Gerd Burla

sometimes... even i have to show up for a shooting @ Mobility Genossenschaft. a pro behind the lens helps to be confident. 📸💪🏼 stay tuned for our next storyset! thx Amela Becirbasic, Alexandra Stäuble and the whole team for interesting and insightful content all year round 🙏🏼 #mobility #mobilitycarsharing #sharing #carsharing #sharingiscaring #sharedmobilityrocks

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In our latest #FTMoralMoneyForum report, our advisory partner Vontobel highlights how fatigue and resistance can catalyse transformative change in DEI efforts. Dive into the report to explore how leading companies navigate challenges to build more inclusive workplaces: https://lnkd.in/g5a4K-c8 🌍📈 #diversity #inclusion #DEI #FTMoralMoney #leadership

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🌍✨ Global Intergenerational Week 2024 Begins! ✨🌍   Celebrating the unique blend of generational voices in Swiss workplaces! With EY and EqualVoice, we are researching how Swiss organizations are currently fostering intergenerational collaboration, a core focus of our upcoming white paper.   🔍 Are Swiss organizations meeting your expectations in how they handle intergenerational issues? Participate in our survey and let us know how satisfied you are with existing practices. Your feedback will help review current practices and give insights into more effective strategies for intergenerational collaboration, from learning and development to flexible working preferences.   ➡️ Take the Survey Now: https://lnkd.in/duTyGSyN Shape the future of Swiss workspaces!   #GlobalIntergenerationalWeek #SwissWorkplaces #FutureOfWork

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🌟 Have Your Say in Impact Intergenerational Practices in Swiss Workplaces! 🌟   As we conclude Global Intergenerational Week, we are poised to uncover crucial insights into how Swiss organizations can more effectively better implement intergenerational collaboration in the workplace. Focused on learning and development, and adaptable working and communication styles, our forthcoming white paper will outline strategies for optimizing workplace more effective practices across generations.   📑 Don’t miss your chance to participate in influence this significant study, promoted in cooperation with EY and EqualVoice: the survey closes soon, and your participation will enrich our understanding of intergenerational inclusion in Switzerland. Be part of this ground-breaking research and receive an updated white paper highlighting our findings.   👉 https://lnkd.in/duTyGSyN   Together, let's drive a more inclusive and innovative future for Swiss workplaces!   #InnovationThroughDiversity #DiversityandInclusion #DEI #SwissWorkplaceInsights #GlobalIntergenerationalWeek #SwissWorkplaces #FutureOfWork Simona Scarpaleggia Lea Eberle Elsa Reichling David Pritchett Isabelle C. Staiger Dr. Theresa Goecke Margit Vunder Anja Sophie Kunisch EDGE Certification

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🚊 A border control in a tram ♟️ A giant chess playing zone in a shopping mall 🏎️ An underground fridge and the fastest solar car… Just 3 standout moments from Vitra Campus in Switzerland for futur/io Institute's CSO Leadership Forum this week. My biggest takeaway? 💡 The transformational role that leaders have on the future resilience and direction of business. 🇨🇭Vitra is a Swiss furniture manufacturer globally recognised for design and quality. ➡️ This isn’t just a 3rd generation family business. ➡️ ➡️ This is a masterclass in how an 80 year old business can re-invent itself and thrive. Vitra CEO Nora Fehlbaum’s keynote was a powerful reminder of the transformational role and vision a business leader can have. I attended in my event-hosting capacity to bring my special brand of energy and audience engagement. What I found was a front row seat to the wisdom of some of Europe’s leading sustainability professionals. ⭐️ NEW BUSINESS MODELS ANYONE 👀 Vitra turned their manufacturing site into an internationally renowned Vitra Campus which comes complete with a cafe, second-life store, exhibition space, wild garden and even a helter skelter - and a beautifully designed one. ⭐️ SUSTAINABILITY BY THE MANY NOT THE FEW Some companies decide not have an official CSO role while others have them to drive the agenda. They ALL agree that sustainability has to be owned by everyone not by the few. And what’s the best way to do that? Financial incentives. 💸 ⭐️ SUSTAINABILITY IS JUST QUALITY 2.0 The most sustainable thing to do is to make products that last and introduce new business models that deal with your waste. Vitra don’t just offer 30 years warranties on their chairs, they also created Vitra Circle to refurbish and resell their products. ⭐️ FROM SUPPLIER DATA TO DIALOGUE Petra Wicklandt, PhD from Merck (a company that dates back to the 1600s) has nearly 60,000 suppliers which is why sustainability folk spend most of their time waiting… waiting for data. 😖 And when they get the data, none of the dozens of platforms talk to each other. 😖 😖  (🙏 Please let Rainer Karcher know about any useful tools that can help sustainability folk). ⭐️ WIT, CHARM AND A GOOD DOSE OF GOVERNANCE Chief Sustainability Officers are Strategists, Mediators, Alliance Managers, Communicators, Culture Change Agents but I was really struck by how governance really does drive the change from within. You just need plenty of wit and charm to go with it. ⭐️ CSO LEADERSHIP STORIES Find them in a brand new book about Leadership for Sustainable Futures. It's a year book for the CSO class of 2024 by futur/io Institute & published by Lukas Schmitt at Murmann Publishers GmbH. 🙏 Thank you futur/io Institute and to 🦜 Laila Jessica Braga Martins Melissa Davis Márcia Balisciano, Melanie Kubin-Hardewig Andreas Wade Karin Reiter Rainer Karcher Aurora Chiste Marc Buckley 🌍 Nick Heine Pascal Riederer, Prof. Dr. Tobias Wollermann, Carrie Scott and Inês Oom de Sousa.

