating System and a former enterprise technology executive who led sales, operations, and business transformation across global companies including Oracle and Avaya. Jürgen has integrated multiple acquired SaaS companies into one coherent business, and today he advises senior leaders and boards on building leadership systems that create faster decisions, clearer ownership, and outcome-driven execution. Most leaders chase profit directly. Jürgen makes the case that profit is an outcome, not a goal, and that when you build a people-centric operating system, growth and profit follow. Together they unpack why transformations lose their soul in the silos, what a vision-first starting point really looks like, and how to bring people through the AI era with respect instead of fear. TOPICS COVERED: - Why profit is an outcome, not a goal - What a Leadership Operating System is and why it matters now - The vision-first starting point…

People in this episode

Host: Donna P. Mitchell

Guest: Jürgen Dauk

Topics covered

• technology transformation
• leadership
• people-centric operating system
• profit as an outcome
• AI era
• business integration

Keywords

• technology transformation
• leadership operating system
• profit
• AI era
• business integration
• people-centric
• decision making

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Oracle, Avaya

Books & works: The Leadership Operating System

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