New Work in the public sector

Rethinking Work in the Age of AI

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This training is held in German.
The public sector is under pressure: scarce resources, unfilled positions, rising expectations, and the challenges of AI. New Work offers concrete answers—beyond buzzwords. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll rethink work: with bold real-world examples from the public sector, insights from neuroscience, and proven tools for self-management, knowledge management, and effective change. You’ll walk away with a toolbox you can put to use right away. Compact. Inspiring. Immediately applicable.

Contents

New Work – What We're Talking About

  • Relevant milestones, e.g., Frithjof Bergmann, Michael Trautmann, the New Work Charter.
  • New Work – in the Age of AI, e.g., the AI Backpack with Inga Höltmann and the Most Important First Step.

Leadership Toolbox – Self-Leadership and Leadership by Managers

  • Self-management as a skill—whether as an employee or a manager, e.g., remote leadership, a toolkit for employees, a toolkit for managers, and project management.
  • Rethinking leadership—for example, demonstrating a strong stance, embodying commitment, acting as a strengths coach, or making a role change out of conviction—from leader to administrative staff member.
  • Smart Knowledge Management – with Professional Onboarding and Offboarding.
  • Real-world examples from the public sector, such as rituals that foster a strong sense of unity.

Effective Process Changes and Change

  • Key prerequisites for modernizing entrenched structures—such as trust, psychological safety, and support from key individuals.
  • Change from a neuroscientific perspective, e.g., metaskills and prerequisites for change.
  • Effective Process Optimization—with a Strong Rationale, Meaningful Metrics, and Makigami.
  • Dealing with Resistance, Stages of Escalation, and Options for Action in the Public Sector.
  • Practical examples—e.g., culture in the public sector, effective communication, productive meetings, appropriate spaces, and clear goals.
  • Effective templates, such as the Start Smart Canvas, New Work Canvas, and Change Canvas.

Practical examples and tips

  • An effective feedback and error-handling culture for a true understanding of user needs.
  • Does human intelligence beat artificial intelligence? For example, using the "refreshed mind" model.
  • Best-practice examples from the public sector, such as professionalizing project work.
  • Your guide to meaningful and effective work.

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Your benefit

After this training , you training ...

  • Apply tried-and-trueNew Work conceptsspecifically to your day-to-day work in the public sector.
  • Implement aready-to-use toolkitfocused on New Work and AI.
  • Rethinking and actively developing leadership, self-management, and knowledge management.
  • actively contribute to making the civil servicemore attractive and effective.

Methods

Refreshing insights with real-world examples and plenty of opportunities for discussion and networking. Practical exercises, templates, and tips to try out right away, to draw inspiration from, and to share with colleagues.

Recommended for

Public sector professionals—for greater effectiveness.

Suitable for employees, managers, and project leaders. No prior knowledge is required.

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New Work: Cultural change in the public sector

The public sector struggles with numerous prejudices: too slow, too analog, too bureaucratic. Yet public employers can boast just as many advantages: parental leave for women and men, for example, has long been a matter of course, even without a career break, unlike in the private sector. It is also a matter of course that women also occupy management positions on a part-time basis. Nevertheless, there is still [...]

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Articles, interviews or whitepapers on the topic

New Work: Cultural change in the public sector

The public sector struggles with numerous prejudices: too slow, too analog, too bureaucratic. Yet public employers can boast just as many advantages: parental leave for women and men, for example, has long been a matter of course, even without a career break, unlike in the private sector. It is also a matter of course that women also occupy management positions on a part-time basis. Nevertheless, there is still [...]

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