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WW - Work Culture Festival. Back to Office. Credit: Laura Thiesbrummel

combine workLAB: Back to Office: How Offices Become Identity-forming, Cultural Hubs

Welcome to the combine LAB!

For three days, combine Consulting will open its most entertaining pop-up office at the Work Culture Festival. Become part of the team and join us in tackling the big and small questions about the future of our working and living spaces.

In the combine workLAB you can experience a consultant’s day up close and get creative!
Consultants from combine Consulting will bring real projects to the library in Hall 6 and let you experience the development process – from briefing and brainstorming to process and quality checks and conception. The focus of the workshop is on the combine Consulting panel topic of the morning: Alexandra Saisnith, Volker Widdra and Katharina Däullary show 

  • how offices become identity-forming, cultural reference hubs 
  • what it takes to bring employees back to the office
  • how adaptable corporate cultures and structures can be created that offer employees freedom and self-determination in choosing their place of work and at the same time provide companies with major advantages in terms of flexibility.

Immerse yourself in the everyday life of a consultant and take away valuable insights for your own work organisation!
 

combine tombola: Win savings potential!
combine consulting is holding a raffle to win a free space utilisation study, in which the actual utilisation of your own office space is recorded for one month and hidden savings potential is uncovered. Take the opportunity to make your working environment smarter and more cost-efficient with the help of sensors and for up to 100 workstations!

[Language: German]


Photo: © Laura Thiesbrummel (combine Consulting)

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Four days packed with a top-class programme is waiting for you! Let yourself be inspired by talks, discussion groups, workshops and interactive experiences!

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Uli Blum

The Power of Data: How AI Transforms Workplace Design

Cawa Younosi

The Lack of Skilled Workers: The Hidden Opportunities for Employees, Companies and Society

A. Strub, V. Hilgenstock, T.F. Schäfer

Flagship store office? Why it is important to make brands tangible both internally and externally

Ralf Rangnick in dialogue Thorsten Giersch

Leadership and Team: Everyone Has to Take Responsibility [Dialogue]

W. Aisslinger, C. Bacchus, D. Kulen, J. Steere

Energizing the Workplace: Is Hospitality Key? [Panel]

Frauke von Polier in dialogue with Michael Trautmann

Navigating Transformation: Exploring Purpose, HXM and Leadership as the Key Navigators [Talk]

Birgit Gebhardt, Felix Dibelka

The Office as a Learning Space: New Work Always Means Reskilling

Sabrina Schaal, Markus Weber

personalmagazin panel: New working environments for the work of tomorrow

Tobias Baur, Katrin Mercsanits, Michael Wiebelt

Corporate Development and Corporate Space: How Can it be Recognised and Used Positively?

Lara Milerski, Monika Lepel

Lessons Learned GIZ Campus Bonn: What Remains! A Dialogue Between Planning and Use [Panel]

Volker Widdra, Alexandra Saisnith

70% Back to Office Quota: Voluntarily!

A. Purbs A. Riester-Gnädinger A. Terasa

Workshop: Case clinic – New work, new culture, new steering, new leadership

Alexandra Saisnith, Volker Widdra, Katharina Däullary

combine workLAB: Back to Office: How Offices Become Identity-forming, Cultural Hubs

Exhibition (9:00 - 18:00)

Rewire: New Work Modes

Exhibition (9:00 - 18:00)

Unfair: Art in a Changing World of Work

Street Art Event (9:00 - 18:00)

REISS: Art meets Innovation

Jette Hopp

Starchitecture Without Starchitects: How to Create Work Environments That Foster Collective Excellence

Oskar and Michael Trautmann

GEN Z Podcast: ZOOMER MEETS BOOMER

Yaël Meier

Generation Z: Talking to the young instead of on them

Vaughn Tan

Embracing Uncertainty: What Corporations Can Learn from Chefs

Marnix Mali, Uli Blum and Valeria Segovia

Identity Crisis: Should the Office Accommodate Everybody? [Panel]

Amelie Marie Fischer, Ann Sophie Lauterbach

The Workplace of Tomorrow: Participatory and Evidence-based Office Design

Christian Nocke

Room Acoustics: Underestimated and Often Forgotten

D. Winzer, S. Ayoub, D. Reicherts, M. Jung

Corporate box packing: Between New Ways of Working and Efficient Relocation Management

Axinia Braunisch, Robert Polgar

Building the Collaboration of Tomorrow: Science in Transition

Sabrina Schaal, Markus Weber

Offices for People: Successful Work Environments from the Perspective of HR and the Organisation

Sabrina Schaal

Workshop: How do I define the user value of an office from an HR perspective? 

