Bridging communication gaps in the workplace: Interview with Flips co-founder Benedikt Ilg
Summary
Their vision was to create a centralized solution that serves as a single point of contact for businesses and their employees, ensuring equal access to essential resources, corporate updates, and various opportunities for all staff members. Having raised my concerns with the management team at Porsche, they recognised the merit of a platform, designed for the deskless worker, that could be integrated into existing IT systems, bridging the gap between all branches of an enterprise. At the early stage of Flip, we were using a co-working space and our first neighbour was Martina Merz, who many will recognise as the hugely successful CEO of Thyssen-Krupp and the aptly named “most powerful woman in the German economy”. Bridging the gap between communications, HR and IT, Flip’s innovative, interactive technology equips users with instant access to news, information, and services relevant to them, no matter where they are in the world. In the fast-paced world of these large corporations, 42 minutes can make a significant difference in the course of a single day, with the technology allowing frontline workers to have the flexibility and opportunities afforded to computer-based employees.