With applied philosophy, we help people think more clearly, more openly and more deeply. To do this, we develop formats that are fun and refresh thinking. We sample arguments and reality hacks. From Plato to Greta Thunberg, from Inner Work to Circular Design, from Strategy to Purpositioning.
You have to make sense. As innovation enablers, we support you in developing and implementing new ideas. In an appreciative culture in which Taskforce and Askforce mutually strengthen each other. Co-thinking for the future.
With creative productions we want to ignite emotions. Enthusiasm is the most renewable energy for disruption. To open minds and win hearts, we rely on creativity & the collaboration with artists from the fields of music, visual arts and performance.
Super-Wonder-Oracle-like McKinseyites *
World Simplifiers* Complexity Know-It-Alls * Ivory-Tower-Impractical Problem-Solvers * Life-Coach Super-Experts
We know that we know nothing.
Together with our clients and partners, we develop innovative formats, design events, moderate workshops, deliver keynote talks, or provide consulting on topics related to the future, complex content, values, and purpose.
The workshow for the big questions of the future.
Fun & Substance. Purpose & Party.
Argumented Reality is a project of philosopher Manuel Scheidegger and a network of unrealists and possibility makers from innovation consulting, creative communication, art and humanities.
Manuel studied philosophy and scenic arts in Hildesheim and Berlin. Before starting Argumented Reality, he worked as a philosophy lecturer, advertiser, theater director and co-founder of a digital storytelling startup. He regularly writes articles, among others for Zeit Online, Philosophie Magazin or for the podcast Sinneswandel.
Viva is a certified Design Thinking coach and systemic business consultant. As a cultural scientist, she is fully committed to developing corporate culture and co-founded the innovation space StartRaum, which she also leads. True to Frithjof Bergman's “Die Arbeit sollte uns dienen und nicht wir der Arbeit” (our jobs should benefit us and not our jobs benefitting from us), her workshops and coaching sessions are about having fun with your own productivity, enjoying it and the tools & mindsets that support it. For an example of that, then take a look here.
Katharina Beitz is a tech entrepreneur, columnist, podcaster and CEO of ePlug GmbH. She speaks throughout Europe about Digital Gaps, Supply Chains and Smart Citizenship. Her business columns are regularly published in Computerwoche and Frankfurter Rundschau, among others. As a philosopher (Free Uni. in Berlin) with a subsequent MSc. in Paris, London, Shanghai and Silicon Valley (École Sup. de Commerce de Paris) in Digital Innovation & Business Management, she has been faithful to her mission "Digital - for everyone" for many years.
As a freelance composer, lyricist, performer, singer and songwriter Friedrich works for various theater, pop and film productions. He is the head of the Berlin electro band Mittekill, whose great songs can be found on all major platforms. With Argumented Reality Friedrich is responsible for the sound composition. As a performer he accompanies the big events.
Cédric Scheidegger Lämmle is a Professor of Classics at the University of Basel, he brings expertise of our history - and thus also in the possibilities of alternative trajectories and ideas. He advises Argumented Reality and its clients on communication and strategy.
Paul is an industrial designer and inventor. His award-winning Light Fold lamp, folded from a single piece of paper, can be ordered here. For Argumented Reality, Paul regularly stages entrancing light and space installations. With you together, we would be happy to design your own Thinkinstallation.
Besides studying philosophy and politics, Marilena has been producing the "Sinneswandel"(Change of Mind) podcast since 2017 and works as a freelance journalist and moderator. She is particularly interested in questions of personal self-efficacy and social responsibility. As a Possibilist, she sees the scope of action available to us to solve the challenges of our time.
David is studying in Copenhagen. His project is to meet as many people and ideas as possible to contribute to a more sustainable, creative economy. As a co-founder of several urban initiatives, he is part of the Urban League and advises the German Ministry of the Interior on issues concerning young urban makers. David supports Argumented Reality as a representative of Gen Z in research and provides ideas for a sustainable future.
Jonas is an expert in design thinking and agile teamwork methods. He's good at getting people thinking and doing. He also started the Hipster Quartet, founded a café and started several companies. Jonas supports Argumented Reality in developing formats. With Manuel, he accompanies teams and organizations in innovation and change processes.
Corinne lives and works as a director, performer and cultural mediator in Basel and Berlin. She studied cultural studies and has a training in non-violent communication (according to Marshall Rosenberg). Her theater works can be seen at festivals and theaters in Germany and Switzerland. With Argumented Reality, Corinne is inaction when teams want to creatively develop their communication culture and strengthen their connection to each other and to others.
TS is a trained philosopher and design thinker. He wrote a doctoral thesis on the question of how organizations can reflect upon themselves. As an ethicist, he is part of a Germany-wide project on social robots and advises various technology projects on ethical challenges. He makes music, knows how to program and within our AR network he likes to ponder technological issues like AI, robots along with the potential and the dangers of Big Data.
Tanja Wehr – founder of Sketchnote lovers in 2014 - is a sketch noter, illustrator and bestselling author with a background in the humanities. Her favorite thing to do is to help make complex issues more understandable and knowledge more accessible in order to create more joy in learning. With her work, she builds visual bridges so that everyone understands each other, no matter how diverse their backgrounds. She regularly accompanies Argumented Reality events with graphic recordings.
You´ll never walk alone. That's why Argumented Reality regularly collaborates with friendly projects and companies.
The actors Rebecca Klingenberg and Gabriel von Berlepsch from the German Theater in Göttingen teach co-creative playfulness and performance skills in their own methods. For Argumented Reality, they are regularly requested as speakers and performers.
The Innovation and CoWorkingspace in Göttingen is our partner in developing and hosting great events and it is the world's best host for meetings and new work. In a great community.
Journalist Marilena Berends and invited authors discuss desirable futures and talk to scientists, artists and activists about current topics such as climate change, identity politics or the working world of tomorrow. Sinneswandel is a podcast that encourages people to question the status quo and to see themselves as active artists of the future.
Since our beginnings in 2013 we were able to explore a variety of fields in which we created visual images and experiences on paper, web and film. Ever since we are always interested in discovering new areas and working with talented people to extend our creative network.
