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Insights from the future of work: Interviews, articles, podcasts, tools, videos, publications & more about our experiences in transformation projects and as a lab for new ways of organizing.

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Prototyping the future of leadership

The Art and Practice of Co-Creating Future-Ready Organizations: An insight into our next:pedition learning lab. Are you ready to unlock your leadership potential?

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Do We Need Organizational Development Goals?

Commercial organizations have enormous impact in the sustainability arena. Their footprints, their handprints and their adaptation speed can make or break the path towards desirable futures on planet Earth.

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Shaping next:land - (De-)Constructing Leadership

In June 2022, we co-hosted the first "Shaping next:land" conference together with WELSER PROFILE: Two days of exploration among leaders and top executives to unpack the future of leadership.

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The Challenges of Leadership in Self-Organisation

Polish IT company Boldare has been changing the way it works, moving from a traditional company structure to a more self-organised management style. But with a huge change like that come growing pains as well.

Client Story

“We want to reach the next level of self-organization.”

From agile units to cross-functional end-to-end teams: The green energy provider eprimo has undergone a steep change curve in recent years. An interview with change manager Ivana Federmeyer.

Client Story

A pitch for an iterative approach.

No mistakes can be made in the manufacturing of essential pharmaceuticals. How does a dialogue-oriented culture of learning emerge in such an environment? Openness, better collaboration, and the big buzzword “digitalization” were at the center of organizational development at Vetter Pharma.

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T-Shirt: „In Dubio Pro Change“

Podcast

Wholeness - at the level of Organization

An in-depth conversation about wholeness and purpose-driven transformation work at Welser Profile by Gerald (dG) & podcast-host Marcus in season #2 of "Leading Audacious Change".

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Clear the Air: Balance of Needs

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Clear the Air: Touch Base

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Death by Too Many Great Ideas

How to Create Alignment in your (Growing) Organization without Killing Creativity and Entrepreneurship

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Navigating Disruptive Change

The first two weeks of COVID-19 crisis management at dwarfs and Giants — insights into a self-organized company

Client Story

Non-profit Org with a Culture of Trust

Equal opportunities and empowerment are at the heart of the work of “Jugend am Werk”. How can a social enterprise establish a sustainable culture of trust within the organization? A conversation about co-creating visions, breaking patterns, and necessary confrontations.

Client Story

"We wanted to establish a self-learning system."

ONTEC AG decided in 2018 to implement Holacracy – to build an agile organization with clear decision-making processes. An interview with Daniel Sieder, member of the board of directors, who also initiated the transformation process.

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Dynamic Strategizing: About Agile Forms of Strategy Work

What is helpful and appropriate strategy work in a highly dynamic context? How does strategy become a decision-making tool in everyday life? Find out how to get from the “Mount Strategy” into the “Hills of Strategizing”.

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Is China on the threshold to become more teal?

3 insights & 3 key learnings from the 2nd Organizational Evolution Conference in Shanghai by Gerhard & Sascha

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PO3 Canvas

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T-Shirt: "In Iteration we trust"

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1000 days of dG

A radically honest look behind the scenes of a self-organization lab

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A radically different approach to clarifying roles in a matrix setup

An approach that dwarfs and Giants successfully applied in various organizations to create more clarity on matrix interfaces. Find out more here!

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next:organizing

How the transition to an agile organization can succeed: Many organizations are currently experimenting with and implementing new approaches to leadership and organization. At the same time, there are many misunderstandings.

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Manifesto: 5 Principles of Self-organization

From ‘now:land’ to the ‘next:land’ of organizing: What does that mean and why?

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The next:land of Organizing

A continent for new ways of working, living and organizing: In early 2016 we sketched a map of the next:land of organizing, published in the Harvard Business Manager. Find out more about the different regions of next:land in this extended English version of the original publication.

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Applying the OS Canvas to dG

For us, authenticly supporting organizations towards new ways of working and organizing requires to test things out for ourselves first. This time we used a tool developed and published by our colleagues of The Ready: The OS Canvas.

Magazine

Prototyping the future of leadership

Do We Need Organizational Development Goals?

Shaping next:land - (De-)Constructing Leadership

The Challenges of Leadership in Self-Organisation

“We want to reach the next level of self-organization.”

A pitch for an iterative approach.

T-Shirt: „In Dubio Pro Change“

Wholeness - at the level of Organization

Clear the Air: Balance of Needs

Clear the Air: ​​​​​​​Touch Base

Death by Too Many Great Ideas

Navigating Disruptive Change

Non-profit Org with a Culture of Trust

"We wanted to establish a self-learning system."

Dynamic Strategizing: About Agile Forms of Strategy Work

Is China on the threshold to become more teal?

PO3 Canvas

T-Shirt: "In Iteration we trust"

1000 days of dG

A radically different approach to clarifying roles in a matrix setup

next:organizing

Manifesto: 5 Principles of Self-organization

The next:land of Organizing

Applying the OS Canvas to dG

Clear the Air: Touch Base