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An immersive Learning LABfrom now:land to next:land

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an intensive hands-on learning experience on how to create a fundamental shift in the way we work, lead and organize.

A learning program from now:land to next:land

NEXT:pEdiTioNAn immersive Learning LABfrom now:land to next:land

NEXT:PEDITION Is A LAB ON crEATINg A fuNDAmENTAL shIfT IN ThE wAy wE wOrk, LEAD AND OrgANIzE.

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20 next:pedition members from 10 different companies willing to explore the next:land practices of organizing, leadership and new ways of work.

WE ARE LooKiNG FoR:NEXT:pEdiTioN

BECoME A MEMBER oF

leaders

entrepreneurs

frontrunnersadventurers

makerschange

curiou managerss

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18-24 next:pedition members from different organizations willing to explorethe next:land practices of organizing, leadership and new ways of working.

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Organizations as we know them – formed by needs of the industrial revolution, hierarchies of people and power – are the answer to questions from the past. Shaped by a dominant mindset of a bygone century - where leaders and economists believed in equilibrium, unlimited growth and rational behavior of people.

We now live in a world that is defined by exponential change and inescapable uncertainty. Current and

future organizations and their leaders need to find answers in a world facing new challenges.

In its pivot toward 21st century organization-al design, a global movement – and dwarfs and Giants being a hub in it – is developing an emerg-ing practice of leading, organizing and working with revolutionary potential.

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Think digitalization.Think disruptive innovation.Think globalization and its social challenges. In its pivot toward 21st century organizational design, a global movement – and dwarfs and Giants being a hub in it – had found an emer-ging practice of leading, organizing and working with revolutionary potential.

Organizations as we know them – formed by needs of the industrial revolution, hierarchies of people and power – are the answer to questions of the past. Shaped by a dominant mindset of a bygone century - where leaders and economists believed in equilibrium, unlimited growth and rational behavior of people.

We live now in a world that is defined by ex-ponential change and inescapable uncertainty. Current and future organizations and their leaders need to find answers for a world facing new challenges.

let’s face it:

work doesn’t work.

NEXT: …MEANiNG oF

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Think digitalization.Think disruptive innovation.Think globalization and its social challenges. In its pivot toward 21st century organizational design, a global movement – and dwarfs and Giants being a hub in it – had found an emer-ging practice of leading, organizing and working with revolutionary potential.

Organizations as we know them – formed by needs of the industrial revolution, hierarchies of people and power – are the answer to questions of the past. Shaped by a dominant mindset of a bygone century - where leaders and economists believed in equilibrium, unlimited growth and rational behavior of people.

We live now in a world that is defined by ex-ponential change and inescapable uncertainty. Current and future organizations and their leaders need to find answers for a world facing new challenges.

let’s face it:

work doesn’t work.

NEXT: …MEANiNG oF

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is a LABNEXT:PEDITION

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The participants and guides will immerse themselves in the unknown world of next:land.

We explore new ways of thinking, working and learning. Each LAB has its unique breakthrough questions (based on participants‘ interests) in two areas: next:projects and next:visits.

NEXT:PrOjEcTs What does next:... really mean for Strategy, HR, Leadership, R&D...?

NEXT:vIsITs How do we set up a learning journey for the whole group that tackles our questions?

Both areas will be explored within 6-8 agile teams throughout the entire journey and within all fivestopovers. We will set up 3-4 Teams of 6 people for each area.

ThE cONDITIONs Of NEXT:LAND ArE mIrrOrED wIThIN NEXT:PEDITION. wE sET uP AND cO-crEATE A LAB uNDEr ThE cONDITIONs Of vOLATILITy, AmBIguITy AND uNcErTAINTy.

wOrkINg wITh AgILE TEAms

LEArNINg By DOINg & ImmErsE yOursELf IN IT


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By being part of one next:project and one next:visit agile team, you will learn different practices of how to collaborate in an agile mindset and align across teams. This will provide first-hand experience of organizational dynamics steering the whole (next:-pedition LAB) and working in “self organized“ agile teams at the same time.

By leveraging self-management practices and working in agile team-settings, you will act yourself into new ways of thinking and prototype your way forward.

You will learn different next:practices whilst using them to create innovative answers.

Like systemic thinking and systemic practices, scrum-based management tools, Holacracy®, design thinking, leanstart-up mindset, minimum viable product approach, next:navigator, teal-prac-tices ...

