Medium-sized company thinks 100 years ahead: Interview with Johannes Winklhofer from iwis

Part 1: 10 entrepreneur commandments for the future

Moving into the future with 10 entrepreneurial commandments from long ago. Welcome to a top entrepreneur interview. The Munich-based company iwis has around 3000 employees worldwide and has grown successfully many times over since we met. Iwis is one of our clients. I spoke with owner and boss Johannes Winklhofer about how he developed iwis and made it more future-proof. We bring you the interview in four parts. In this first part we talk about a special feature of iwis. At iwis, we work according to the 10 Commandments for Forward Strivers. If that sounds a little old to you, there’s a special reason.

Part 2: “I am a trustee for the next generation”.

Long-term thinking entrepreneurs are only trustees for the next generation. In the second part of the interview, Mr. Winklhofer shares with us how he manages to run his company with a 30-year horizon.

Part 3: Medium-sized company thinks 100 years ahead

Thinking 100 years ahead… as a medium-sized entrepreneur, that’s what the third part of my interview with Johannes Winklhofer is all about. In this part, Mr. Winklhofer explains to us what he actually developed a picture of the future of his company iwis for the year 2116.

Part 4: “How we profit from megatrends”.

Megatrends are a matter for the boss… In the fourth part of my interview with top entrepreneur Johannes Winklhofer, I asked him about how he developed iwis strategically and made it more future-proof. In this final installment, he reveals how he aligns with and profits from megatrends.