Orientation comes from Orient

Orientation comes from Orient

Orient – the direction in which the sun rises, the day “sees its light”. The term “orientation”, or “to orient oneself”, comes from the historical representation, where maps were often aligned with Jerusalem = above. Providing...
TOOLBOX: DESIGNING A RETRO

TOOLBOX: DESIGNING A RETRO

Those who have participated in a Coverdale training already know it: the process review after each work order. You can also design a retro in the OKR process in a very similar way. One of the essential tools in collaboration – whether in classic or agile...
Toolbox – Ambidextry

Toolbox – Ambidextry

Take a white sheet of paper and a pen and write a few sentences. If you are right-handed, first write a few sentences with your right hand, then the same sentences with your left – or vice versa. Try it for a few minutes.Reflect briefly:How did you feel about...
Conflict as an opportunity

Conflict as an opportunity

From April to December 2020, the Institute for Conflict Research and Preventive Counselling at the Rheinische Fachhochschule Cologne surveyed companies about conflicts during the Corona crisis. While at the beginning of the crisis, many things had to be rethought and...
Toolbox – Ambidextry

TOOLBOX: NEGOTIATION PREPARATION

In addition to organisational preparation (see also our Case Study), it is essential to prepare intensively for negotiations in terms of content. For this purpose, we have compiled a checklist for you along with the four principles of fact-based negotiation according...