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wE BuILD ONPrINcIPLEs

Leveraging technology

co-creationDefault to open

Acting ourselves intoNew way of Thinking

focusing on Practiceand Practitioner

Acting under Ambiguityand uncertainty

Experiencingself-Organization

system TheoryOngoing Agile Teams to realize the Learning Journey

Systemic loop – observe, reflect, act;

beyond „autopilot“ mode

Experiments,new contexts,

out-of-comfortzone

Action-oriented (immersive) learning

simulations, prototyping

Peer-to-peer learning environment,

we are all in this together

We share what we have

Methods, tools, practices as well as personal development and purpose questions

Using and testing digital tools for know-how exchange and collaboration


simply pushing harder within the

old boundaries will not do!

ThE TrAvELrOuTENEXT:PEDITION

fOcus ONNEXT:PEDITION

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yOu as a participant:Leveraging your pioneering spiritDeepening your next:attitude

Next:practices and methodologies

moving yOur organization towards next: ...yOur OrgANIzATION

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The TravelrouTeNeXT:PeDITIoN

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Fundamentals of Systemic Transformation (2.5d)

agile Work Practices (2d)

Design Thinking (2d)

Groupdynamics (5d)

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next:BaSeCaMPNext:organizingbuilding blocks

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next:vISITSCollectivelearning Journey

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STarT By STarTINGSet up your journey withinyour organization

3.5 days 1.5 days

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next:CulTure

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next:PraCTICeSlab on next:practices, tools & attitude

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Holding tHe breaktHrougH question

Co-working

Make Your CHoiCe

Co-working

raMping up tHe learning JourneY

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exit point

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next:Visits

next:proJeCts

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giantsnext:guides

Building the ground for our expedition. De-pending on your background and experience you chose your preferred starting point and select one or more modules.

All of them are substantial building blocks for next:land.

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PrEP:cAmPsmodule 0

june - july 2017

whAT DOEs IT NEED TO BEcOmE rEADy fOr ThE NEXT:PEDITION? MAKE A CHOICE. Pick (at least) one.

fuNDAmENTALs Of sysTEmIc TrANsfOrmATION - 2.5 days, 13 - 14 july 2017In cooperation with Prof. Dr. Rupert Hasenzagl Systemic theory, using the systemic loop, asking questions, working with systemic hypothesis

AgILE wOrk PrAcTIcEs - 2 days, graz, 12 - 13 june 2017 In cooperation with Gregor Karlinger (TRansfeRIo and dwarfs and Giants aGIle Hub)Principles of Scrum, Kanban ... : Rapid Iteration for build-measure-learn

DEsIgN ThINkINg - 2 days, Berlin, 20 - 21 june 2017In cooperation with DaRK HoRse (www.thedarkhorse.de)Hands on approach for prototyping solutions

grOuPDyNAmIcs - 5 days, graz, 3 - 6 july 2017Experience yourself in social complexity and ambiguity

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We start our expedition to next:land at a base:camp. Rather than a "workshop“ it is an experience of new ways of thinking and work-ing. The LAB is a temporary yet structured set of events to develop a next:land mindset, to prototype and experience next:practices, and a powerful systemic lens on organizations. We will develop cohesion as a group and get the expedition started by forming the 6-8 agile project teams. After Module 1 you will have the choice to go all in or opt out, if it doesn‘t fit your needs.

Do, reflect, learn!

setting up a vivid learning environment and the learning group

Building blocks for next:landnext:map – now:land and next:landSystemic Theory – basic assumptions and practicesNext:navigator – prinicples with agile teams in Hol-acracy that help navigate in next:landOrganization LAB setup with Holacracy and agile teams

starting Agile ProjectsUsing scrum-based methodologies: user-story, backlog, sprint-logic ...Focus on a) next:projects and b) next:visits

co-working-sessionsWork on your Breakthrough Questions by setting up a co-working mode during each moduleFacilitated parallel working sessions for agile project-teams

Point of commitment "Am I in or not?" Your opportunity to challenge your own committment for the whole journey.

Transfer PrototypingSpecifying small experiments to set your organization in motion towards next:...

ITINErAry

BAsE:cAmPmodule 1 - 4 days

near vienna26 - 29 september 2017

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We make a deep dive into guiding principles that help to nurture a cultural DNA that can support organizations navigate the complexity of the 21st century. These cultures do have a burning passion and compelling purpose that fuels inspiration and sparks creativity.

