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“Zoomer Meets Boomer”: Building Bridges Between Generations

Generation Z and the Boomer generation came together at the Work Culture Festival in a special exchange format. Yaël Meier opened the discussion with a keynote speech on the living environment of Gen Z, after which she spoke with Michael and Oskar Trautmann in the live podcast “GEN Z Podcast: Weiterlesen

GenZ Podcast with Michael and Oskar Trautmann and Yael Meier. Picture: IBA

Work Culture Festival

Uncertainty as a Driver of Innovation: Vaughn Tan at the Work Culture Festival

Innovation does not arise from security, but from the productive handling of uncertainty. This central thesis was the theme of Vaughn Tan’s opening presentation on the third day of the Work Culture Festival. The organisational researcher, strategy expert and author of the book The Uncertainty… Weiterlesen

Vaughn Tan at the Work Culture Festival. Picture: IBA

Work Culture Festival

The Psychology of a Troubled Society: The New Logic of Work

Crises, conflicts and climate change: many people find current events confusing, unsettling and stressful. In an interview with Michael Trautmann at the Work Culture Festival 2025, the depth psychologist and founder of the rheingold Institute Stephan Grünewald, analysed how this “troubled society”… Weiterlesen

Talk with Stephan Grünewald and Michael Trautman at the Work Culture Festival. Photo: IBA

New Work Order Studies

Collaboration with the Help of AI: Interview with Trend Researcher Birgit Gebhardt

Artificial intelligence is increasingly changing the processes and structures of knowledge work. In her recent “New Work Order” study, trend researcher Birgit Gebhardt analyses the effects of these developments on forms of collaboration, work organisation and the design of office and learning… Weiterlesen

Trend Researcher Birgit Gebhardt

Work Culture Festival

From Hype to Reality: How AI-assisted Ways of Working and Changing Mindsets Boost Efficiency

What can AI really do? And how can technology and humanity be combined in a meaningful way? At the Work Culture Festival panel titled From AI Hype to Reality, digitalisation expert Professor Herbert Schuster discussed with Julia Schmid and Andreas Stieglbauer from Drees & Sommer what working… Weiterlesen

Drees & Sommer panel ‘AI hype’ at the Work Culture Festival. Image: IBA

Work Culture Festival

Mental health: How things really look in companies and how we can change it for the better

What does it mean to take mental health seriously in the workplace—beyond feel-good campaigns and fruit baskets? This is exactly what psychologist Dr. Eva Elisa Schneider and mental health expert Nora Dietrich talked about in their keynote speech at the Wherever Whenever—Work Culture Festival 2024. Weiterlesen

Nora Dietrich und Eva Elisa Schneider auf der ORGATEC zu Mental Health

Work Culture Festival

How Intelligent Environments Help to Increase Productivity and Well-being

Our environment is already influencing our work performance. AI is transforming offices into sensitive habitats where digital and physical factors alike influence our mood, productivity and collaboration. The IBA Forum editorial team spoke with the UX expert Sophie Kleber about the advantages of… Weiterlesen

UX-Expert Sophie Kleber

Workspaces of Tomorrow

Love changing the game: New Work at Ravensburger

The big day finally came in the summer of 2023, when the Ravensburger game and toy company moved into its new multi-space office with a floor area of 4,500 square meters. During a construction period of more than 18 months, a new work environment had been created for up to 180 employees. The IBA… Weiterlesen

Simone Peckhaus, Group Director Human Resources at Ravensburger

On the subject

The new role of the office

What does the new role of the office look like, and what does this mean for its design? You can read more in the current issue of IBA On the subject. Weiterlesen

Sefit by Sedus

Workspaces of Tomorrow

New Work in Munich’s Werksviertel: An interview with Thomas Löhmer, KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

Thomas Löhmer, Partner, Central Services at the auditing company KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, talks about the new workspaces at the OPTINEO in the Werksviertel München. The company’s teams moved into the building in July 2023. Weiterlesen

Thomas Löhmer, Head of Infrastructure KPMG