Transformation Guidelines for Game Changers
A Guidebook for Century 21
TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP
TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP \ tran(t)s-ˈfȯr-mə-tiv ˈlē-dər-ˌship \ A DEFINITION: The Transformative Leadership model is a collective approach of leadership beyond immediate self-interest in order…
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Mise en Place
The main course is ready, but the rest is not. Something is burning and the kitchen looks like hell. Then the doorbell rings,…
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KEEP GOING: 10 WAYS TO STAY CREATIVE IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD
by Austin Kleon I really try to cut down on the amount of new books I buy. Unless I really want to keep…
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SIX YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF SHIFTSCHOOL
It’s been six years since we founded Germany’s first Academy for Digital Transformation. Back then, we set out to create immersive learning experiences…
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The case of Stefanie Ollenburg
21/2022/X/0056
Statement: Smile before you die …
person suspected of being fearless of the unknown simply by understanding that assumptions are often rooted in the past and reflect on how we anticipate the future. [cto]
The Case of Sophia Rödiger
21/2023/X/0079
Statement: ECHT. - with neon colors
person suspected of spreading contagious energy, manifesting innovation and bridging ambivalence between nature and the metaverse. [cto]
Pink meets Angela Duckworth
What would happen if rock ’n’ roll-activist Pink sang a duet with psychology professor Angela Duckworth about choosing excellence over comfort. Two game-changers’…
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COLLABORATION
COLLABORATION \ kə-ˌla-bə-ˈrā-shən \ A DEFINITION: Transformation is a collaborative effort. The dictionary defines collaboration as the act of working jointly with others…
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OVERCOMING COLLECTIVE FAILURE
As individuals we long for change. But on a collective level, we feel paralyzed by the failure to initiate change. There seems to…
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The case of Roz Savage
21/2022/X/0038
Statement: Live life large
person suspected of being the first (and so far only) woman to row solo across the world’s “Big Three” oceans: Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian and teaching others about sustainability, courage, resilience, and change. [cto]
The case of Miikka Leinonen
21/2022/X/0012
Statement: Set your ideas free. They will come someday with their friends.
person suspected of having used the time of social distancing to ask himself how we can build better and more sustainable communities and showing other how to build them. [cto]
The case of Nadjeschda Taranczewski
21/2022/X/0051
Statement: This too shall pass.
person suspected of helping others to become conscious by crafting their own hero*ine story in order to turn their organization into a conscious tribe. [cto]
The case of Marc Buckley
21/2022/X/0030
Statement: Welcome to the Symbiocene
person suspected of being involved in climate activism and teaching people how to run faster than climate change by being an impactful and exponential human being. [cto]
The Case of Denise DeLuca
21/2023/X/0088
Statement: In Nature, you’re never alone — you’re among.
person suspected of merging her engineering background with a love for nature to become a pragmatic progressive, aiming to realign individuals with nature’s paradigms, and is notoriously known for empowering others to harness their creative potential in bettering the world.
The Case of Vivienne Ming
21/2023/X/0072
Statement: Look Out! There’s a man in the back seat of your car!
person suspected of being a Professional Mad Scientist (aka theoretical neuroscientist, entrepreneur, author, and mother of two) who explores maximizing human capacity and applies machine learning to lessen the corrosive health effects of chronic stress. [cto]
The case of Catrin von Cisewski
21/2022/X/0063
Statement: Let’s move smarter.
person suspected of advocating for a good life in small spaces and creating new ideas for making our cities smart, sexy, and fit for the future. [cto]
About this Guidebook
If you are on uncertain terrain, you need guidelines (there are no exact plans anyway). And if you want to change things for the better on uncertain terrain, you need transformative guidelines.
This is exactly why the Guidebook for Century 21 came into being. As inspiration for those who want to change the game. Of course, we were also inspired. No idea is really new. Our source of inspiration was Douglas Adams. This Guidebook is a tribute to “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” which is still unsurpassed today.
Transformation guidelines: How to lead sustainable change
Over 40 years after its initial publication, ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide’ is a classic in science fiction literature. We Hitchhiker fans still enjoy the witty characters, the absurd plots, and the subtle lessons that have perpetuated the cultural legacy. The Guide is always a gentle reminder of our human frailties and the fact that despite all the challenges, life is not to be taken entirely too seriously after all.
The guide asks us if it really makes sense to search for the meaning of life. Just like supercomputer Deep Thought, which spits out the answer to the question of all questions after a lot of calculating, but without having understood the actual question. To us Shiftshapers, the number 42 stands as a symbol for the absurdities that we humans get up to every day. 42 is the reminder that we should finally stop searching for a solution to every problem. Instead, we should start looking for the important questions. Again and again.
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