Act purpose-driven; shift cultural patterns, reflect on your attitude.

Evaluate and learn to understand complex sys-tems

Systemic culture analysis

Being purpose driven and your personal next: attitude

Personal purposeReflecting your attitude and belief-systemOur learning-LAB purpose

co-working-sessions: working intensively on your agile projects

Facilitated parallel working sessions for the agile project-teams

working on and with next:culturesSystemic practice: lifepath, patterns, belief-systemsOrganizational purpose: How to organize around purpose?Assumptions and practices of a next:culture – start-up mindset, feedback culture, prototyping

from now:land to ... glimpses of next:leadership, strategizing, next:hr, next:innovation

Transfer-PrototpyingExperiment – leaning into next:practices

Refining experiments to set your organization in motion towards next:...

ITINErAry

NEXT:cuLTurEmodule 2 - 3.5 days

Quiet & calm place - Austria Or spain20 - 23 November 2017

A hands-on learning LAB on how to co-create and apply next:practices and tools. We explore how to weave next:principles into the daily fabric of working life – strategizing, regular operations and daily routines, and deep con-versations.

Prototype, Lean into it, fail fast and Learn fast.

ITINErAry

Next:practice LAB – Deep dive into different practices

Wholeness and Healthy Relations

Strategizing

Leveraging next:tools from Lean Startup-Mindset, AGILE, Design Thinking, Holacracy;

Dialogue in the evening with next:landers from Amsterdam (Berlin)

Experience-sharing

Getting to know different next:land practices from different organizations

co-working-sessions: working intensively on your agile projects

Facilitated parallel working sessions for agile project-teams glimpses of next:leadership, next:HR, next:innovation

Intense peer-to-peer feedback and reflecting individual patterns

Transfer-PrototpyingRefining experiments to set your organization in motion towards next:...

NEXT:PrAcTIcEsmodule 3 - 3.5 days

Amsterdam Or Berlin23 - 26 january 2018

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ITINErAry

Immerse ourselves into next:land in different places.

ThE DEsk Is A DANgErOus PLAcE frOm whIch TO vIEw ThE wOrLD.John Lecarre

We meet for deep dialogues with different people from forerunner companies to gener-ate first-hand experience and insights, how next:practices are applied in organizations. 3-4 Agile Teams in up to 3-4 destinations. We meet up for a joint harvesting session to intensively distill insights and learnings and reflect how they can be adapted and applied to our own contexts.

NEXT:vIsITs TO LEArN frOm NEXT:LANDErs ...

virtual meet-ups as next:pedition LABSetting up the journeys and synchronization in between

Sharpen the breakthrough questions for exploration

Explore next:land within Learning journey Teams - from monday to wednesdayDeep Dive into next:land - in different places

Your choice: Berlin, Amsterdam, Zurich, Vienna, Tel Aviv, New York...

harvesting the Learnings - Thursday and friday at next:pedition LABSharing and analyzing insights of the next:visits

Distilling implications for your organization

EXPErIENcE NEXT:LAND A fruITfuL

LEArNINg jOurNEymodule 4 - 4.5 daysEurope and beyond19 - 23 march 2018

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Starting ... into the new. Embracing organi-zational change as our life’s faith rather than framing it as repair-kit for something broken.Create your choreography for the transition-ing into a new paradigm, where the link of individual talent and organizational purpose unleash the full potential of individuals and organizations.

Observe. reflect. Define elegant Action.

ITINErAry

sit back and reflect your next:peditionYour personal learnings and developments

What has changed for you over the course of this journey?

What has manifested? Who are you about to become?

Insights and Learnings from next:projects – next:hr; next:leadership, strategizing, next:innovation

How can next:land be woven into management practices?

What works, what doesn’t?

setting up your next:transformation journeyFor your organization: observe, reflect, action-points

What‘s next in putting your organization in motion?

Agile Choreography – How to set up your journey? Which practices and insights do you want to use?

Next:PartyCelebrate the start and new beginnings

Making use of Barcelona's flair and spirit to close the next:pedition and open a new chapter

sTArT By sTArTINg

yOur jOurNEy TOwArDs

NEXT:TrANsfOrmATION module 5 - 3.5 days

Barcelona12 - 15 june 2018

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co-creation and learning beyond the office-box

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Starting the Expedition, Vienna

Work with tools for NEXT:land, Berlin

Unleash your innovative potential, Amsterdam

Experience NEXT:land, Journey all around Europe and beyond

NEXT:transformation Practices, Vienna

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we aim to support the spirit of each module with the “smell of the place”where will it happen? places to be ...

