My work here is done
For the past six years I've run a company that takes good care of it's employees, has happy customers and has financials for sustainable profitable growth. Wunderkraut has grown approximately 1000% organically during the past five years and on top of this we've done mergers and acquisitions. Today the company is closer to 200 people and hundreds of happy customers all over Europe.
The future looks bright at the moment. All of our core digital markets in Europe look great, Drupal 8 is finally out, hiring is relatively easy and we've managed to grow even in the challenging markets of 2015. The company is in good shape to continue steady growth for the future years. I've often said that the job of a CEO is to make sure he or she is not needed. My work here is done, everything works without me. This is the perfect moment for me to consider new challenges. Wunderkraut will continue operating as a network of independent and cross functional teams working together to reach common goals. This structure makes the company very resilient and innovative, it combines many benefits of smaller startups with the scale of a larger company. It’s truly self organising, the company really doesn’t need a CEO at this point. This means I'm able to take a look at new opportunities for the first time in a long time: Get more involved with startups, help professional services organisations to improve, help large organisations adopt agile management and improve their digital offerings, and so on. I'm excited to have the opportunity to take the lessons learned in the past 20 years in the digital industry and put them to good use at a different setting. My future plans are still mostly open at this point, 2016 will be a great year to both myself and Wunderkraut!