OIKOS – Economy with ‘Hausverstand’

A piece of the puzzle of a new picture is emerging. All of our steps lead to systemic change that transforms our society towards sustainable economies and desirable futures. The renowned theologian, cultural historian, and polymath Thomas Berry called this “The Great Work” - the core task of the 21st century.

Surpassing the postmodern mindsets - magic

Most of us will certainly not be able to witness the completion of “The Great Work” project; nevertheless, we venture an optimistic hypothesis: we will not be sufferers but winners of this transformation! Yes, it creates stress and paralysis to face the challenges with our current understanding, but first of all, it is challenging our existing cognitive practice in a positive way.

We, humans, are absolute specialists in adaptation. We can be confident that we will thrive and grow. If we look into the world with open minds, eyes, and hearts, we will experience an epistemological development, an evolution in the way we generate knowledge.

We will make new distinctions and create new meaning. We will challenge old dualities and linear thinking. We will rethink progress and change the foundations of our beliefs, knowledge, and will. Equipped with these skills, we will tell new stories and thus create the conditions for the new and, in the best sense, innovative. We can be optimistic that we will experience not only multiple crises of modernity but also the magic of a renaissance – a life and thinking that surpasses the modern and postmodern mindsets.

We want to thank you very much at the turn of the year. Without you, our clients, partners, friends, advisors, impulse givers, challengers, and critics – Intuity wouldn't exist. Our warmest thanks to you for putting your trust in us. Let's continue our work together, pushing the boundaries of imagination and developing what's desirable for people, the economy, and nature. This is what we are here for.

We wish you happy holidays, a wonderful and magical Christmas, and a happy, healthy, and insightful New Year 2022.

Your Intuity Team

The Christmas motif

Our Christmas motif ‘Oikos’ shows a hexactinellid sponge. Glass sponges are among the longest existing species of living beings on earth. They provide a home for other species.

Food for thought

• Metamodernity: Meaning and hope in a complex world von Lene Rachel Andersen – Lene Rachel Andersen is an economist, futurist and philosopher. She is a Full Member of the Club of Rome.
• Louis Klein: Understanding the Metamodern Turn – Realising the Existentiality of Love – Louis Klein is a German economist, social scientist and systems theorist. He is Dean of the European School of Governance (Berlin).
• On Nature and Humans. A late interview by the renowned cultural historian, theologian and polymath Thomas Berry (1914 - 2009)