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Simon Werther is Professor of Leadership at Munich University of Applied Sciences and author of the books 2020 “Feedback in Times of Agility – Digital Instruments and Analog Methods, Haufe” and 2021 “Coworking as a Revolution in the World of Work – from Corporate Coworking to Workation, Springer”. In his chair, he deals with how to bring New Work from practice together with science.

In the podcast, Simon shares insights from his research. He talks to me about psychological empowerment, specifically autonomy and competence. He talks about the systematic and analytical approach to topics such as the internal perspective in the company regarding different working time models in the tourism industry. You can find out what his interdisciplinary perspectives on New Work are and why it should not be dealt with in a watering can approach in this episode.

Link to Munich University of Applied Sciences: https://www.tourismus.hm.edu

Sven-Olaf Peeck and Svenja Teichmann are the two founders and managing directors of crowdmedia, a not-so-typical agency for online, content and social media marketing. A few years ago, the two decided to stop being the bosses and to encourage their employees to lead themselves.

In the podcast, Sven draws from his experiences. He talks to me about roles, dynamic hierarchies and internal resignation. He talks about the challenges, successes and insights that come with running a company and getting there. Find out what he thinks of buzzwords or what thoughts he shares on the topic of self-evaluation in this episode.

Link to crowdmedia: https://www.crowdmedia.de/

Annette and Jan-Hendrik found their way to Theory U in different ways. What they have in common is their enthusiasm for this approach, which I only got to know through the two of them. They are convinced that companies can only benefit from the model. With the u-move GmbH that they founded, they support organizations in their transformation.

In the podcast, they explain the individual elements of Theory U. They explain which strategies they have developed from it for their work with organizations, what they place particular emphasis on, and how they continue to develop through Learnings. In our conversation, they ask themselves: What do intuition and cognition, analysis and feeling mean? What value do these concepts have in our society and what value should they have? And how can an organization draw from them when the inner process of the individual members is illuminated; when they become aware of their (emotional) decision paths and draw conclusions for their future actions?

Link to the u-move GmbH: https://www.u-move.org/

With Friederike Euwens from AllesRoger, Jochen interviews a woman who has studied New Work and makes her profound knowledge coherent and tangible for us. She is precise and at the same time approachable. She lives Agile Working and doesn’t want to ascribe herself to any specific position. She prefers to look at a company and adapts her steps and roles to each situation individually.

With Jochen she talks about the tragedy of the Alemnde, the 8 design principles of collective leadership, pasture, fishing, democracy and community. What can we achieve if we act with the common good in mind? When the goal is not the enrichment of individuals, but the good of the group? How can we achieve such a goal and what do we actually get out of it? The conversation meanders and yet always remains concrete, offering you inspiration and facts in equal measure.

According to Anna and Lena, corporate culture is a set of values and rituals shared by the group. Every company should deal intensively with these values and rituals, define them together, record them and recall them again and again. Truly internalizing the core values is a transformation process that is essential for successful, forward-looking companies. Ultimately, employees can develop freely. They act in a self-determined manner, experience constructive feedback, and recognize personal strengths and weaknesses. They are more self-confident, more satisfied, more creative; everyone benefits from this.
At DEARWORK, communication specialists Anna and Lena deal with this issue on a daily basis. They have many interesting approaches, which they share with you in this episode.

The learning journey is about learning with ease and joy. This shapes our self-development, team development and thus also corporate development. As is so often the case with New Work, when we focus on employee satisfaction, we not only create sustainable organizations, we also create culture change.

What participants learn and how they learn it is a crux of the learning journey. Because the Wecreation team ties learning to emotions. Christian and his colleagues are convinced that we internalize things much better and, above all, more sustainably this way. An exciting approach that we take up in the podcast.