A Nomad’s Compass to Change That Holds I have been carrying this for a while. In talks, in workshops, in conversations after conference sessions when someone pulls me aside and asks: but how did you actually do it? This booklet is my answer. It started with a simple question I asked myself in 2014 when […]
These are the values that run underneath every decision, every process, every moment of change we lived through in Janwaar, a social experiment I ran for 10 years — and equally through everything we didn’t pursue, through our struggles and our failures. They were not designed in advance. They became visible over time — through […]
The Nomad is a growing collection of stories, fascinations, encounters, observations, lived moments — and the quiet (and not-so-quiet) joy hidden inside them.They’re all rooted in my life, wandering freely between places, people, questions, and unexpected turns. Many of these stories eventually find their way into the book — others insist on staying a little […]
This is a guest blog post I recently worte for aidbees. aidbees is a platform that enables acts of social kindness and builds a community of people doing kind deeds at just a click. Headed by Zamrooda Khanday, aidbees is the one-stop platform for donations, community building, and volunteering. With the focus of growing as […]
For Datentreiber’s 10th anniversary, I’ve written a guest article in which you will learn about the nine principles that enable the successful implementation of data strategies and, consequently, the transformation of business models. The new Datentreiber philosophy is “train. think. transform.” It is a holistic approach which defines data-driven strategies as the trigger for corporate […]
Ten years ago I was in Lahore, Pakistan. I came in from India and crossed the famous superficially cheerful Wagah Border between Amritsar (India) and Lahore (Pakistan). A principal of a school, whom I knew from social media, had invited me and I stayed at her house. During my stay I also had the honour […]
This is the second part of “What companies can learn from Janwaar”. The first part you’ll find here. While the first part was more about how to set-up the transformation process in order to succeed (=principles), here in the second part I summarise the main learning in form of a few rules. Combined these rules […]
This is the first part of “What companies can learn from Janwaar”. The second part you’ll find here. While the first part is about how to set-up the transformation process in order to succeed (= principles), in the second part you’ll find the main learning in form of nine rules. Combined these principles and rules […]
When one thinks of transformation, change management and EmPOWERment, a closer look at the skate park in the remote Indian village of Janwaar, whose inhabitants live just about poverty line, does not really seem to make sense. But only at first glance – a second look shows that companies can learn enormously from this example. […]
The Greater WE – How WE all can build a more human world and overcome old capitalistic constraints This is an expose for a book written in January 2023. It is now with a couple of publishing houses. Keep your fingers crossed. Summary We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking when we created […]