AI expands learning – but who sets the framework?
A personal reflection on artificial intelligence, learning biographies and the question of how we build sound knowledge in a world of unlimited possibilities.
Frageatmosphären
Inspired by Richard Feynman's "12 Favorite Problems," I cultivate what I call Frageatmosphären—atmospheres of inquiry: living questions around knowledge management, mindful productivity, leadership, and digitalization. Following Rilke's invitation, I try to live the questions themselves.
Lifelong Learning
Learning Like a Scientist: The Power of the Experimental Mindset
In today's performance-oriented environment, the experimental mindset opens up a revolutionary approach to personal growth and success. This
Digital Transformation in Basel's Public Schools: Looking Back on a Major Project
Basel-Stadt has launched a comprehensive digitalization project in schools, with a budget of 25 million Swiss francs, to provide over 5,500 devices and reorient the teaching and learning culture. My personal retrospective on the project.
Why personal knowledge management belongs in the classroom
An important part of learning is researching, taking notes and putting elaborated results into a form of expression. Often these
12 Favorite Problems: A Compass for your Knowledge Management
Probably this sounds familiar: when consuming and saving information that interests you, do you feel like you don't
My experience with «Building a Second Brain» #3
It is probably one of the greatest challenges to manage knowledge in a way that it could be found again
Mindful Thinking
Humans vs. AI: An Obsolete Question?
The question of who writes the better texts – humans or artificial intelligence – is becoming increasingly pressing. As Doris Weßels aptly
Mastering mindfulness in day-to-day life with humor and ease
Mindfulness, humor and lightness can enrich everyday life and make it more conscious. Habits and routines can be transformed into rituals through mindfulness. A conscious everyday life can lead to a more fulfilling and happier life.
Fall in love with the process: Why systems are more important than goals
This article argues that systems are more important than goals to be successful. Four reasons are given why goals alone are not enough, and it is recommended to fall in love with one’s processes in order to make progress and achieve your goals.
CODE vs Zettelkasten
This paper is about comparing two personal knowledge management systems from different points of view: CODE and notebox. A brief
Writing as a structure of thinking
Physicist Richard Feynman invited a historian to his office for an interview. When the interviewee saw Feynman's notebooks,
Four criteria for collecting information
Until relatively recently, information and knowledge were rare commodities that were difficult to access.
Today, we suffer from an abundance
Innovative Action
My Tribute to Impact Hub Basel
My story with Impact Hub didn't begin in Basel, but during the founding phase of the Philosophicum Basel
New Work: Shaping the Future of Work
In an era of profound changes driven by digitalization and global interconnectedness, our working world is fundamentally transforming. The concept
Why personal knowledge management belongs in the classroom
An important part of learning is researching, taking notes and putting elaborated results into a form of expression. Often these
Why Edupreneurship?
The world around us is changing and we must or may change with it.
The growth of information and knowledge