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Creativity and persistence takes you far. Well done

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Can you design a logo for us? Yes sure... BUT... A brand is more than a logo. When Lisanne Kurth and me started out as freelance designers with Studio Nonsens we got many requests to design new logos for brands. From our experience we learned: A logo by itself won't do the magic. There is a whole world of different elements defining how a brand looks and feels. This is why we seldom approach a logo design without the branding itself. Check out our latest and most beloved projects over the last few months.

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Investing for the present and the future …

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Is he the biggest German pioneer in Greentech? With Nico Rosberg he co-founded the GREENTECH FESTIVAL. 🌍 A global Greentech event taking place in:: - Berlin (this week) - London - Los Angeles - Singapore Truly one of the biggest events when it comes to sustainable technology. But for Marco Voigt it is definitely not his first big hit. In fact, he started almost 25 years ago with Greentech, 30 years ago with entrepreneurship. - Building PIN AG (Germany's biggest private postal companies) - Founding several Greentech Start Up's - Initiating the "Green Awards" and integrating it into the Greentech Festival 🎙 On a new podcast (German) we talked about: - his journey - building an exhibition (profitability, marketing, building traction) - Start Up field: Greentech (VC situation, timing, impact investing) & much more of an honest guy, like Marco. 🎫 Also: On the podcast, I will leak how you will get 1 of 3 CONFERENCE TICKETS for free for this week's festival in Berlin. Link to the pod in the comments ⬇

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Please, #swisspeople do explain? Help me understand. Also, what would be the best way to respond? #expatlife #expatproblems #expats #expatinswitzerland #swiss #swissmuser #swisstiktoker #schweizer #schweiz🇨🇭 #schweiztiktok #immigrant #immigrantmom #immigrantproblems #movingabroad

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🚀 Are you really, really looking forward to the future? 🌟 While envisioning the future seems to be causing a great deal of fear in Germany, many hope the problems can be solved by #innovation. In my article "Innovating Innovation" in planung&analyse, a leading journal focusing on market research and marketing, I delve into the essential abilities we all need to innovate. Because in essence, innovation is not just about inventing new products or technologies; it's about our profoundly human ability to adapt to changing contexts and to thrive in it. And thus, for companies and brands, innovation is not solely about R&D abilities and patents but our capability for #CulturalRenewal. In our latest article, I explore the three crucial skills we at STURM und DRANG GmbH have identified as key to driving innovation: 🌟 1. Imagining future cultures (futures literacy) 🤝 2. Practicing co-evolution (collaborative changemaking) 🌍 3. Evolving brands with a mission-oriented approach (transformative leadership) A big thank you to Sabine Hedewig-Mohr for the opportunity to share these insights. #Innovation #FuturesLiteracy #CollaborativeChangemaking #TransformativeLeadership #STURMundDRANG If you are interested in the English version, please leave me a note in the comments. 🔗 Find the German version as e-paper here https://lnkd.in/eGyjnnXw #Innovation #Leadership #FutureThinking #Collaboration #CulturalRenewal

