Author: Ronald Schenkel

Gewolltes Nichtwissen als kulturelle Fähigkeit in der Wissensgesellschaft

In einer Wissensgesellschaft gilt: Je mehr Wissen vorhanden ist, desto besser. Ralph Hertwig, Direktor am Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, hält jedoch auch gewolltes Nichtwissen für sinnvoll und zuweilen gar für notwendig. In einer digitalen Welt der Informationsüberflutung plädiert er zudem für bewusstes kritisches Ignorieren. Kluges Nichtwissen, als Ergänzung zum kritischen Denken, kann schliesslich gar als didaktisches Konzept dienen.

Deliberate ignorance as a cultural ability in the knowledge society

Published by Ronald Schenkel

In a knowledge society, the more knowledge there is available, the better. However, Ralph Hertwig, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, also considers deliberate ignorance to be useful and, sometimes, even necessary. In a digital world of information overload, he also pleads for conscious critical ignoring. Smart ignorance, alongside critical thinking, can even serve as a didactic concept.

«New Work ist eine Notwendigkeit»

Published by Ronald Schenkel

«New Work» wird gemeinhin als mitarbeiterzentriertes Führen und Arbeiten verstanden. Im Zentrum stehen Kreativität, Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten und selbstbestimmtes Handeln. Heike Bauer begleitet Unternehmen in der Transformation hin zu New Work. Für sie enthält der Begriff jedoch noch wesentlich mehr: Mit ihm verbindet sie auch die Parallelität von Tätigkeiten, die Flexibilität von Biografien und nicht zuletzt eine Haltung, die dem wachstumsorientierten Kapitalismus kritisch gegenübersteht. In diesem Sinne ist für sie New Work eine Notwendigkeit, um die Zukunft zu meistern.

«New Work is a necessity»

Published by Ronald Schenkel

Heike Bauer helps companies make their transformation to New Work. For her, however, there is a lot more meaning in the term: she also links it to the parallelism of activities, the flexibility of biographies and, not least, an attitude critical of growth-oriented capitalism. In this sense, New Work is, for her, a necessity for dealing with the future.

Retrospective on the TRANSIT event “Flexibilisation” in Yverdon-les-Bains

Published by Ronald Schenkel

13.06.22 Explorit, Yverdon-les-Bains On 13 June 2022, the TRANSIT interdisciplinary community met in the new Explorit building in Yverdon-les-Bains to reflect on the future of adult education after the pause caused by the pandemic. The transition from stressful everyday life to creative thinking was facilitated by the new TRANSIT card game “Questions for the Future” (which will be available in the SVEB Shop from about mid-June). Theme of the year: flexibilisation The main theme of this year’s TRANSIT event was flexibilisation. This theme was chosen as a priority for 2022 by the TRANSIT community in a broad survey. The TRANSIT team has produced a working paper which outlines the processes of flexibilisation in three areas – life projects, new work and sources of knowledge – and which serves as a basis for this year’s TRANSIT events in all language regions. The working paper outlines social trends. The aim of the TRANSIT events is to understand or anticipate what they mean for the future of continuing education. Input Assaâd El Akremi from the University of Toulouse …

Starting from the impact to think differently about flexibility

Published by Ronald Schenkel

Assâad El Akremi is an active researcher in organisational development in the Occitania region of France and is the co-author of the book “La société flexible” published 20 years ago. One of its chapters explains that flexibility is used for the purpose of control that a company can exercise on its employees. Is this still the case today? And how is the issue being addressed now and how will it be addressed in the future?

Review TRANSIT Event “Flexibilisation” in Zurich

Published by Ronald Schenkel

On 19 May 2022, the interdisciplinary TRANSIT community met at the Photobastei in Zurich to finally think together again about the future of adult education after the pandemic-related break. The transition from stressful everyday life to creative visioning was facilitated by the new TRANSIT card set “Future Questions” (which, by the way, can be obtained from the SVEB from around mid-June).

Rückblick TRANSIT Event «Flexibilsierung»

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Am 19. Mai 2022 traf sich die interdisziplinäre TRANSIT Community in der Photobastei in Zürich, um nach der pandemiebedingten Pause endlich wieder gemeinsam über die Zukunft der Weiterbildung nachzudenken. Den Umstieg vom stressigen Alltag ins kreative Visionieren erleichterte das neue TRANSIT-Kartenset «Zukunftsfragen» (das übrigens ab ca. Mitte Juni beim SVEB bezogen werden kann).

Partir de l’impact pour penser la flexibilité autrement

Published by Ronald Schenkel

Assâad El Akremi est un chercheur actif dans le développement organisationnel de la région d’Occitanie en France, et il est le co-auteur du livre « La société flexible » paru il y a 20 ans. Dans l’un de ses chapitres, nous pouvons y lire que la flexibilité est utilisée à des fins de régulation que peut exercer l’entreprise sur ces employés. Est-ce toujours le cas aujourd’hui ? Et comment la thématique est-elle traitée aujourd’hui et à l’avenir ?

Attitude is the prerequisite for flexibility

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Chris Bühler is a digital ethicist. He deals with economic and social issues under the premise of digitality and the increasingly dense interconnectedness of our world. As a coach, he offers companies and individuals guidance for digital transformation. He is sceptical about buzz words like flexibility and disorientation and pleads for calmness in an anxious period.