Markus F. Peschl „On the side of education, this is a matter of overthrowing the traditional view of pedagogy as the inter-generational transmission of authorised knowledge. Education is not a ‘stilling in’ but a ‘leading out’, which opens paths of intellectual growth and discovery without predetermined outcomes or fixed end-points. It is about attending to…
Author: Lena Müller-Naendrup Climate change is one of the most pressing global issues of our time, with its devastating effects felt by communities worldwide. The sheer complexity of the problem can leave us feeling helpless and overwhelmed. Nevertheless, there is a widespread belief that technology is the key to solving the devastating climate crisis. Various…
Author: Oliver Lukitsch 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…
Author: Oliver Lukitsch 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…
This article is one of a series of blog posts in which we, the theLivingCore, present our fundamental guiding principles. We already introduced the scientific groundwork of our approach and the first of our seven principles – the principle of radical openness. And as you might guess, this time we’re going to share our second…
Conception and realization of the award-winning center for disruptive innovation to serve the entire Merck Group worldwide Merck is one of the worldwide leading technology companies in innovative healthcare, life science, and performance materials. Using the Enabling Space approach, theLivingCore developed a holistic innovation ecosystem – the Merck Innovation Center – steering the whole Merck…
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…
Strategic development, design and realization of an innovation-driven work environment, implementation of a holistic transformation program Point of departure for this project was the client’s need to accommodate for rapid growth and their organizational evolution: This was seen as an opportunity to blend the office move with a strategic re-design of their “organizational operating system”;…
