Have you heard of the 7S-Model? It is a heuristic, practical rule of thumb that says what is necessary for the success of a company or a specific task. The 7 S are: Structure, Strategy, Systems, Skills, Staff, Style and Shared Values. But, let’s not go into it too deep today. Most of you will […]

…let’s start by understanding what this means in daily life In the last article, we spoke about the Conscious Leader. About the CEOs as pioneers, navigators and bridge builders into the next paradigm – a new stage of evolution we have to reach now. Let me say it again: The CEO’s level of consciousness sets […]

An new era in leadership has arrived Even after a tough year 2023, I am convinced that companies can be a force for good. Although the old saying “The Business of Business is Business” holds some truth, we are increasingly seeing personal, social, and ecological considerations becoming integral to business practices. Business and capitalism itself […]

Dear Transformers, dear Co-Creators, dear creators of a new time! You are now at a point on your journey to real transformation that you want toshow yourself to the world. To go out and act – that is the next task. We haveemerged from the earlier stages of the transformative journey, cleansed andclarified. We are […]

Dear Transformers, dear Co-Creators, dear creators of a new time! We have climbed the mountain. We have experienced the extasis, renewed our thinking, and we have gone on the way back where we put together everything we have learned into a new worldview. But what comes next? Many people ask me this: what happens now […]

Dear Transformers, dear Co-Creators, dear creators of a new time! There are those moments when everything goes wrong and nothing seems to work anymore. We Germans are collectively experiencing just such a moment. The renowned London magazine The Economist just wrote on its cover, “Is Germany the sick man of Europe again?” The economy is […]

Dear Transformers, dear Co-Creators, dear creators of a new time! In the previous text we talked about facing fears. Looking at fears. That was a first step to look at seemingly unpleasant things and discover their potential. Those who have tackled this can now go even a little further. Because if I really want a […]

Dear Transformers, dear Co-Creators, dear Shapers of a new time! After sensemaking, making sense of yourself, you want to move on. If you want to become a Transformative Leader, you have to grow beyond yourself. But how? Where do you go from here? There is a clear answer to this question: The unrealized potential always […]

Dear Transformers, dear co-creators, dear shapers of a new age! Be proud of yourself. In the past weeks you have accomplished a lot. You have gathered information. You have let go for a few moments in Ego Death of what so often holds you back, in your personal life as well as in your business, […]

Dear Transformers, dear Co-Creators, dear Shapers of a new time! You are on a good path. You are a transformational leader. But things keep getting stuck. There are unproductive arguments. Stress comes up. What is the problem? The ego gets in the way!

Dear Transformers, dear Co-Creators, dear creators of a new era! In the last VERTICAL-X newsletter I talked about self-authorship. In other words, about the moment when we go from being a victim of circumstances to an actively shaping force. Once we’ve made that leap, we want to launch into our Waking Up, the first big stage of our transformative journey. This is helped by a superpower: flow.

Dear Transformers, dear Co-Creators, dear Creators of a New Time! The world is in crisis. In this dramatic situation, how do we manage to become capable of action again? Where do we start? My answer: Start with yourself. We must look inward in order to then act in the world with new forces.

Dear Transformers, dear Co-Creators of a new time, the world often seems terrible at the moment. You only have to look at the news. Unrest, assassinations, violence, the war continues, Putin demonizes the West in his speeches. And every day something new is added that overwhelms us. We are in the middle of a polycrisis, a permacrisis – an age of very big problems…