Axel Winter

Building Digital and AI Business across Asia

Why I Spent My Sunday Installing an AI Agent — And Why Every Leader Should

A senior leader’s hands-on Sunday experiment with OpenClaw and agentic AI — and why every organization should honestly reassess their enterprise technology spend before the next big initiative.


15.03.2026 0

Defining the Next Era of Luxury Ecosystems: Reflections from Shoptalk Luxe Abu Dhabi

Frameworks for luxury retail digital transformation from Shoptalk Luxe Abu Dhabi — Omni-Channel Multiplier, O2O Attribution, the POS Blind Spot, and why the definition of exclusivity is shifting from physical space to orchestrated customer journeys.


10.03.2026 0

AI Predictions 2026

We are leaving the magic trick phase of AI. By 2026, the hype cycle crashes into the economic reality of physics, power, and P&L — here are the shifts every business leader needs to prepare for.


31.12.2025 0

Building the Tech Future: How I Got Into Technology

At the end of the eighties, I studied in Germany, focusing on a business and economics degree, and started working a bit in my family’s company. I was so excited about this degree that I started writing the software my family business was to use, and even sold it to two more firms. Since my…
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14.12.2025 0

Reinvent IT: Build the Future — Don’t Rent It.

In the era of AI, the question for every business leader isn’t whether to transform — it’s whether to do it smart or stay stuck. We are at a strategic inflection point where the traditional IT playbook is not just outdated; it’s a liability. When fintech giant Klarna announces plans to “Shut Down SaaS Providers”…
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25.07.2025 0

Corporate Innovation

Podcast Version. Introduction Since my early days in technology, I’ve been captivated by a fundamental question: how do we consistently generate new products and services that drive growth and productivity at speed? This question has propelled me on an insightful journey across diverse organizations, where I’ve witnessed firsthand how technology can drive powerful change when…
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07.01.2025 0

Global Tech Investment Trends

Pivot Digital and InAdvance Consulting Group’s global Technology Trend Survey — how firms across continents are investing in innovation, and what the data reveals about where enterprise tech spend is actually going.


22.09.2024 0

The Future of Retail is Colorful: Insights from Huawei APAC 2022

At Huawei APAC Digital Innovation Congress 2022 in Singapore, I had the great opportunity to share my thoughts on the future of the Retail industry. Retail’s future is colorful because it drives, above all other industries, the new consumer vertical and allows for innovation, experimenting, and constant engagement. Similar to banks competing with FinTech, the…
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23.05.2022 0
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The “CTO Mafia”: Reflections on Building Thailand’s Most Effective Tech Engine

Looking back at our Central Tech Alumni gatherings, it strikes me that this wasn’t just a “team”—it was an era. Our journey began in Feb 2017, when I was given the mandate to build the Central Technology Organization from scratch. Fast forward to today, and that original team has evolved into what we now jokingly…
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08.05.2022 0

Corporate Consultants Are In Disruption

The unfortunate truth about corporate consulting — why a few major players are responsible for the lack of digitization in corporations, and which firms are actually reinventing themselves.


13.08.2021 0