person suspected of merging art and science to collaborative action to promote transformational change with empirical narratives. [cto]
Transformation Guidelines for Game Changers
A Guidebook for Century 21
The case of Inga Höltmann
21/2022/X/0055
Statement: Ich bremse auch für Vollidioten.
person suspected of really, really anchoring New Work in work environments by openly sharing her own transformation story and showing people how to experience true self efficacy. [cto]
The case of Dave Gray
21/2023/X/0075
Statement: If it can’t be drawn, it can’t be done.
person suspected of imagining a future with visual thinking trying to eradicate the astonishing ability of human beings to miscommunicate and misunderstand one another. [cto]
The Case of Friederike Riemer aka Frida Futura
21/2023/X/0070
Statement: Check out my bicycle calves
person suspected of creating unique learning experiences and strengthening people’s abilities to think about desirable futures by balancing societal and individual aspirations with big dreams and their restrictions. [cto]
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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The case of Vera Schneevoigt
21/2022/X/0011
Statement: We are all humans - Diversity matters
person suspected of quitting her Chief Digital Officer job at Bosch to care for her parents and showing others what true leadership really is about. [cto]
Reflecting on a Decade of Digital Transformation
Decoding a Hype: An Exploration of the Milestones and Missteps in the Digital Transformation Landscape
The Case of Hannes Kranzfelder
21/2022/X/0003
Statement: nobreaklights or no brakelights
person suspected of readjusting his priorities in the middle of his life – leaving behind his corporate career to follow his well-balanced passions as a life guard, yoga instructor, and stage builder. [cto]
The case of Tina Burkhardt
21/2022/X/0002
Statement: WABI SABI
person suspected of promoting a no-finish-line mind-set as the number one 21st century skill and teaching others how to change their personal habits. [cto]
The Case of Seraf al Zaurak
21/2022/X/0066
Statement: Don´t Read This! (Drive home safely and read a book.)
person suspected of taking people on an Alice-in-Wonderland-tour towards inner childhood to let their souls play freely within a safe experience for exploring the edges of their imaginations. [cto]
The case of Thomas Escher
21/2022/X/0048
Statement: Even a genius needs luck
person suspected of being a driver of innovation, designing new products and creating new market believing that crazy times needs even better marketing. [cto]
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 Carsten Rust
21/2023/X/0080
Statement: One size fits nobody!
person suspected of building and coaching high performance teams in order to encourage a human centered approach to Digital Transformation. [cto]
The case of Gabriel McIntyre
21/2022/X/0064
Statement: HARNESS THE POWER OF PLAY, SAVE THE WORLD GAMES
person suspected of being a video geek, game designer, digital artist, and ordained Dudeist Priest in just one person who loves to use new technologies to tell new (gamified) stories. [cto]
SHIFTSHAPER TREK (aka hero’s journey)
Why personal development is like a heroine’s journey? In our search for the right leitmotiv, we ultimately got hooked on the concept of…
read moreAbout 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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