Raphael Gielgen

Even among his work colleagues, some think he's crazy. His irrepressible curiosity, restless search for explanation and desire to turn everything upside down sometimes make him uncomfortable - and when he reappears in the office after a long trip, he talks about things that sound more like virtual utopia than lived reality. He visits more than 100 companies, universities and startups a year; the world is his workplace, the future his field of research. He is in search of the "source code" of knowledge work. He documents the findings and experiences on a "panorama". This is a map of the trends and patterns of a new world. Privately, Raphael Gielgen lives on a small, self-sufficient farm just outside the city of Regensburg. An idyllic place in the middle of nature, he and his family live with a youth residential group, horses, ponies, cats and dogs (all from animal welfare). Here he lives tied back to the cycles of nature and he loves to think beyond the day in this place.