We live in a time of profound and rapid transformation. Economic shifts and technological disruptions are shaking up our businesses, while the advent of generative AI promises huge productivity gains but also profoundly alters the way we work. As a result, our organizations are under intense pressure to seize the opportunity – and change. In … Read more

To Prompt or to be Prompted? Von der KI als Nachfolgerin des Menschen bis zum gemeinsamen “Sense-Making”.

As always, we start by saying what we want to say, and then we say it. The new powerful AI systems that we can’t stop discussing these days raise fears that creative human work will be outsourced. At the heart of these fears is the idea that there will be a clear division of labor … Read more

”Generative AI“ könnte in einen Teufelskreis der Kreativitätslosigkeit geraten. Wie lässt sich das vermeiden?

This is a sneak peek into an upcoming paper on the pitfalls of generative AI, written by our co-founder Markus Peschl. We’ll link it here once it’s published. The AI revolution is all over the media, and rightly so. The technology is indeed impressive. Much has been said about its capabilities, but many observers and … Read more

Prinzip #7: Learning from the Future as it Emerges

List of Articles on our Guiding Principles Prelude: What Organizations Have in Common With Living Systems Principle #1: Radical Openness Principle #2 Sensing the Core Principle #3: Latent Potentials Principle #4 Design und Co-creation Principle #5: Emergence Principle #6: Enabling Principle #7: Learning from the Future as it Emerges This is the final blog post … Read more

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Krypto, Crash und Katharsis

Blockchain technology has been used to supercharge financial markets. Yet, currently, the downsides of crypto investments are more visible than ever. We seem to witness a bursting bubble. Has the crypto hype thus been debunked? Or, once the fog lifts, will we learn which blockchain promise really holds water? A bursting bubble and ensuing crisis … Read more

Prinzip #6: Enabling

List of Articles on our Guiding Principles Prelude: What Organizations Have in Common With Living Systems Principle #1: Radical Openness Principle #2 Sensing the Core Principle #3: Latent Potentials Principle #4 Design und Co-creation Principle #5: Emergence Principle #6: Enabling Principle #7: Learning from the Future as it Emerges Before we get into the topic, … Read more

Perverted Joy: Wie lange Arbeitsstunden zu einem Maß für Leidenschaft wurden

There is no doubt that joyful work is better than joyless work. However, not everything with the label “joyful”, “passion”, or “happiness” lives up to its promise. Often, joy is seen as a means to an end, rather than a goal worth pursuing on its own. There is a major pitfall for any project that … Read more

Future Learning Landscapes: Bildungslandschaften der Zukunft

We have been witnessing a major shift in our learning landscapes, especially in higher education. The importance of the generalist has declined and that of experts has increased. We are faced with exponential knowledge growth, and the accumulated knowledge is more accessible to us than ever before, through digitization. You could also say we are … Read more

List of Articles on our Guiding Principles Prelude: What Organizations Have in Common With Living Systems Principle #1: Radical Openness Principle #2 Sensing the Core Principle #3: Latent Potentials Principle #4 Design und Co-creation Principle #5: Emergence Principle #6: Enabling Principle #7: Learning from the Future as it Emerges This is a blog post in … Read more

Design and co-creation

List of Articles on our Guiding Principles Prelude: What Organizations Have in Common With Living Systems Principle #1: Radical Openness Principle #2 Sensing the Core Principle #3: Latent Potentials Principle #4 Design und Co-creation Principle #5: Emergence Principle #6: Enabling Principle #7: Learning from the Future as it Emerges This article is one of a … Read more

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