Shiftschool Guidebook

A Guidebook for Century 21

Transformation Guidelines for Game Changers

Alexandra Götze front view
Century 21 files

The Case of Alexandra Götze

21/2022/X/0021
Statement: Whoever reads this is surely a nice person

This is the secret interrogation record of 1 suspect. With 21 pieces of evidence. Accused of seriously stirring up the status quo. All compiled to 1 transformation story about the suspect’s attitudes, advice, and aspirations as a true leader by example.

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Tobias Burkhardt
Century 21 files

The Case of Tobias Burkhardt

21/2022/X/0001
Statement: It’s not what we learn but how we think.

This is the secret interrogation record of 1 suspect. With 21 pieces of evidence. Accused of seriously stirring up the status quo. All compiled to 1 transformation story about the suspect’s attitudes, advice, and aspirations as a true leader by example.

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kristen davis front view shiftschool
Century 21 files

The case of Kristen Davis

21/2022/X/0041
Statement: No words, but something LiDAR could read as that’s what’ll soon be driving the cars around us.

This is the secret interrogation record of 1 suspect. With 21 pieces of evidence. Accused of seriously stirring up the status quo. All compiled to 1 transformation story about the suspect’s attitudes, advice, and aspirations as a true leader by example.

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self-leadership
FLEXICON

SELF-LEADERSHIP

SELF-LEADERSHIP \ ˈselfˈlē-dər-ˌship \ A DEFINITION: Self-leadership is the ability to follow a growth path towards personal mastery and excellence. Whatever this may…
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daniel delank front view
Century 21 files

The case of Daniel Delank

21/2022/X/0037
Statement: Pull yourself together!

This is the secret interrogation record of 1 suspect. With 21 pieces of evidence. Accused of seriously stirring up the status quo. All compiled to 1 transformation story about the suspect’s attitudes, advice, and aspirations as a true leader by example.

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Tina Egolf Shiftschool Portrait front view
Century 21 files

The case of Tina Egolf

21/2023/X/0076
Statement: Hic sunt dracones

person suspected of developing leaders’ emotional maturity to observe, share, and regulate their own reactions to a change process
and the unconscious dynamics behind. [cto]

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Zahara Chetty front view shiftschool
Century 21 files

The case of Zahara Chetty

21/2022/X/0042
Statement: Fix this planet or go to Mars already!

This is the secret interrogation record of 1 suspect. With 21 pieces of evidence. Accused of seriously stirring up the status quo. All compiled to 1 transformation story about the suspect’s attitudes, advice, and aspirations as a true leader by example.

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Suyog Sunil Risbud front view
Century 21 files

The case of Suyog Sunil Risbud

21/2022/X/0044
Statement: Either I am ahead of you or ~40,000km behind you! Your call 🙂

This is the secret interrogation record of 1 suspect. With 21 pieces of evidence. Accused of seriously stirring up the status quo. All compiled to 1 transformation story about the suspect’s attitudes, advice, and aspirations as a true leader by example.

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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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