THE FUTURE OF WORKPLACE HIERARCHIES

Tuesday 19.05.2026 20:00 250
Start20:00 price250 DKK

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6:00 PM Long-table dinner (additional purchase)

7:45 PM Doors open for guests attending the lecture only

8:00 PM Emilia Van Hauen

10:00 PM – Thank you for tonight

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Hear how hierarchy can be renewed to foster both results and collaboration across the many different ways of working:

  • Make room for those who prefer modern approaches to collaboration, creativity, and freedom—without losing those who thrive in a traditional hierarchy.
  • Gain insight into the new hierarchy matrix, a powerful tool for understanding the two directions in which hierarchy is evolving.
  • Understand why we are moving from a functional hierarchy to a project-based hierarchy.
  • Also understand why the “internal hierarchy” is starting to outweigh the “external hierarchy”—and for whom this shift matters.
  • Discover how you distribute yourselves across the four work styles in the hierarchy matrix: Master, Botanist, Pioneer, Borneo.
  • Be introduced to the new type of leader who can bring together the four work styles—the Hierophant.
  • And use the matrix as a tool to create strong results, effective leadership, and a thriving work environment for everyone—now and in the future.

ACHIEVE RESULTS & FOSTER COLLABORATION ACROSS DIFFERENT WORK STYLES

Hierarchy is being challenged in most workplaces these days.

Reality and everyday life have become extremely complex. Changing working conditions, new technologies and skill sets, AI (artificial intelligence), challenges to privilege, demands for diversity, different rules for communication and behavior, hybrid work and the desire for freelancing, younger generations’ expectations for good leadership and meaningful work, parents’ and seniors’ demands for flexibility and commitment, a wellbeing crisis, a counter-movement back to traditional approaches, increased societal speed and acceleration, and not least an uncertain global situation—all call for new ways of leading and organizing work.

But it puts pressure on workflows, challenges roles, and creates uncertainty about individual responsibilities—who really holds the power? All of this can generate both insecurity and resistance within collaboration and community, but it also opens up new possibilities.

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The lecture is engaging, informative, and entertaining. Through stories and examples, you will gain inspiration to create a better workplace, along with a concrete method to understand challenges while ensuring you are prepared for the future demands of flexible organization. Throughout, you will participate in exercises that reveal your position on the hierarchy matrix, the work styles that dominate your workplace, and which styles you could benefit from incorporating more of.