Institute
Experience becomes insight.
We combine observations from practice with systems thinking, research perspectives and one simple question: what actually helps organisations move forward?
Reflection
Practice needs theory. Theory needs practice.
Models help us understand complex systems. But only under real conditions do we see which assumptions hold, which side effects emerge, and where a model needs adaptation.
In the Institute, we collect, structure and reflect insights from Consulting and the Lab. The result is not universal recipes, but better thinking tools.
We are not trying to prove a theory right. We are trying to understand when it is useful.
Core questions
What we work on
- Systems theory
- Organisation and organisational design
- Complexity and dynamics
- Project management
- Programme and portfolio management
- Risk management
- Governance and decision architectures
- Leadership and collaboration
- Agile organisations
- Artificial intelligence in organisations
- Human-AI collaboration
- Transformation and change
- Learning in organisations
- Process and service organisation
Connection to practice
An Institute without an ivory tower
The Institute is not separated from practice. Its questions come from real organisational challenges. Its models are tested in the Lab. The resulting insights feed back into Consulting, further experimentation and future publications.
Part of the Magnetic Fields Cycle
Connected with the other fields
The Institute structures and reflects insights from Consulting and Lab. This creates models, perspectives and new questions for the next cycle.
See all three fields together: Consulting, Lab and Institute at a glance.
Der Magnetic Fields Cycle
Aus Fragen werden Experimente und neue Erkenntnisse.
Magnetic Fields arbeitet als Lernkreislauf. Fragen aus der Beratung werden im Lab überprüfbar. Erkenntnisse aus der Praxis werden im Institute reflektiert. Daraus entstehen bessere Fragen, Modelle und nächste Experimente.
- Bereich
Consulting
Fragen verstehen und Hypothesen formulieren.
- Bereich
Lab
Hypothesen unter realen Bedingungen erproben.
- Aktueller Bereich
Institute
Erkenntnisse reflektieren, strukturieren und weitergeben.
Erkenntnisse fließen zurück ins Consulting ↗
Which question should organisations ask differently today?
Magnetic Fields seeks exchange with organisations, practitioners and people in research and education who want to test ideas against reality, not only discuss them in theory.