The appreciation that Germans have for individual competence and their aversion towards incalculable risks sometimes set the condition of a certain degree of caution used when working with innovations.
Therefore, it fits the bill that German companies always approach the execution of updates and improvements in a cautious and well thought-out manner. All of the pros and cons must be carefully weighed, and all influential factors taken into consideration before a critical decision is made.
In this case, a qualified expert will often be called in to assist. “Professional quality management is often the condition for the commissioning of tasks. This is often bound together with unnecessary effort, especially in the case of small businesses; often the incorporation of external consultants is better”, explained an expert from the Chamber of Crafts in an article.
And so there exist a plethora of external experts, consultants, institutions, and established norms for German business owners to turn to in case they should lose perspective in the tangle of modern innovation.
These exist to help to make well-founded and analytically grounded decisions. It has even developed into its own field of study at many technical and business colleges: studies to the systematic approach of solving problems and to the development of complete solutions have begun to fill textbooks and lesson plans.
These approaches help to calculate multiple types of risk in advance, thereby countering the deeply rooted nervousness that comes together with risks and unforeseen situations.
