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Your organization has undergone a strategy process and found a new way forward. Now the time has come to make structural changes and transform the organization hands-on: new teams, clearer roles, different ways of working together. The plan is sound. But between the org chart and the living reality of how work actually happens lies … Read more

In urban planning, we tend to focus on the built: offices, houses, retail, infrastructure, sort of what is addressable on Google Maps. Everything else is either invisible or treated as a development opportunity by real estate companies. I believe this is a profound planning error. A special kind of space, the so-called in-between space, eludes … Read more

The end of planning as we knew it Over the past two decades, European organizations have become remarkably good at developing strategies. The toolkits are sophisticated, the offsite formats are polished, the slide decks are impressive. And yet, something has shifted. Not in the methods, but in the ground beneath them. Germany’s economy contracted in … Read more

“What if we were to think of education as opening out into a terrain that is ever-unfolding? What if it were a way of studying with the world we inhabit, rather than making studies of the beings and things we find there?” (Ingold 2022, ii). From Knowledge Transfer to Co-Becoming: Why Education Needs a Radical … Read more

We live in a world where billion-dollar budgets are lavished on sci-fi fantasies—flying cars, conscious AI, off-world colonies. Yet the idea of redesigning something as simple as the school day or the work week still feels wildly unrealistic. Somehow, it’s easier to imagine life on Mars than a better Monday here on Earth. This strange … Read more

Over the past months, we have been exploring a crucial question: What makes a city truly livable? This question isn’t just on our minds, it’s on the minds of city governments, officials, researchers, and most importantly, citizens across the globe. From bustling metropolises to quieter towns, the concept of “livability” concerns everyone. But improving the … Read more

The digital layer of our world is rapidly expanding, and even more so today due to disruptive technologies such as generative AI. The latter is especially driving record-breaking adoption rates for digital tools and services (McKinsey, 2023). In the meantime, this has become a commonplace. Something we tend to pay less attention to, however, is … Read more

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

A functioning workplace isn’t automatically a great one. Sure, a desk, ergonomic chair, solid Wi-Fi, and meeting rooms tick the basic boxes, but do they inspire people to think, collaborate, and create at their best? Generally, we tend to think that what makes a space is simply what’s in it and how it’s used. But … Read more

We’ve been writing about regenerative business models for some time now. To cut a long story short: The time is high for ecological change, and policies have been laid out to make it happen, at least in the European Union. ESG reporting (standing for ecological/social/governance) has become a significant transition in our organizations, especially mid-sized … Read more