G. Castegini, Ch. Hestermann, I. Stocker-Rakolczay

Workshop: Redesigning the Future

Fabian Ulitzka @ König + Neurath

AI and Work Culture – Risk or Opportunity?

D. Kretz, N. Schneider @ König + Neurath

Create. Work. Space. – The way to the new world of work

Karim Rashid @ Nowy Styl and Kusch+Co

Bound to relations feat. Karim Rashid

David Borst @ König + Neurath

How we will live and work in the future

VR Experience (9:00 - 18:00)

Dive into a New Dimension: The Interstuhl VR Experience

24 October 2024

Volker Widdra, Alexandra Saisnith

70% Back to Office Quota: Voluntarily!

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival, Photo: © Lara Thiesbrummel, combine Consulting
Team Oct 24 10:00
Cawa Younosi

The Lack of Skilled Workers: The Hidden Opportunities for Employees, Companies and Society

WW - Work Culture Festival. Vortrag: Cawa Younosi. Foto: filadendron / iStock
Team Oct 24 10:00
Sabrina Schaal, Markus Weber

Offices for People: Successful Work Environments from the Perspective of HR and the Organisation

WW-Work Culture Festival, Photo: © Drees & Sommer (Hinterhaus Productions, gettyimages)
Life Oct 24 10:00
Vaughn Tan

Embracing Uncertainty: What Corporations Can Learn from Chefs

WW - Work Culture Festival. Learning from Chefs. Foto: © RossHelen/iStock
Impact Oct 24 10:00
Exhibition (9:00 - 18:00)

Rewire: New Work Modes

Rewire: New Work Mode. Design Exhibition at Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival
Oct 24 10:15
Lara Milerski, Monika Lepel

Lessons Learned GIZ Campus Bonn: What Remains! A Dialogue Between Planning and Use [Panel]

WW - Work Culture Festival: GIZ Campus Bonn,  © GIZ
Team Oct 24 10:45
Jette Hopp

Starchitecture Without Starchitects: How to Create Work Environments That Foster Collective Excellence

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival, Speech: Jette Hopp, Credit: ​​​​​​​Snøhetta
Team Oct 24 10:45
Frauke von Polier in dialogue with Michael Trautmann

Navigating Transformation: Exploring Purpose, HXM and Leadership as the Key Navigators [Talk]

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival, 24.10.2024, Cologne - Keynote: Frauke von Polier ©Frauke von Polier
Team Oct 24 10:45
Amelie Marie Fischer, Ann Sophie Lauterbach

The Workplace of Tomorrow: Participatory and Evidence-based Office Design

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Workspace of Tomorrow
Team Oct 24 10:45
Alexandra Saisnith, Volker Widdra, Katharina Däullary

combine workLAB: Back to Office: How Offices Become Identity-forming, Cultural Hubs

WW - Work Culture Festival. Back to Office. Credit: Laura Thiesbrummel
Team Oct 24 11:00
G. Castegini, Ch. Hestermann, I. Stocker-Rakolczay

Workshop: Redesigning the Future

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Workshop Redesigning the Future, @ Drees & Sommer
Life Oct 24 11:00
Fabian Ulitzka @ König + Neurath

AI and Work Culture – Risk or Opportunity?