Starting the Expedition at BAsE:cAmP, Vienna

Deep dive into guiding principles with NEXT:cuLTurE, on a mountain - Austria OR Spain

Hands-on learning LAB NEXT:PrAcTIcEs, Amsterdam OR Berlin

Experience NEXT:LAND - a fruitful learning journey, all around Europe and beyond

Your journey towards NEXT:TrANsfOrmATION, Barcelona

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ThE TrAvELrOuTENEXT:PEDITION

yOu wANT TO jOIN

There is no way to book a trip to next:land. To become a next:navigator for your company means to step into the unknown. The evolutionary catalysts from dwarfs and Giants guide your steps into the new. To be your guide, we want to know who you are, what drives you and what is your purpose!

1) sEND us yOur hANDs-ON vIDEO WHY do you want to apply?... made e.g. quick and dirty with your mobile

2) PLEAsE sEND us A shOrT cv As wELL

TELL us why

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you learn?what willwhat’s the outcome?

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The program is rooted in action, and reflects on it. It is not simply a training course, but a LAB in which you can develop the skills, tools, knowledge and attitudes you will need to thrive in a world of constant change – for your expedition into next:land.

The program is experience driven, so all modules are based on immersive LAB´s and concrete projects within your organization. You as expedition participant take personal responsibility for your own learning and the success of the program. The participants will be supported and coached on both, individual and group levels and towards a real impact into their organization.

How to be a leader in the spirit of next:land.

How to create a 21st century organization:design.

How to prototype and use next:tools.

Apply systemic tools (like e.g. diagnosis, systemic questions, systemic loop, systemic organiza-tional goggles, ...) and next:tools (like e.g. strategizing, agile teams, innovation LAB´s, purpose processes, teal tools...).

How to co-create Innovation Cultures and design transformation towards next:land on the basis of systemic thinking and working.

oUR AppRoACH

oUTCoMELEARNiNG

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The program is rooted in action, and reflects on it. It is not simply a training course, but a LAB in which you can develop the skills, tools, knowledge and attitudes you will need to thrive in a world of constant change – for your expedition into next:land.

The program is experience driven, so all modules are based on immersive LAB´s and concrete projects within your organization. You as expedition participant take personal responsibility for your own learning and the success of the program. The participants will be supported and coached on both, individual and group levels and towards a real impact into their organization.

How to be a leader in the spirit of next:land.

How to create a 21st century organization:design.

How to prototype and use next:tools.

Apply systemic tools (like e.g. diagnosis, systemic questions, systemic loop, systemic organiza-tional goggles, ...) and next:tools (like e.g. strategizing, agile teams, innovation LAB´s, purpose processes, teal tools...).

How to co-create Innovation Cultures and design transformation towards next:land on the basis of systemic thinking and working.

oUR AppRoACH

oUTCoMELEARNiNG

The program is rooted in action, and reflects that. It is not simply a training course, but a LAB in which you can develop the skills, tools, knowledge and attitudes you will need to thrive in a world of constant change – for your expedition into next:land.

The program is experience driven, so all modules are based on immersive LABs and concrete projects within your organization.

You as an expedition participant take personal responsibility for your own learning. As a group we share the responsibility to make the program a success!

You will be supported on both, individual and group level and towards an impact on your organization.

Become a next:navigator and create your own journey towards next

how to be a leader in the spirit of next:landHow to work on a 21st century organization design. How to prototype and use next:tools.

Apply tools Apply systemic tools (like diagnosis, systemic questions, systemic loop, systemic lens, ...) and next:tools (like strategizing, agile teams, purpose quests, ...)

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An innovative organization-design and strategy partner for the 21st century.

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Organizations are among the most powerful forces on our planet. Yet, the way most orga-nizations operate today gets in the way of le-veraging their full potential for the benefit of our society. We believe in a different way of organizing for a complex world: responsive or-ganizations that provide a wholesome space for people to reach their highest potential. This is the goal we aim to achieve together.

