Keynote

Roman Tschäppeler and Mikael Krogerus at their talk at TEDx Danubia in Budapest on practical decision theory

The world explained with a few strokes

Roman Tschäppeler and Mikael Krogerus manage to captivate any audience. Their keynotes about modern work life are educational, funny and in high demand.

On a chalkboard (but everything else is dry as dust), they answer the eternal questions of working life with just a few strokes: How do I make the right decisions? How do you work with people you don't like? Why does everything always take longer than planned? What is actually a "good idea"?

They arouse the audience's intellectual curiosity and guide them through the world of New Work in a lively and humorous way: it's about decision making and collaboration, agility and design thinking, leadership and risk management.

In short, it is about the new life skills, i.e. the skills that we need to master in a digitalized, fragmented and globalized working world. The audience will encounter familiar models and rules of thumb such as the Pareto principle, Hofstadter's law and the deep work technique. And lesser-known ones such as the PhD plateau, the Machiavelli matrix or the ketchup principle.

As in their books, Krogerus & Tschäppeler show in their lectures the extraordinary ability to make sense of psychological and scientific phenomena. It is theory in its most practical form: clever, short, visual, applicable - presented with a wink.

Testimonials

"Chalk instead of pointing fingers, models instead of leaflets, humor instead of morals: perhaps the most intelligent way to make people think."

Urs Zanoni

Managing Director Health Network 2025

"Tschäppeler and Krogerus are masters at presenting complex topics in a clear and memorable way. Their work inspires and makes you laugh. Brilliant!"

Silvia Thalmann-Gut

Member of the Government of the Canton of Zug

"Armed with a blackboard, chalk and a fine rhetorical blade, Mikael and Roman convey their message and make the audience laugh."

Corin Blesi

CEO NZZ Connect

"All you need to know about decision making - delivered in a fresh and visual way!"

Ebru Akdağ

Conference President "Human Week" Turkey

"Dense knowledge with a lot of wit and a few strokes to the point."

Patrik Scheichl

Bedag Informatik AG

"Inspiring, entertaining and to the point. The presentation was a highlight, we received great feedback from the participants."

Karin Schmidt

Head of Human Resources Raiffeisen Switzerland

Theory in practical form

Unique yet adaptable

Content

Decision-making, teamwork & collaboration, communication theory, life skills and rules of thumb for modern (working) life - adaptable to many current conference and congress topics

Audience

Lectures in German, Swiss German/German and English. French can be added in shreds. In addition, RTMK are used to talk in front of theoreticians, but also in front of practitioners, with CEOs as well as with students.

References

For big stages...

From PINC Conference to Swiss Economic Forum

... and for small ones.

From the Berner Generationhaus to Vitra Sessions.

Mikael Krogerus

Journalist and Kaospilot

Roman Tschäppeler

Creative Producer at guzo, Kaospilot

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