The Sustainable Innovator

13/12/2021

Come walk with us 🚶‍♀️🚶🏽🚶‍♀️🏃🏃‍♀️🏃🤸‍♀️ during tomorrow’s PreWork Walk at 8:30am!

Get ready to be inspired and start different from your everyday morning routine. Go for a refreshing while getting inspired by our guest speaker Neil Pymer. And for those of you in and : Meet us at our Experience Center for a quick chat, hot drink ☕️ and surprise gift!

It's not too late to join. Find all information on how to attend and more details on the talk here: https://lnkd.in/d7xBk7A8

10/12/2021

– Building :
cars grab a lot of headlines – and we’re all for it – but in order to make the biggest impact in terms of sustainable innovation in individual mobility, we need to evolve from individual to shared mobility.
Critical question: What is the critical unmet user need that gets in the way of a smooth and compelling mobility-as-a-service ( ) offering that your organization could uniquely solve?
Download our whitepaper for more: https://lnkd.in/d_kzd47J

06/12/2021

Find out how helped to reduce mental health issues for deaf children: Join us for our first PreWork Walk on Tuesday, 14.12.2021 at 8:30am for an active, insightful and motivational start to your day with our guest speaker Pymer.

Neil will tell us about StorySign, an interactive experience that teaches deaf children how to read. The app which recently won numerous awards, including four Gold Cannes Lions and a nomination.

Our PreWork Walks are all about starting your day outside and not in front of your computer. Put on your warm jackets, hats and scarves and get moving! Please get in touch in the comments or the event feed for more details or questions.

And in case you missed it: we have a surprise gift and a hot drink waiting for those of you who pass by our and offices.

Join our LinkedIn group to find out how to attend: https://www.linkedin.com/events/howtechnologyhelpedtoreducement6873578497512615937

Are you yearning for inspirational and insightful talks from professionals? Are you longing to form new connections? Do you want to experience talks in a new way? Have you also had enough of sitting in front of your computer all day? We have the solution: join us for our new PreWork Walk event serie...

03/12/2021

– A Vision for Public-Private Wellbeing:
Rethinking urban is key to reducing global emissions. Cities must work with innovative companies to come up with new mobility concepts and improve the of people and the planet.
Critical Question: When planning a new mobility solution, yourself by asking “What could go wrong? How will this get abused or misused?”
Download our whitepaper “Sustainable Innovation in Individual Mobility” for more: https://store.pwc.de/media/4356/download/The-Power-of-Sustainable-Innovation-in-Industrial-Manufacturing-PwC.pdf?v=1

01/12/2021

Better experiences can change everything. This is surely true for the people who them day-in day-out on their commutes and . But can state-of-the-art cars and public transport systems be and inclusive – while keeping up with the latest technologies as well as customers’ ever-evolving preferences? By creating spatial, physical and digital , we help our clients to ideate and validate new products and services more quickly and cost-efficiently than they could themselves. How will we and travel in a more connected and automated future? Will a CO2-neutral future mean permanently reduced – and what might that mean for our daily life? Can reduced traffic in our cities mean more open space for the people living there? Find out more about our mobility projects here: https://www.pwc.de/en/dienstleistungen/sustainable-innovation/our-work-and-expertise.html -mobility

30/11/2021

Are you yearning for inspirational and insightful talks from professionals? Are you longing to form new connections? Do you want to experience talks in a new way? Have you also had enough of sitting in front of your computer all day?
We have the solution: join us for our new PreWork Walk event series! Building on our legendary IXDS PreWork Talks which have brought us together and inspired us for more than 10 years, we have upgraded to a new, engaging format (evolved based on our changing needs and expectations and adapted to COVID-19 restrictions) that will get you moving, connected and inspired for the start of your day. Mark your calendars: the PreWork Walks will – in old tradition – take place every second Tuesday each month! Our first event will take place on December 14th.
Every month you are invited to connect to an audio-only call with talks given by inspiring guest speakers – there’s only one requirement to join: get up, and get moving! During the audio call, have a walk in the park or a river nearby! Possibly with your walking buddy at a safe distance. For those of you living in and we invite you to walk by our Experience Centers to pick up a hot drink and a little surprise!
Are you ready? Join us for our first PreWork Walk on Tuesday the 14th of December 2021 from 8:30 to 9:30! Stay tuned for more information by signing up for our newsletter: https://www.pwc.de/de/newsletter/the-sustainable-innovator-newsletter.html . We are excited and hope so are you!

24/11/2021

has always been about balancing efficiency, productivity, and use of resources. With more powerful and applications available, the digital frontier in the industrial world gets pushed further towards real-time planning, digital twinning, worker augmentation and more. More than ever, businesses have to rethink human-machine interaction and create manufacturing ecosystems that unlock the full potential of man and machine complementing each other. How can the of modern production systems be designed to draw out this full potential? How are human capabilities best used in this increasingly automated environment? Will connectivity affect productivity, collaboration, and learning in our future work environments? Find out more about what we do here: https://lnkd.in/dcjti9tB

18/11/2021

Our creative capabilities are transferable across industries. We have seven teams in which we have grown expertise, act as thought leaders and deepen relationships with our clients. Each team works to drive forward a holistic vision for . For example, we don’t think "automotive", "logistics" and "public transport"; we innovate for seamless . Get more insights here: https://lnkd.in/dqbSHzQR

09/11/2021

The Environmental Footprints Insights provide real-time carbon footprint insights to empower employees and teams to make more choices. This innovation is a finalist at our Global Innovation Challenge 2021. Congratulations to the Nederland team and all finalists, bringing our purpose to life through the skills and emerging technologies created by our community of solvers. Learn more about the project here: https://www.pwc.nl/en/topics/sustainability/environmental-footprint-insights.html

Climate change is one of the most pressing problems in the world today. At PwC, we believe the business community has a key role to play in averting climate change and unlocking the potential of sustainable growth.

08/11/2021

As gets smarter, the need for transparency gets greater. In The Sustainable Innovator, our Interface Designer, Kelvyn Marte, talks about empowering users and developing ethical standards so that humans and machines can have truly high-quality conversations. Read all about it here: https://medium.com/.marte/can-we-have-better-conversations-with-machines-d4dd202e01df

28/10/2021

: Two weeks ago we showcased our speculative design approach at the 2021. Talking about possible futures of mobility, we asked ourselves and others whether we can have a future expressing our desire for the unknown and listen to our instinct for exploration, while also being an environmentally responsible person.
For this, we have designed an installation that connects to a fantastic future world where unexpected travel is possible!

27/10/2021

How to go beyond and when driving in your business? Four steps derived from a conversation with our chairman Ulrich Störk. Read the article here: https://thesustainableinnovator.com/bringing-economy-ecology-and-ethics-together-a64f1d251e8