July 7, 2023. Supporting people’s growth and development is at the forefront of mature leaders’ minds all the time. What’s needed most is not just talking about change and development but creating spaces for new emotional reference experiences. For a truly transformational experience and deep change new forms of development come into play, like biohacking, culture expeditions, and inducing altered states of consciousness, also with legal psychedelic experiences. However, the landscape of psychedelic retreat providers might seem daunting. The new guide by our partner Evolute Institute aims to help those looking for orientation and guidance through the wild landscape of transformative psychedelic retreat experiences in Europe (with legal psychoactive mushrooms)…
Oct. 6, 2022. Our partners at Evolute Institute who offer psychedelic leadership experience retreat programs just started publishing a great new 8-part series on Inner Work. The first article just came out and explores the question “What does ‘deep inner work’ actually mean”? They emphasise that numerous schools of thought, ranging from millennia-old philosophies to modern academic approaches like developmental psychology and evolutionary biology, have made invaluable contributions over time to the understanding and fostering of human growth and development. In their article they synthesize the best insights from these wisdom traditions, scientific theories and practices…
March 21, 2022. Clinical research on psychedelics, such as psilocybin (the psychoactive ingredient in certain types of mushrooms), has experienced a renaissance in the past two decades, leading to spectacular successes in treating conditions such as addiction, treatment-resistant depression, mood and anxiety disorders or even end-of-life anxiety of cancer patients. But what about what Michael Pollan, author of “How to change your mind”, calls “the betterment of well people”? Could altered states of consciousness…
Feb 11, 2022. Our friends from OMDB - Over my dead body - offer a new free online event on Februar 24, 2022. A German pastor and a London-based death doula share their approaches and practical tips for helping people at the end of their lives. Participants will learn what really matters at the end and how each of us might be of help during the final days of our loved ones.
Jan 14, 2022. Why is it that while we often intent to change something - externally or within - we do not succeed in effectuating that change? Our partners from Evolute Institute are giving a new answer to a perennial question of how to promote development and growth of leaders, of how to get unstuck, of how to really learn how to embrace new perspectives and become more empathetic, of how to connect to our deepest longing and true purpose…
Sep 23, 2021. How can we create healthier workplaces & foster resilience in ourselves and others? There is a lot of confusion around the root cause(s) of disease (dis-ease), suffering, lack of resilience. Modern medicine is fabulous in treating the symptoms, but we need to address the root cause. The core insight of the last decade of research into the causes of suffering / symptoms / trauma is that it comes through our neuro-biology
August 10, 2020. Wann wird Kommunikation wirkungsvoll, was kennzeichnet einen außergewöhnlichen Vortrag, der Menschen nachhaltig berührt, wie es die besten TED Talks tun - und was braucht es, um das als Führungskraft oder change maker umzusetzen? In der aktuellen Folge 44 des Podcasts Ich.Wir.Alle von shortcuts adressiert Infinity Institut-Gründer und CEO Christopher Kabakis diese Fragen im Gespräch mit shortcuts-CEO Martin Permantier…
July 17, 2020. What does it mean to be a working women in 2020? Together with the women network Rockchain, 301 words (an initiative of Patrick Liebl, storytelling expert & TEDx speaker coach at Infinity Institute) asked this question to women all over the world. In a big contest they were invited to tell their story of what it means to them to be a working women in the year 2020…
July 10, 2020. The Corona Pandemic has shaken up the lives of many of us. At our 8th and final Compass Salon, we’ll rather fittingly be touching on the topic of letting go. We’ll be addressing the big taboo of death and consider what can be learned by contemplating our mortality. On a philosophical level the claim is that contemplation of death brings us squarely up against the existential bedrock of our lives and helps us to face our natural limits. This includes the many deaths that we can suffer daily, especially at times of life transition….
Jan 25, 2020. Do you trust your intuition? And if yes, do you admit it to others? Have you ever asked your colleagues, your supervisor or your partner to follow your suggestion in an important matter because of your intuition? At our 7th Compass Salon “Follow Your Intuition” on February 25th, 2020, from 7.00-9.00pm at our new partner Adjust’s offices we will explore the concept of intuition, how it is related to our bodies and how we can use it purpusefully to make decisions…
Nov 1, 2019. On Dec 3, 2019, at 7pm will be a very special edition of Compass Salon with leadership expert Dr. Matthias Müller-Lindenberg, guiding us through his new leadership model based on the metaphor “Flowing with the River” - hosted again at Goodpatch Berlin. At the Salon we will discuss how we can achieve our goals without getting burned out and instead develop a nourishing and powerful (personal) leadership…
Sept. 5, 2019. Our next Compass Salon No. 5 is coming up, this time with the theme “Hidden Treasures”! The Salon will be hosted on October 23rd, 2019, from 6.30-9.00pm with delicious wine by Nampelka and at the Berlin Kreuzberg location of Goodpatch Berlin. Our two speakers, Sarmistha Pantham and Dr. Adam Ambrozy, will take us on an expedition in search for our hidden treasures. We will be shown the "best places“ to look for these treasures and learn how to lift and use them…
May 8, 2019. What can science, science fiction & consciousness work tell us about the creation of positive future narratives? This is the guiding question of our next Compass Salon themed “From Club of Rome to personal transformation - Creating Positive Futures” on June 6, 6.30pm, once again hosted at the beautiful Co-Creation Loft Berlin, starring our two speakers Jörg Geier (Club of Rome) and Anjet Sekkat (Club of Life)…
March 26, 2019. The success of your pitch and the future of your business will depend on your ability to positively convey your company’s narrative through effective storytelling. During the Secret HR Society’s recent meetup at DCMN’s headquarters, Christopher presented one possible multi-purpose template to structure your most powerful pitch yet. With the help of Elon Musk – who, while not being an obvious choice, is definitely extremely effective in the way he pitches his products, you too can bring your keynote, presentation or pitch to the next level….
