At the beginning of 2024, there were nearly thirteen thousand cryptocurrencies. Investors and speculators have poured more than two trillion dollars into the system, two-thirds of it into Bitcoin and Ethereum alone. Fifteen years after the initial release of Bitcoin, however, most people only know about the money-making potential of blockchain networks. And those entering…
The Medical University of Graz’s new strategic profile has emerged as a model of how academic institutions can lead the way in the convergence of medical education, research, and entrepreneurship. It is an area in which many academic institutions are still lagging behind. However, the Medical University of Graz developed a vision of how technology…
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…
In Europe, we face a huge gap of untouched intellectual potential. On one side of the gap, we have highly competitive, research-intensive universities. This is particularly true of biomedical research. On the other side, we have investors ready to exploit these results. However, on one side, we have young, highly talented, and motivated students and…
Author: Lena Müller-Naendrup We have recently been working on a stimulating project in the mountainous Austrian region of Vorarlberg. Alongside the dedicated local team in Ludesch, the small town located at the entrance gate to the serene Walgau valley, we have embarked on the transformation of a disused quarry. Our mission? To uncover fresh possibilities…
Author: Lena Müller-Naendrup Strolling around in small, provincial villages and towns across Europe has become increasingly depressing over the past decades. Deserted local centers with empty, dusted shop windows and little daily activities to observe have created the characteristic picture of contemporary village life. The city’s promise of economic and cultural prosperity, social attachment, and…
by Thomas Fundneider How to develop a strategy? Come on, I know how to develop strategies, you might say. There are related questions which are not trivial, such as how to put strategy into action or how to design the process both bottom-up and top-down, nevertheless strategy development is an established process. So, why to…
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 repositioning, development of new products and services, building a culture of innovation Transformation of a furniture manufacturer from producer of tables and chairs to a provider of new integrated settings for the world of work and learning. Development of a strategic framework for the next 5-7 years, to serve (1) as a roadmap toward…
