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How can we invite a whole large organization to co-create change at scale? – OpenSpace Beta Self-organization and agility are THE buzzwords in business right now. And even when you have not heard about those, at some point you have to ask yourself, how can I architecture my […]

An organization is the collective story we tell and believe. Once upon a time, there was a social group of people that came together during the evenings, when they were done with their work of the day. They gathered around a campfire and shared what they had seen, […]
What story does your organization tell?

The Cynefin framework The Cynefin framework helps leaders and managers to identify how they perceive situations and make sense of what actions are appropriate for their given context. Essentially it is a sense-making device that asks what context are you in and builds on the premise that different situations […]
The Cynefin framework – A sense-making device

AUGENHÖHE film AUGENHÖHE is a german documentary about alternative ways of working. The english translation is ‘on equal footing’. It portrays six organizations from various industries and sectors ranging from SMEs (Small and Medium sized Enterprises) that are family owned to large multinational corporations. All these companies work differently, […]
AUGENHÖHE film

Last week I came across an article that triggered me in several ways, which I will outline below. My intention is not to pick on the author or the presented viewpoints, in fact I agree to some of them actually, however, I believe that looking at the statements closer unveils […]
Business as a force for the greater Good – Purpose ...

This is the transcript of my very first speech with HumanBusiness on the future of work and how the Generation Y is changing it. It is a mix of reflection of my own experiences as well as building on insights of other people. The worst generation? The Generation Y, […]
How the Generation Y is changing the way we work

As part of the Europe trip with the Reinvention Movie I had the opportunity to share my perspective on the future of work as part of “A future beyond HR” – think tank organized from 2bahead. The following is the manuscript for my speech about the journey towards ourselves given […]
The journey towards ourselves – How does work change when ...
The Reinvention Documentary team will be traveling throughout Europe capturing authentic transformation stories that will allow to transform ourselves, humans and organizations. We will be sharing inspiring stories from people that have faced their greatest challenges in the work context in order to create happiness and abundance in their lives. […]
Reinvention Europe trip – Infographic

Hejhej! Here comes a long overdue update from HumanBusiness. The last months have been busy with exploration of different projects and directions as well as intro-perspective on the experiences made. There have been a lot of learnings on the way towards a more human way of working, which I […]
An update from HumanBusiness

Can an organization grow profitable on a long-term perspective and provide value to customers over and over again, by bringing out the full potential of every employee? In the following I am sharing a case study of how inspiring work can be. I am going to take a […]
OSCAR – Case study

[amazon asin=1594484805&template=image&chan=humanbusiness] Dan Pink shines scientific proven light on what drives us – intrinsic motivation or extrinsic incentives? Mismatch between what science knows and what business does Imagine I have a great business idea and would suggest you the following business model. I would work with a group […]
Drive – The surprising truth about what motivates us

Consensus Democracy is a community building process tool that satisfies the needs of all stakeholders involved. Responsibility of own actions Consensus Democracy realizes the impact and the responsibility of own actions on other people. It is born out of the idea of Uwe Lübbermann who started the Premium […]
Consensus Democracy

Is it possible to create a culture where individual, selfish actions at the same time are altruistic and benefit the culture we are part of? What is our ethical norm? Imagine we are working at an organization that is cutting corners by giving small gifts to state officials or […]
Synergy: Patterns of culture

Can an organization satisfy the needs of all its stakeholders, while keeping an own identity and growing constantly? Making everyone happy For many organizations it is already difficult to just satisfy their own employees and many struggle to keep their customers happy. How can a network of around […]
The Premium Collective Case Study

Motivation-hygiene theory “The human animal has two categories of needs. One set stems from his animal disposition, that side of him previously referred to as the Adam view of man; it is centered on the avoidance of loss of life, hunger, pain, sexual deprivation, and on other primary drives, in […]