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Hello and welcome to cooperate culture - your podcast about cooperation & conflict at work. My name is Paul Emtsev, and I am a workplace facilitator, conflict mediator and systemic coach. In this podcast, I talk with inspiring people from a variety of professions about how to work better together. Ready to work better together? Visit www.emtsev.com to get started.

Oct 19

How to become unhurried? cooperate culture #36 with Johnnie Moore

In this episode of the cooperate culture podcast, I spoke with Johnnie Moore. Johnnie is a facilitator and team coach. He is the author of the book "Unhurried" and a co-founder of "Creative Facilitation". He has been a visiting tutor on the Oxford Strategic Leadership Programme and a visiting faculty of the Changemakers Leadership Programme at Cambridge University. With Johnnie, we talked about what it means to be unhurried, how to help others work in a less hurried way, and how our conversations might benefit from adapting the right pace. At the end of our exchange, both Johnnie and me felt some of this deeply satisfying, sensual experience of human dialogue that AI might not be able to reproduce. If you are curious about how to work and live in a more unhurried, sensitive way, this episode is for you. My name is Paul Emtsev, and I am conflict mediator, systemic coach and leadership trainer. Ready to work better together? Visit ⁠www.emtsev.com⁠ to get started.
Sep 27

How to work in a future of AI? cooperate culture #35 with Dr. Selina Mayer

In this episode of cooperate culture, I spoke with Dr. Selina Mayer. Selina is the Team Lead for leadership and digital technologies at the Hasso Plattner Institute, one of Germany’s leading university and research institutes focused on computer science, digital engineering, and technology innovation. With Selina, we talked about how AI influences our workplaces, what challenges, but also what potential new technologies bring for leaders and organisations, and how the future of work might look like. I really enjoyed Selina’s very sharp yet nuanced perspectives on the intersection of leadership, AI and strategic foresight. If you want to hear more about both the risks, but also the possible chances that arise for our workplaces within an AI future, this episode is for you. My name is Paul Emtsev, and I am conflict mediator, systemic coach and leadership trainer. Ready to work better together? Visit ⁠www.emtsev.com⁠ to get started.
Sep 7

Was bedeutet Wertschätzung? cooperate culture #34 mit Martin Hagen

In dieser Folge von cooperate culture habe ich mit Martin Hagen gesprochen. Martin ist Executive Coach und Managementberater. Als Mitgründer und langjähriger Geschäftsführer von hauserconsulting hat er zahlreiche Organisationen, Teams und Führungskräfte begleitet und auch die hauseigene Coaching-Weiterbildung zum Systemischen Business Coach verantwortet. Eine Fähigkeit, die in Martins Arbeit eine zentrale Rolle spielt, ist Wertschätzung. Das klingt erstmal schön, ist aber nicht immer so leicht zu entwickeln und aufrechtzuerhalten - gerade in beruflichen Kontexten. Wir haben mit Martin darüber gesprochen, was eine wertschätzende Haltung ausmacht, wie sie kultiviert werden kann, und was sie mit uns Menschen macht. Es ging um Authentizität, Verantwortung für sich und für andere, und was zu tun ist, wenn wir einander einfach nicht mögen. Für mich war es mal wieder ein sehr erhellendes Gespräch, bei dem klar geworden ist: Wertschätzung für andere zu entwickeln ist nicht unbedingt der leichte Weg - aber es ist ein Weg, der sich lohnt. Wenn ihr euch dafür interessiert, berufliche Beziehungen wertschätzend zu gestalten, kann ich euch diese Folge sehr ans Herz legen. Mein Name ist Paul Emtsev, und ich bin Konfliktmediator, systemischer Coach und Leadership Trainer. Bereit, besser zusammen zu arbeiten? Komm auf ⁠www.emtsev.com, um loszulegen.
Jul 23

Why do we need diversity? cooperate culture #33 with Frauke Logermann

In this episode of the cooperate culture podcast, I spoke with Frauke Logermann. Frauke is the team leader for talent and diversity management at the Max Planck Society, one of Germany’s most successful research organization. With 31 Nobel laureates, it ranks among the world’s best and most prestigious research institutions. In her job, Frauke focuses on diversity programs, workplace discrimination and personal development programs related to diversity management & unconscious biases. In addition to that, she also works as a trainer, coach and mediator. With Frauke, we talked about her motivation for diversity, some of the main challenges that diversity managers face, and how to ensure a professional environment that works for everyone. My main takeaway from our conversation is that the topic of diversity is complex - but at the same time, there are quite simple things we can do. If you want to get a better understanding of why diversity matters at work, this episode is for you. My name is Paul Emtsev, and I am conflict mediator, systemic coach and leadership trainer. Ready to work better together? Visit ⁠www.emtsev.com⁠ to get started.
Jul 5

Why do humans play? cooperate culture #32 with Jeffrey Burgdorf

In this episode of the cooperate culture podcast, I spoke with Jeffrey Burgdorf. Jeffrey is a Professor at Northwestern University who dedicated his career to the neuroscience of positive emotions. Amongst many things, he found out that rats can actually laugh and identified genes activated by play that promote neuronal growth. I wanted to know how scientists explain the phenomenon of human play, whether a playful mindset can help us cooperate, and how we can actually become more playful in everyday life. Jeff shared his thoughts on why animals and humans play, what’s the difference between play and goal-oriented behavior, and how AI might affect our playing capabilities. And he made it clear that there are not only a lot of good reasons to play, but also a lot of ways to be playful - both in social interaction with others and in nonsocial activities without other people. I was really impressed by the richness of insight that Jeffrey has around this complex phenomenon of play - and by the interesting conclusions he drew for human cooperation. If you are searching for inspiration to approach your professional challenges more playfully, this episode is for you. My name is Paul Emtsev, and I am conflict mediator, systemic coach and leadership trainer. Ready to work better together? Visit ⁠www.emtsev.com⁠ to get started.
Jun 11

