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Let’s face it: we live at a time when government is less and less powerful, less and less effective, and the agent of social change, at least for the immediate future, is the corporation. – Tibor Kalman

You reached the Business side of HumanBusiness. Find thoughts on how to become a human-centric organization here. We also share examples and advantages of businesses who put the human in the center of all their activities. Enjoy and get inspired!

A good way to get introduced to the human-centric organization is covered in how to treat misbehavior, which explains the basic ideas and advantages.

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Portrait of the Businesshumanizer — This is my authentic story of what it means to being alive in five acts. ACT I – Waking up During my first work experience in Germany, I thought of ending my life. I felt miserable, because I was not seen, heard, respected, and had few opportunities […]

A human at work evolves

5th February 2021 in Awareness / Business / Human / Inspiring person / Motivational Highlight / Self-awareness / Values tagged evolution / learning by Businesshumanizer

OpenSpace Beta book — 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 […]

OpenSpace Beta – A handbook for organizational transformation in just ...

23rd November 2018 in Book review / Business / Method tagged OpenSpace / self-organization by Businesshumanizer

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?

21st November 2018 in Awareness / Business / Human / Purpose / Values by Businesshumanizer

The Cynefin framework – A sense-making device

9th November 2018 in Awareness / Business by Businesshumanizer

AUGENHÖHE film

12th October 2018 in Action / Awareness / Business / Human / Motivational Highlight by Businesshumanizer

Purpose as guiding start — 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 ...

27th September 2018 in Awareness / Business / Purpose by Businesshumanizer

Human-centric organization concept — 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

16th September 2018 in Action / Business / Human / Self-awareness by Businesshumanizer

socal interaction — 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 ...

26th July 2018 in Business / Human / Self-awareness tagged inner work by Businesshumanizer

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

4th April 2018 in Action / Business / Human / Purpose by Businesshumanizer

An update from HumanBusiness

15th March 2018 in Business / Human / Motivational Highlight by Businesshumanizer

OSCAR employees — 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

29th July 2017 in Action / Business / Case study tagged employee engagement / full potential / human-centric by Businesshumanizer

Drive cover, Motivation — [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

13th July 2017 in Book review / Business / Human tagged autonomy / intrinsic / mastery / motivation / Purpose by Businesshumanizer

Consensus Democracy

7th July 2017 in Action / Business / Human tagged Diversity / Equality by Businesshumanizer

Synergy: hands holding the arms of others to be strong together — 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

23rd June 2017 in Action / Book review / Business / Human tagged Culture by Businesshumanizer

The Premium Collective Cola — 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

15th June 2017 in Action / Business / Case study tagged Collective intelligence / Trust by Businesshumanizer

Herzberg two-factor theory of motivation — 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 […]

Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory of Motivation

15th May 2017 in Action / Awareness / Business / Human tagged motivation / work environment by Businesshumanizer

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

4th May 2017 in Action / Book review / Business / Human tagged human nature / Maslow / Needs by Businesshumanizer

burnout, sick — The way we work and organize work is not suitable for the complex tasks we face today. Combined with the pace of change we experience, we need a new approach to work. In a series of posts, I will look at what the problem with our current system is, […]

The way we work makes us sick

5th April 2017 in Awareness / Business / Human tagged video / well-being by Businesshumanizer

Sustainability — What is sustainability? When I hear sustainability I immediately think about nature and how it is destroyed by us humans. I think about the environment, the planet we live on and the limited resources we have. I think about air pollution, deforestation, overfishing, meat consumption or fossil fuels. But that […]

Framework for strategic sustainable development

31st March 2017 in Action / Business / Human tagged sustainable development by Businesshumanizer

The Fred Factor

5th March 2017 in Business / Human / Motivational Highlight / Purpose tagged personalized service / Sanborn / work attitude by Businesshumanizer

Human-centered design

20th February 2017 in Awareness / Business tagged human-centered design by Businesshumanizer

Seljak Brand The Australian Seljak Brand proves that a sustainable business model with local materials, which others consider as waste, is not only possible, but it can lead to creating beautiful and valuable products. Circular economy Seljak Brand applies the circular model in their production process, which sees […]