TI CEO Podcast · episode 33
Why I like trying things out
1-minute summary
In this episode of his CEO diary, Christoph Standl talks about a trait that has been with him for a long time: he likes to try things out. On every topic there is endless information today – you can research, watch videos, ask people, use artificial intelligence and debate for weeks whether an idea might work. At some point, he says, the moment comes to simply try it, because many things cannot be thought through to the end at a desk. With technology, and especially with AI, it only gets interesting for him once it is used in everyday work: What really helps? What saves time? What can customers and the team do with it? At Tourismus Interaktiv, too, new products and business models have been tried again and again – and reality has often answered differently than expected. Not every attempt has to succeed: often, after two weeks, it turns out that something doesn't work or the timing isn't right yet. That, too, is a result, because afterwards you know more than before. His conclusion: stay curious, look closely, understand – and then try it. Big changes often begin with small daily steps.
Description
Some things cannot be thought through to the end at a desk. At some point you have to start trying them. That applies to new technologies as much as to products, processes or business models. With artificial intelligence and automation in particular, I'm interested not only in what is theoretically possible – but above all: what really works in everyday use? At Tourismus Interaktiv, too, we have tested new ideas again and again over the years. And I have learned: an attempt doesn't have to succeed to have been valuable. Sometimes the insight "this doesn't work" or "it's still too early for this" is an important result. For me, curiosity, trying and learning therefore belong directly together. Start. Try. Learn. And then take the next step. Big changes often begin with small daily steps.