I’m not really sure if I understand this correctly. A student started with a completely simple action. She set herself in front of the Swedish parliament and went on strike. She was advocating for something. Many of us acknowledged that more and more young people were following her example – but the media discussions were […]
Recently at a little Sunday afternoon get-together, an 8-year-old boy was engrossed in a Carrera race track catalog for hours. He studied it with full concentration and then challenged me to a duel: Who can draw the best race car? This reminded so much of the son of my former girlfriend. At 8 years old, […]
In my Xing Insider Article “Wir müssen die aktuellen Lehrmethoden auf den Kopf stellen”, I write: “Digitalization is currently challenging us – in our private lives and in our careers. Job profiles are constantly changing, new technologies are created. What our working environment will look like in 20 years is anybody’s guess. We, as well […]
The first results of our Scrum4Schools initiative show that a Scrum-like approach for teaching students actually helps them learn more quickly and with more satisfaction. We will continue supporting more and more schools in Germany and Austria who want to practice Scrum4Schools. However, there are several studies showing that millions of children don’t even go […]
Holacracy, New Work, Sociocracy and Sociocracy 3.0, agile work and self-organization – these hip buzzwords get wildly tossed around. Arne Bollinger is an expert in Sociocracy 3.0 (S3) and gives an overview of all these methods, which are partially built upon one another and – what else – licensed. Someone wants to make money with […]
The buzzword “New Work” has popped up excessively in every magazine and newspaper in the last few months. This term is used to sell almost anything: Yoga for management, expensive and wonderful lounges (formerly the coffee kitchen) and, of course, the idea that every start-up is good and we just need to bring this hip […]
“You are not mature enough to tell it like it is,” she [Greta Thunberg]said at the COP24 summit, which ended late Saturday night after two weeks of tense negotiations. “Even that burden you leave to us children. But I don’t care about being popular. I care about climate justice and the living planet.” (CNN) In […]
Maybe you’ve seen this: Small children resist when they should sit quietly while eating, should eat what their parents serve them and then also pretend as if they like it. They react with crying, frustration and temper tantrums. Shaking their heads, parents ask their friends and acquaintances what can be done. The child is simply […]
