At this year’s European Forum Alpbach I co-facilitated the ‘Responsible Leadership Lab | Business, Civil Society & Politics: Partners in Challenging Times’ (co-curated by THE CIVICS Innovation Hub, LovePolitics, the Business Council for Democracy (BC4D), and EFA). We embarked on a journey to explore and redefine the concept of “Responsible Leadership.” Over the course of …
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Organisations as learning spaces for democratic competencies
The Programme: CIVIC SCOUTS AT WORK is a capacity development programme for employees working in enterprises in Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany and Hungary to become so called CIVIC SCOUTS. The training modules include elements of civic education and focus on developing different democracy competencies such as critical thinking, tolerance or transformation skills. At the same time, …
Solution-focused team development in science
The situation: Different groups of employees work together in the laboratory: postdoctoral researchers, doctoral candidates, and technicians, as well as master and undergraduate students. While the technicians handle long-term routine tasks, the other employees mainly pursue their own research projects. The workload of routine tasks is high, and communication between the different groups can be …
A change in generation and leadership in the financial and insurance industry
The situation: The founders are retiring, and a new management team is taking over. They want to rethink leadership, distribute responsibilities, and unite various enterprises under a cooperative umbrella to pioneer a new form of sustainable and ethical work and business in the financial sector. Our contribution: Since 2015, we have been supporting the team …
A new way of collaborating at a crowdfunding platform
The situatiuon: In 10 years, Startnext has grown to become the largest crowdfunding community for ideas, projects, and startups in the German-speaking region. The idea behind Startnext is simple: many people (crowd) finance (fund) an idea, project, or company together. The call “The future belongs to the brave” also challenges the Startnext team to question …
Agile Leadership during the Crisis
THE WEBINAR SERIES: HOW TO STAY AGILE, RESILIENT, AND ADAPTIVE DURING UNCERTAIN TIMES? In 2020, we were facing challenges due to the COVID-19 crisis that nobody expected. The situation was uncertain, the information overwhelming, and the changes driven by regulations and solidarity happening rapidly. The current crisis was causing great uncertainty, which can be paralyzing. …