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𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁: 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲-𝗗𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 Communicating on socially relevant topics to enrich societal discussions is always a source of great energy and excitement for me. It's what drives me and fuels my passion for external communications in my job and in my private life. Our recent Swiss Health Insurance Study was a perfect example of how impactful this work can be. For instance, the study added to the ongoing discussion that two-thirds of Swiss citizens support the transition to a single health insurance system. Besides gauging public opinion, we also provided a realistic view on the hopes of the people for significant cost reductions. Collaborating with Marcel THOM and the incredible teams from Insurance and Communications was both inspiring and professionally rewarding. Together, we achieved widespread media attention, sparking important conversations on the future of the Swiss healthcare system and, at the same time, supporting our business goals. This is what purpose-driven work means to me – remaining passionate and impacting people and businesses through strategic communication. Here’s to the next adventures! 🌟🚀🌍🗺️🏞️🚂🤿🎵🏝️ #Communications #Healthcare #Teamwork #Purpose #Deloitte #MakingADifference #Impact #PersonalDevelopment #Sabbatical Loris Eichenberger, Viwe B., Iris Keller, Kevin Capellini, Andreas Hammer, Philip Ewald, Fiona Flannery, Andy Hefti, Marielle Morerod https://lnkd.in/evr6dt8a

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𝗦𝗮𝘅𝗼𝗻𝘆'𝘀 𝟰𝟬-𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗣𝘂𝘀𝗵: 𝗔 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸-𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲? Hey CEOs, brace for this: Saxony's Minister President Michael Kretschmer is pushing for a full-throttle 40-hour work week across Germany. He is dialing back on part-time work as a way to ramp up productivity. "𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵-𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯," he claims, aiming to pivot from the flexibility many have come to expect and need. This is more than a policy shift; it's a cultural rewind to a time when work defined life, not the other way around. While Kretschmer dresses it up as economic salvation, this isn't just a minor tweak but a major step back. In a world that's increasingly valuing work-life balance, caring responsibilities, and personal well-being, forcing everyone into a 40-hour mold could crush the progress made towards a more balanced, inclusive workforce. Over half of the women in Germany worked part-time last year, many to manage childcare. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗺𝗲? This isn't just about hours on a clock. it's ab CEOs, how about we ensure our policies add value to our teams' lives rather than stripping them away? Let's champion flexibility and innovation, not restrict it.

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Check out the top 3 challenges advisors face when choosing #ESG products: 1️⃣ 88% struggle with inconsistent standards, metrics, and taxonomies. 2️⃣ 82% find a lack of suitable products across all asset classes. 3️⃣ 81% are navigating evolving ESG regulations. For more insights, explore Vontobel's latest study on integrating ESG factors in investment advisory: https://bit.ly/4cnfoQ5 #ESG

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Super interesting keynote from KPMG Switzerland at the ESG Technology Summit about maturity of reporting. The time of „green washing“ for marketing purposes is over. Regulations, such as #CSRD, are coming into force and we are entering the era of data and & transformation. It is now the time to actually gather insightful physical climate risk data to plan and execute on strategic planning. #PhysicalClimateRisks #CLIMADATechnologies #ESGTechnologySummit

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN SWISS COMPANIES: A (R)EVOLUTION IS NECESSARY This week took place a Board of Directors related event in the late afternoon in Zurich: very strong participation. And as Dominic Lüthi mentionned, the Board of Directors are essentially organized with family and friends (more than 90%). The question of the independence is immediately raised: it seems not that important as the companies are often family owned but... there is a huge new generation issue. The new CEOs can for sure not always come from the own family. Moreover, the mix of competences is more and more at risk because... of the new risks but not only. A fresh perspective shall be very welcome. Another aspect that clearly is visible now: a board member with practical risk management expertise is more adapted than one that is hyper-specialized (such as cyber-risk). I've been board member of the CMT Association, a non-for-profit US expert-educational organisation in the US - in the field of technical analysis (finance)

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Greetings Switzerland! 👋🏽 Ready to take your startup to new heights? 🚀 Join UP Zürich Community's bespoke program focused on elevating both individual and team well-being. Don't miss out on our exclusive introductory session on June 27th. #SwissStartups #WellBeing #UPZurich #ElevateYourGame"

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