Rewriting the future of organization. Cataly-zing the evolution of wholesome organizations.

oUR pURpoSE

The metaphor of dwarfs standing on the shoul-ders of giants (Latin: nanos gigantum hu-meris insidentes) expresses the meaning of „discovering truth by building on previous dis-coveries“. Although attributed to Bernard of Chartres in the 12th century, its most famili-ar expression in English is in Isaac Newton’s letter of 1676, “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”

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The clarity of our purpose shapes and guides our work and how we organize ourselves. We live what we say. We practice what we want to catalyze in your organization.

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Rewriting the future of organization. Catalyzing the evo-lution of wholesome organizations.

Organizations are among the most powerful forces on our planet. Yet, the way most organizations operate today gets in the way of leveraging their full potential for the benefit of our society. We believe in a different way of organizing for a complex world: responsive or-ganizations that provide a wholesome space for people to reach their highest potential. This is the goal we aim to achieve together.

The clarity of our purpose shapes and guides our work and how we organize ourselves. We live what we say. We practice what we want to catalyze in your organ-ization.

The metaphor of dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants (Latin: nanos gigantum humeris insidentes) ex-presses the meaning of “discovering truth by building on previous discoveries“. Although attributed to Bernard ofChartres in the 12th century, its most familiar expres-sion in English is in Isaac Newton’s letter of 1676, “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”

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We support you to navigate the complexity of the 21st century and to transform your organization, your culture, your work.

wE ArE DEvELOPINg rEsPONsIvE OrgANIzATIONs. TOwArDs NEXT:LAND.

Of OrgANIzATION!ThE fuTurE

rEwrITINg

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dwarfs and Giants supports organizations to hack the cultural matrix and become more agile. We enable organizations to continually change their shape and their way of working in response to the emerging needs of customers and associates.

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TOwArDs NEXT: ...TO sTArT ThE jOurNEy

wE suPPOrT yOur wAy

hOw TO BEcOmE mOrE rEsPONsIvEOrgANIzATIONAL (rE)DEsIgN:

A DIsTrIBuTED AuThOrITy sysTEmwITh hOLAcrAcy -

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ITErATE yOur wAy fOrwArDTO sTrATEgIzINg -

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Holacracy is a system for self-management in or-ganizations. Holacracy replaces the traditional management hierarchy with a work-based hier-archy and a new peer-to-peer “operating system” that increases transparency, accountability, and organizational agility. dwarfs and Giants helps you to create the cultural shift to work with Holacracy effectively.

The longer you spend time in an uncertain world by perfecting your strategic plan, the more likely it is to be outdated by the time it’s completed. Co-create and start an ongoing, iterative process to create evolutionary strategies. BUILD-MEASURE-LEARN as the new strategic paradigm. The first step is fig-uring out the strategic challenges that need to be tackled and then developing a strategic minimum viable products MVP and implement a process to increase the speed of learning.

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facts about

discounts

admission reQuirements

teaching and working language

tuition

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minimum age

You need to be experienced in working in an organization in mini-mum for 3 years. Please send us a written application and a video.

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German and partly English

15.500.- € for the entire program. The fees include tuition, handouts and learning materials, workshop rooms and coffee breaks.

Your travel expenses, hotel accommodation (overnight stays) and the travel ex-penses for the Learning Journey (Module 4) are not covered by the tuition fees.

We offer 2 discounted seats (50% reduction each) for start up companies. Please apply.

Minimum 3 years working experience.

German and English. (Groupwork in German possible)

The tuition fee for all modules amounts in EUR 18.500. This fee also includes 1 Prep Camp, 1 meet-up after the program, handouts and learning materials, workshop venue and coffee breaks.

Your travel expenses, hotel accommodation (overnight stays) and the travel expenses for the Learning Journey (Module 4) are not covered by the tuition fee.

We offer 2 discounted seats for start up companies and/or NGOs. Please reach out for further details.

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by dwarfs and Giants please contact: Dr. Gerhard Hochreiter

c/o impact Hub ViennaLindengasse 56/2/I

1070 ViennaAustria

[email protected]

+43.699.13688081

www.dwarfsandgiants.org | www.facebook.com/dwarfsandgiants

bydwarfs and Giants

please contact: Dr. Gerhard Hochreiter

dwarfs and Giants GmbH & Co KGc/o impact Hub Vienna

Lindengasse 56/2/I, 1070 Vienna, Austria

[email protected]+43.699.13688081

www.dwarfsandgiants.org | www.facebook.com/dwarfsandgiants

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