German Perfection vs American Speed?

Are you a perfectionist, or are you usually ok with delivering
something as “sufficient”? Learn with us how different cultures can
have different baselines, and which approach is more feasible in
today’s time – do we need to be perfect or fast? This second
English episode feels like a natural continuation of the first "The
Role of Culture in Leadership" because the topics build on each
other: In the first English episode, fundamental cultural
assumptions and associations are discussed, while in this second
episode, the cultural differences are translated more into the
business/technology world. This also entails a slight departure
from leadership towards strategy and innovation bringing
interesting learnings to light. Perfection vs. Speed Andreas and
Shahzeeb discuss how the “German Engineering-culture” has been
historically focused on perfection – and how this has been key to
the rise of Germany as a global export champion after the war,
including the “Made in Germany”-stamp becoming a well-recognized
synonym for quality. On the other hand, past two decades have shown
how fast development and shipping of technology – predominantly
from the Silicon Valley in the United States – has been disruptive
for many industries across the globe vanishing giants which
previously seemed unbeatable. Have times changed? Does this mean
that going forward, we will not have enough time to make a product
perfect? Are “slow companies” going to disappear? What is the role
of the users? How can leaders create the right atmosphere for good
products? Listen in to this episode if these questions made you
curious.