Dieter Schoon has studied pyschologie and employment law at Bamberg university. His professional life began in 1992 working at Gemini Consulting, later on at Cap Gemini Ernst and Young as a consultant for questions about employees and organisational developement. In 2000 he switched to the newly founded strategy consulting firm Cell Consulting as the responsible for germany still for the same questions and additinally as marketing manager. In 2003 Dieter Schoon left to support the managment of Advanced Micro Devises (AMD) in planning of staff and organisations for the new microship factory »Fabrik 36«. In 2004 he switched to the stop of the staffsector of itelligence AG in Biefefeld. Since then Dieter Schoon is responsible for the strategic and operative issues of staff at itelligence AG Head of HR worldwide. Herbert Vogel was born in 1953. He studied electrotechnology at the university of Paderborn until 1975 and afterwards computer science in Berlin. He started his professional carrer in 1978 as a EDP- system analyst at »Blaupunkt«. In 1980 he transfered to Bertelsmann working as a project leader and three years later to Mohndruck, where he became the head of department for buying/logistics in 1985. Since 1987 Herbert Vogel works as a freelance buisnessconsultant. On the 21st of June 1989 Herbert Vogel cofounded with Wolfgang Schmidt S&P Consult, which developed into SVC AG and later on to itelligence AG. Since founding the compamy Herbert Vogel is the director or rather managment board member and since march 1999 spokesman of the board of SVC AG and after the junction also of the itelligence AG.- Since Janary 2001 he is chairman of the board of itelligence AG.

Dieter Schoon (Global Head of Human Resources itelligence AG)
Business Heroes Worldwide - The Story So Far ...

Herbert Vogel (Chairman of the Board of itelligence AG)
The Conquest Of America - Part 2

Juan Carlos Encio Mugica, Spain
If Something Can Go Wrong It Goes Wrong - So You Will Fix It!

Jean-Yves Popovich, Canada
Old World And New World - One World

Alexander Gebhard, Malaysia
The Quest For The New

Reiko Miyajima, Japan
The Plastic Disc

Tom Saeys, Netherlands
KAUST - A World Within A World

Ina Baum, Germany
Intercultural Intermission: The Long Run - And Lots Of Short Cuts

Krzysztof Witczak, Poland
Business Cards

David Cairat, France
"Lost In Translation" - Found In Japan

Armin Frei, Switzerland
Convincing Or Headstrong?

Toru Yamashita, Japan (President and CEO of NTT Data Group)
An Interview: The Marvellous Parts Of IT Industry

Hans Schlegel, Germany (Former Member of the Board SAP AG)
The First Ten Years Of The Internationalization Of SAP

Jennifer Roach, USA
It's The Culture

Xiaodong Liam Song, China
Way Out! - Earthquake In Japan And My Way Up

Rajmund Pavla, Czech Republic
Dealing With Bicycles And Bytes

Thomas Stig Nielson, Denmark
IT Evolves With Your Business - Choose It!

Roman Peresypkin, Russia
Starting Signals

Alexander Baev, Russia
Our Understanding Of "Meeting"

Leanne Gregson, Great Britain
Well, This Is It

Robert Leitner, Austria
A Day's Long Journey On My Way To Austrian SMBs

István Pótsa, Hungary
"There Is No Cold!"

The Editors

This book has been gathered
from the employees of itelligence AG
and is dedicated to all go-betweens
amongst the cultures of our world.