About this episode
In this episode of CoreShift, Nicole Wehner speaks to Thorsten Korell, CEO of Option 4.0 AG. His career began in the early days of online banking and spans right through to the AI projects he is responsible for today. The conversation centres on what an IT service provider needs to remain relevant over the course of decades. Thorsten Korell talks about perseverance and the role of the team. He also discusses how he can tell whether a partnership is going to work. Why football and half-marathons keep cropping up becomes clear as the episode progresses.
In the second part of the episode, Thorsten Korell explains what companies should look out for before launching a project, and why quality and reliability carry more weight than price when selecting a service provider. He also addresses the question of which Microsoft skills play a role in this and how collaboration within the collana Group comes into play here.
