The Dynamics of Shaping Identities

WE, the Company – The Dynamics of Shaping Identities It is a well-known challenge: how can an organization gain and maintain a recognizable identity that gives direction to the conduct of its entire team? The history of large companies is usually shaped by mergers....

Some Thoughts about Mindset: a trending term

Some Thoughts about Mindset: a trending term How we see the world, and what we know about it, is shaped by what has gone before: it is conditional. The notion that our perception and understanding creates an image of the world has long been doubted. At least since the...

Companies as urban infrastructure

Companies as urban infrastructure. A suggestion. We live in a society in which individuality and diversity are constantly growing. This also brings together a wide variety of identities, lifestyles and values. In urban infrastructures, we experience both the richness...

Spectrum of Balance – A cultural model for organizations

Spectrum of Balance – A cultural model for organizations The cultural model »Spectrum of Balance« was developed by SYNNECTA in co-creation with partners at other companies. It gives culture a language and thus people in organizations a basis for reflection and...

Empathy is a skill, not a potential

Empathy is a skill, not a potential No empathy without scenic competence. We do not feel into another being nor is our feeling a kind of sense aimed to perceive the emotional situation of another being. Empathy is a skill; we learn it in our life. We understand...

The Rich Conversations Model – A short guide to establishing and deepening online interaction

The Rich Conversations Model - A short guide to establishing and deepening online interaction How can we find novel ways to pair physical distancing with social connection at work? (Katrijn van Oudheusden) Introduction: The Need As seven strangers attempt to...