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Space heavily influences our well-being and our performance – this has been nothing new for a long time. Also, the fact that activities require different environments has gotten around; hence we no longer spend the whole day at our work desk. Future-oriented companies try to integrate the needs of their employees and the requirements of … Read more

The 21st century presents us with numerous complex challenges. We’re facing a climate crisis and other environmental emergencies. The digitization and its effect on our lives become increasingly demanding. All this is happening against the background of growing competition in an increasingly global market. Some consider radical innovation as a solution to these challenges. However, … Read more

Over the last months we (at theLivingCore) have put ourselves in an observer position tracing and juggling predictions about what a post-corona office may look like, respectively if we will need offices at all in the future. Predictions made by trend experts at the beginning of the pandemic gave hope to many people: “we all … Read more

Today, as the question of the future of work becomes increasingly urgent, we hear a plethora of different answers. Many of them claim to have a patent remedy at their disposal. Yet, different urban ecosystems face different conditions. While some areas are high-growth innovation hubs, others face stalling growth figures. However, these differences should not … Read more

In this blog post, we would like to show you our Knowledge Creation Cube: a tool that enables us to present and plan innovation and knowledge processes in an agile and dynamic way. The Cube is a handy yet essential instrument for wielding the complex challenges of “New Work”. It can evaluate processes subject to … Read more

Climate change is forcing us to rethink how we will travel in the future. As a consequence, the end of the combustion engine is looming large. In the long term, the CO2 emissions of gasoline and diesel engines cannot be reconciled with efforts to create an emissions-neutral lifestyle; a fact that is gaining increasing acceptance … Read more

After all these thoughts on innovation, on “learning from the future as it emerges” and on the distinction between “purpose” and “meaning,” it is now time to think about the difference between potentials and trends. Even though both lie in the future, and even though innovation is relevant to both of them, they are different … Read more

Emergent innovation uses the future as its origin and is based on a deep knowledge of the subject of innovation. A profound understanding of the innermost core of the innovation subject (and its potentials) helps us to see what seeks to evolve or emerge from it. This approach of “learning from the future as it … 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 Introducing the first guiding principle of … Read more

Teals are increasingly making their way into our working environments, bringing a special focus on personal responsibility, autonomy and purpose. We analyzed this young phenomenon and collected our experience with teals as well as their effects on organisations and office landscapes. You will find them summarized in this article. In contrast to millennials, the term … Read more