Makers Space, König + Neurath
Oct 24 11:00
Ralf Rangnick in dialogue Thorsten Giersch

Leadership and Team: Everyone Has to Take Responsibility [Dialogue]

WW - Work Culture Festival. Talk with: Ralf Rangnick. Photo: Steevy84 / iStock
Team Oct 24 11:30
D. Winzer, S. Ayoub, D. Reicherts, M. Jung

Corporate box packing: Between New Ways of Working and Efficient Relocation Management

Horváth & Partners @ Wherever Whenever – Work Culture Festival
Impact Oct 24 11:30
Birgit Gebhardt, Felix Dibelka

The Office as a Learning Space: New Work Always Means Reskilling

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Birgit Gebhardt - Felix Dibelka
Team Oct 24 11:30
Marnix Mali, Uli Blum and Valeria Segovia

Identity Crisis: Should the Office Accommodate Everybody? [Panel]

WW - Work Culture Festival. Identity Crisis. Foto: © Matthijs van Roon
Life Oct 24 11:30
Exhibition (9:00 - 18:00)

Unfair: Art in a Changing World of Work

Unfair: Art in a Changing World of Work. Exhibition at Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival, © Koos Buster
Oct 24 12:45
A. Purbs A. Riester-Gnädinger A. Terasa

Workshop: Case clinic – New work, new culture, new steering, new leadership

Horváth & Partners @ Wherever Whenever – Work Culture Festival
Team Oct 24 13:00
VR Experience (9:00 - 18:00)

Dive into a New Dimension: The Interstuhl VR Experience

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Interstuhl - VR Experience
Oct 24 13:00
A. Strub, V. Hilgenstock, T.F. Schäfer

Flagship store office? Why it is important to make brands tangible both internally and externally

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Public Administration, @ Drees & Sommer
Team Oct 24 14:00
Sabrina Schaal, Markus Weber

personalmagazin panel: New working environments for the work of tomorrow

WW-Work Culture Festival, Photo: © Marco-VDM, iStock
Team Oct 24 14:00
Street Art Event (9:00 - 18:00)

REISS: Art meets Innovation

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: REISS: Art meets Innovation
Oct 24 14:00
Axinia Braunisch, Robert Polgar

Building the Collaboration of Tomorrow: Science in Transition

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Axinia Braunisch and Dr Robert Polgar, Building the Collaboration of Tomorrow (Credit: Leibniz Gemeinschaft)
Team Oct 24 14:00
David Borst @ König + Neurath

How we will live and work in the future

NWP Wave Lobby, König + Neurath
Oct 24 14:00
Tobias Baur, Katrin Mercsanits, Michael Wiebelt

Corporate Development and Corporate Space: How Can it be Recognised and Used Positively?

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival: Corporat Development and Corporat Rooms, Talk by moocon, Credit: Thomas Schäkel, Koelnmesse
Impact Oct 24 14:45
Uli Blum

The Power of Data: How AI Transforms Workplace Design

Wherever Whenever - Work Culture Festival, Visualisierung: © Uli Blum
Impact Oct 24 14:45
Yaël Meier

Generation Z: Talking to the young instead of on them

WW - Work Culture Festival: Generation Z, Credit: Yaël Meier
Team Oct 24 14:45
Christian Nocke

Room Acoustics: Underestimated and Often Forgotten

Room Acoustics - WW-Work Culture Festival - Speech Dr Christian Nocke, Photo: © Peopleimages / iStock
Life Oct 24 14:45
Sabrina Schaal

Workshop: How do I define the user value of an office from an HR perspective? 

WW - Work Culture Festival, Workshop Drees & Sommer, Credit: Peter Neusser
Team Oct 24 15:00
Karim Rashid @ Nowy Styl and Kusch+Co

Bound to relations feat. Karim Rashid

Karim Rashid @ ORGATEC 2024, © Karim Rashid
Oct 24 15:00
W. Aisslinger, C. Bacchus, D. Kulen, J. Steere

Energizing the Workplace: Is Hospitality Key? [Panel]

WW - Work Culture Festival. Energizing the Workplace. Foto: ©The Social Hub
Team Oct 24 15:30
Oskar and Michael Trautmann

GEN Z Podcast: ZOOMER MEETS BOOMER

GEN Z Podcast: ZOOMER MEETS BOOMER, Credit: Oskar and Michael Trautmann
Team Oct 24 15:30
D. Kretz, N. Schneider @ König + Neurath

Create. Work. Space. – The way to the new world of work

Credit: König + Neurath
Oct 24 15:30
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