March 6, 2019. We’re happy to announce our 3rd Compass Salon in cooperation with CoCreation Loft Berlin on March 28, 2019, starting at 6.30pm. This time our theme will be “Leading Ourselves and Others”. No matter if we are responsible for 1.000+ employees, a team of 5, our family or just for ourselves: at some point all of us are supposed to lead. Leadership skills are not only useful for leading other people or projects…
Oct. 26, 2018. Thanks to the great work by director Reza Pakravan and team from A-OK Media House we have a nice litte explanatory video now about what we do at Infinity when it comes to communications training & speaker coaching - have a look and let us know what you think…
Oct 19, 2018. We’re happy to announce our 2nd Compass Salon in cooperation with CoCreation Loft Berlin on Dec. 5, 2018. What’s below the surface of our and other people’s behaviour, underlying our words and actions? What are our values, needs, desires and perceptions that are the basis for what we experience in others, in our private lives or at the workplace? And what triggers our core fears? These are the guiding questions for our second Compass Salon…
Sept. 1, 2018. Two weeks ago we announced our new event series "Compass Salon" which features Compass Talks but also a space for discussion, analysis and exercises to promote learning and action. Since then we have been asked by many what this new event format is all about - so today we'd like to tell you a bit more about the mission and spirit of our new event format…
Aug 16, 2018. We are most happy to announce that in cooperation with CoCreation Loft, Infinity is starting a new event series called “Compass Salon” that will feature talks (Compass Talks), discussions and more. Compass Salon is all about finding and re-adjusting your inner compass and then use it to navigate a changing world. And it’s about creating and strengthening a community or “tribe” of people interested in…
May 28, 2018. The Open Society will organize it's annual “Day of the Open Society” all over Germany on June 16, 2018. Put your tables and chairs outside and set the table - Germany is serving delicious food and sets a symbol to be "for" something and not just against (#dafür): for democracy, for openness, for hospitality, for diversity and for freedom. Infinity is participating - what's stopping you from giving it a try?
April 7, 2018. How can we defeat the villain of terribly bad, boring or just plainly ineffective talks, presentations & pitches? Presentation literacy is the core competence of the 21st century. Nearly everything leaders & entrepreneurs do involves communication, and often it involves presenting ideas in front of groups and trying to persuade other people of their ideas and the need for change. At the upcoming workshop at Factory Berlin on Tuesday April 17, 2018...
March 21, 2018. How can we understand Trump, Le Pen, AfD reps & other right-wing populists? Christopher Kabakis talk at TEDxWHU on how to defend our open Western societies & democracy from a communications point of view just got released - have a look and share if you like with others who’d like to understand populism better, how it works and how to deal with it effectively…
Feb 17, 2018. "New Leadership, New World. - Leadership in times of digital change". This was the the theme of this year's LEAD Academy Community Summit on Feb. 16, 2018. Executives taking part in the Curriculum, alumni and trainers came together at the Kalkscheune in Berlin to learn about and discuss ideas on new leadership and network across sectoral boundaries. LEAD presented their new self assessment tool for executives - the "8 roles model" for different leadership roles…
Jan. 19, 2018. Infinity's Speaker Coach Patrick Liebl has created a new platform to share life experiences in short stories - in not more than 301 words. Have you experienced something in your life that you would like to share with the world? Not because you are looking for admiration but because you want to give other people the opportunity to learn from your experiences? Is there a life lesson you learned...
Dec 10, 2018. We are happy to announce that Infinity Institute's founder Christopher was invited to give a TEDx Talk at the upcoming TEDxWHU "The Day after Tomorrow" on Feb. 3rd, 2018. Christopher will speak on how to deal with right-wing populists effectively from a communications point of view. In his talk "Talk like Trump" he will examine what explains the rise of populism in the West in recent times, analyze how the populist narrative framework works and...
Sept. 13, 2017. How can we understand how populism works, especially right-wing populism? As part of our workshop conducted in cooperation with LEAD Academy on Sept.9, 2017 we developed a framework that contrasts how populists / the new nationalists operate compared to liberals (in the sense of classic liberalism) or "globalists". Our research distills three levels of intentionality of desired change that can be distinguished, or put more simply: three "movements"....
July 2, 2017. Infinity Institute is, like TED, committed to spread “ideas worth sharing”. Most discussion around disruption today centers on the negative aspects of technological change. Martin Stuchtey & Per-Andres Enkvist’s new book “A Good Disruption – Redefining growth for the 21st century” is a notable exception. In this book the authors envision a new growth model and argue that disruptive technologies now at our disposal will enable us to solve some of humanity’s largest problems, from environmental degradation over social inequality to...
May 19, 2017. There is a great new initiative to support newcomers in Germany who come from countries like Syria to enable them to be successful entrepreneurs - it's called Ideas in Motion and Infinity Institute supported the first cycle of the program and thus 8 newcomer entrepreneurs with free pitch training in May 2017. Ideas in Motion is the first Berlin-based business incubation program to be co-designed with and for newcomer entrepreneurs. The 5 month program...
May 11, 2017. In cooperation with LEAD Academy we are organizing an all-day workshop on June 17, 2017 on how to defend the open society against its enemies that have gained popularity recently across the Western world - the neo-national populists. The aim is to develop communication strategies and to collect stories that help us to deal effectively with them - be it in talkshows, debates....
March 10, 2017. How can we understand what is happening politically in the world currently? In a brand new format called TED Dialogues Chris Anderson interviews Yuval Noah Harari, author of "Homo Sapiens" and "Homo Deus". The historian with a knack for the future explains the political turmoil the world - and especially the West - has been facing recently...