How to have good conversations? cooperate culture #31 with Robert Poynton

In this episode of the cooperate culture podcast, I spoke with Robert Poynton. Robert is a highly experienced facilitator, an associate fellow at Green Templeton College at the University of Oxford, and the author of four books that I all read with great interest. In his work, Robert focuses on the application of ideas from improvisation to everyday life, the relationship with time and the everyday miracle of conversations. We talked about the ingredients of real dialogue, the role of questions and responses, and some of the major challenges when talking with each other. Robert shared stories about his work as a facilitator, some of his favorite interventions to spark conversations, and why wearing funky animal slippers will change any board meeting. We also explored how to improvise when facing uncertainty, the role of playfulness in professional settings, and the importance of pause. And along the way, we both realised that good conversations not only depend on what you say, but how you say it, and that we can really practice our capacity to sense what a conversation needs from us, and what we need from a conversation. If you are interested in the dynamics behind great conversations or just want to listen to one, I think this episode could be for you. My name is Paul Emtsev, and I am conflict mediator, systemic coach and leadership trainer. Ready to work better together? Visit ⁠www.emtsev.com⁠ to get started.
May 24

Can we have planetary dialogues? cooperate culture #30 with François Taddei

In this episode of the cooperate culture podcast, I spoke with François Taddei. François is the founder, president and “Chief Exploration Officer” of the Learning Planet Institute in Paris. He is an internationally renowned researcher in evolutionary molecular biology who now devotes his time to the science of learning and teaching - especially working on how we as humans can learn to care better for ourselves, others, and the planet. Having the chance to talk to such a highly accomplished explorer of the learning world, I wanted to know from François how cooperation and learning are connected, how we can use our human dialogue capacities to learn and grow together, and whether we really need authorities to develop new knowledge. Francois shared his ideas on the role of AI, how to develop collective dialogue skills, and whether life in outer space would help us collaborate better on planet earth. He reminded me that the only thing that travels faster than light is imagination - and that moving forward towards what he calls “planetizenship”, we need to think about new forms of collective, ethical dreaming. If you are someone who likes to ask yourself the big questions about life, humanity and our planetary future, this episode is for you. You can learn more about François and his work on the website of the Learning Planet Institute at https://www.learningplanetinstitute.org/fr/ or by following him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fran%C3%A7ois-taddei-3696b919/. My name is Paul Emtsev, and I am conflict mediator, systemic coach and leadership trainer. Ready to work better together? Visit ⁠www.emtsev.com⁠ to get started.
Apr 30

How to cooperate in space? cooperate culture #29 with Anna Christina Günster

In this episode of the cooperate culture podcast, I spoke with Anna Christina Günster from the European Space Agency (ESA). Anna is an HR professional in ESA’s HR Center of Competence and an Industrial-Organisational Psychologist with 25 years’ international cross-sector HR experience in Talent Management, Leadership Development & Organisational Development. Anna has an impressive career path in aerospace organisations. Before joining ESA in 2014, she built up and managed the Graduate Program of the German Aerospace Center in Cologne for several years - a program that trains PhD candidates in transversal skills for their future as leaders in space industry and space research. Besides her extensive knowledge about the work dynamics within space agencies, Anna has also worked in research, industry, NGO, public & government sectors. During our conversation, we talked about Anna’s perspectives on human cooperation, what makes for successful teamwork, and what the biggest challenges are when working in such an international organisation as ESA. Anna also shared what other industries can learn from ESA's projects in space, the psychological needs behind successful cooperation and the future of leadership. I was deeply impressed by the capacity of the people at ESA to solve such complicated challenges within complex and partly unpredictable environments, how leaders have to provide both technical expertise and emotional intelligence, and how ESA as an organisation navigates the ambiguity between freedom of innovation and structure of processes on a daily basis. This episode is for everyone interested in how the people at ESA work together to explore the universe and achieve seemingly impossible things. If you want to learn more about Anna and her work, you can find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annachristinaguenster/ or discover the many facets of ESA on their official website at https://www.esa.int/. You can also have a closer look at the ESA Convention that Anna mentioned at https://esamultimedia.esa.int/multimedia/publications/SP-1344/ESA_Convention_SP-1344_EN.pdf. The ESA Convention 1975 treaty is the founding framework of the European Space Agency and the basis of European space cooperation. It defines ESA’s purpose as advancing space for peaceful purposes, strengthening Europe’s scientific, technological and industrial capabilities in space, and delivering benefits to society. The convention also describes ESA’s governance. Through the Council, ESA Member States shape strategy, priorities and funding, while pooling resources and capabilities to pursue programmes no single nation could achieve alone. This balance between Member State influence, shared mission and coordinated execution makes ESA a distinctive model of international cooperation. And finally, if you are curious to know what job opportunities exist at ESA, find out more on https://www.esa.int/About_Us/Careers_at_ESA. My name is Paul Emtsev, and I am conflict mediator, systemic coach and leadership trainer. Ready to work better together? Visit ⁠www.emtsev.com⁠ to get started.

Hello and welcome to cooperate culture - your podcast about cooperation & conflict at work. My name is Paul Emtsev, and I am a workplace facilitator, conflict mediator and systemic coach. In this podcast, I talk with inspiring people from a variety of professions about how to work better together. Ready to work better together? Visit www.emtsev.com to get started.

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