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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 Mindset, who used to work at Google and now works as a consultant, called for a radical change in the way companies think, work and organise themselves.

Vaughn Tan at the Work Culture Festival. Picture: IBA
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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

Work Culture Festival

How Intelligent Environments Help to Improve Productivity and Well-being

“Technology will move off the screen and become the invisible engine that powers the real world around us.” Sophie Kleber, UX Lead at Google and… Weiterlesen

On the subject

How Is Artificial Intelligence Changing the Way We Work Together?

Artificial intelligence has long been more than just hype. It changes processes, role models and ways of thinking. But what impact does this… Weiterlesen

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

A conversation with Frauke von Polier: meaning, human experience management and leadership as success factors for transformation

As part of the Work Culture Festival, Frauke von Polier and Michael Trautmann discussed the key elements of successful corporate transformation in a… Weiterlesen

Work Culture Festival

R‑evolve: The furniture industry on the path to a circular economy

The furniture industry is facing a fundamental transformation that is taking it towards more sustainability and circularity. In the EU project… Weiterlesen

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

Work Culture Festival

Embracing Uncertainty: Interview with professor of strategy Vaughn Tan

Vaughn Tan, a consultant, author and speaker focusing on strategy for uncertainty and innovation, will give a lecture at the Work Culture Festival on… Weiterlesen

Work Culture Festival

Supported by Sound, or Why Music Can Make the Workforce Thrive

Walter Werzowa, a music producer and the founder of the music therapy start-up HealthTunes, will give a lecture at the Work Culture Festival on 23… Weiterlesen

Work Culture

Sharing responsibility: Co-leadership at John Deere

The topic of leadership development is currently being rethought in many human resources departments. For John Deere, a producer of agricultural… Weiterlesen

Workspaces of Tomorrow

Dynamic work in the heart of Hamburg: Beiersdorf Campus

The Beiersdorf Campus, which was opened in autumn 2023, offers dynamic work environments and a broad spectrum of spaces for collaboration on an area… Weiterlesen

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

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Added Value Office

A change of generations in the world of work

The fact that Karla Aßmann is a managing director at the age of 28 is still something very special. IBA Forum editorial team talked with her about… Weiterlesen

On the subject

How can the design of workspaces promote innovations?

Germany is losing ground in the international competition for innovation. Today it only occupies tenth place, according to a study conducted by BDI… Weiterlesen

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

Workspaces of Tomorrow

The life and work environments of younger employee generations

At least four different generations are working in companies today: baby boomers (1946 – 1964), Generation X (1965 – 1979), Generation Y (1980 – 1994), also known as millennials, and Generation Z (1995 – 2010). Soon Generation Alpha, which is also called Genα or Gen Alpha, will also be at the… Weiterlesen

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Hybrid Work

How can a healthy work environment be designed? An interview with the mental health expert Nora Dietrich (Part 1)

October 10 is World Mental Health Day. Mental health is also receiving increased attention in the world of work. That’s a good reason for the IBA… Weiterlesen

Added value office

Hybrid work: Factors that affect the choice of a workplace

Hybrid working arrangements are becoming increasingly popular. According to a recent ifo Institute survey of companies, employees in Germany spend… Weiterlesen

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Learning world office

The educational dimension of architecture and aethetics

Which trends from the area of education can be transferred to the world of work? The IBA Forum editorial team talked with Philipp Müller, the Managing Director of the furniture company VS Vereinigte Spezialmöbelfabriken GmbH & Co. KG, about the educational dimension of architecture and… Weiterlesen

Philipp Müller, the Managing Director of the furniture company VS Vereinigte Spezialmöbelfabriken GmbH & Co. KG

Learning environment office

Work and learning: The challenges of the future

New technological developments are spreading ever faster and influencing many areas of work and daily life. That also applies to corporate learning and the effects of new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) on the world of work. Weiterlesen

NWX lecture Birgit Gebhardt and Dr Felix Dibelka. photo: Simon Baucks

Lernwelt Büro

Game changer AI: What learning will mean in the future

The hype surrounding ChatGPT is having an impact not only on the world of work but also beyond it. AI will lead to disruptive changes in schools as well. A talk with Professor Olaf-Axel Burow about the game changer AI. Weiterlesen

Dr Olaf-Axel Burow

Co-Creation

Co-creation at Stabilus: A contest for employees to design a new office

Offices should not only function well but also offer workers a home away from home. They do this successfully if their furnishing concepts are… Weiterlesen

Added value office

Real-life examples: Co-creation of work environments

Many different factors determine the perceived attractiveness of an office as a place to work: the functionality of spaces, the people who are… Weiterlesen

On the subject

What do we wish for regarding our work?

What exactly do employees want from companies and what does this mean for the work models of tomorrow? The article looks at what employees wish regarding their work. Weiterlesen

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