Yasmin Weiß
Professor, Supervisory Board Member,
Author & Speaker

About me
I am a professor, expert for the topics "Future Skills", "Future of Work" as well as for Digital Education. I am also a multiple board member, keynote speaker, publicist and founder of the start-up Yoloa.
I investigate how our working world of the future will change and what the most important future skills are for employees and managers. In particular, I am interested in how artificial intelligence affects our human activities and job profiles, and how we can merge human intelligence with artificial intelligence to create effective augmented intelligence.
I am a member of the Supervisory Boards of United Internet AG, the Zeppelin Group and a member of the Advisory Board of Accenture DACH.
In 2014, I was appointed by Chancellor Angela Merkel to the Innovation Steering Committee of the Federal Government and by Federal Minister of Economics Sigmar Gabriel to the Foreign Trade Advisory Council of the Federal Ministry of Economics.
In 2017, I was named one of the Top 40 under 40 in science and society by the business magazine Capital. According to the business magazine Strive, I am one of the top 10 female business influencers in the field of digitalization. In the business network LinkedIn, I am Top Voice for the German-speaking region.
My goals
I would like to help us positively shape the working world of the future in the age of digitalization and artificial intelligence. To do this, we need to better understand what (Future Skills) and how (Future Learning) we need to learn in order to be prepared for this working world, which will look fundamentally different from the present.
In my role as a mother, professor, entrepreneur and supervisory board member, I want to make an effective contribution to ensuring that we take the much-needed step forward in digital education.
"The best way to fall in love with the future is to create it. And for that, you need the right Future Skills."
Keynotes
I regularly give keynotes at companies and conferences on the following topics:
- Artificial intelligence in the world of work
- Erfolgreiche Zusammenarbeit zwischen humaner und künstliche Intelligenz
- Erfolgsfaktoren für die KI-Transformation
- Future Skills and Future of Work
- Working world of the future
- Digital Leadership
- Leadership & Diversity Management
- Lifelong learning
- Digital education
- Success factors for German-Chinese cooperation
The keynotes can be requested in both German and English.

References

Accenture

ADAC

Adidas

Airbus

Alcon

Alliance

Amazon

Ariane

Arvato

Asap

Audi

Avanade

Baden Württemberg

Bayme

BMW

The Bavarian

Baywa

Bavarian State

Bechtle

Boehringer

Cisco

DA

dbb

DELL

Deloitte

German Bank

DSTG

DZ Bank

E

ESMT

FDP

Freudenberg

Fraport

Fraunhofer Institute

Sheaf

GEMA

Giga


HAL

Haleon

Handelsblatt

Hartmann AG

Hesse Metal

HIK

HRocks

HypoVereinsbank

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

ISB

IWL AG

Braunschweig Clinic

Körber


Marsh

Medialine

Microsoft

MyTheresa

NTV

Oliver Wyman

Otto Group

Pfizer

Porsche

Porsche Con

Puma

REWE

Rhenish Post

RTL

Santander

SAP

Senacor

Siemens

Siemens Healthineers

Sky Deutschland

S Oliver

Sontowski & Partner

Savings Bank

Telecom

TU Berlin

TUM

Union Investment

VDP

Cousin

Volksbanken

VW

Webasto

WTS

Zeppelin

Future personnel

360 Learning

4Flow

Aaeron
Projects

SkillHer in AI – ReAImagine the Future of Work
Dr. Yasmin Weiß unterstützt mit Lectures die „Nationale KI Upskilling Initiative SkillHer“ von Microsoft.
Die Mission von „SkillHer in AI“ ist es, Frauen zu befähigen, ihr Karrierepotenzial aktiv durch den Einsatz von neuen Technologien wie KI voranzutreiben – unabhängig von deinem beruflichen Hintergrund oder deiner Vorerfahrung mit KI.

AI Podcast: Future of Work, Future Skills & AI
In one of the first ever AI-generated podcasts, Yasmin Weiß looks at the impact of AI on the working world of the future. A new episode is published every Monday with valuable tips and insights into current developments and opportunities.

World's best education -
How we secure our digital future
Yasmin Weiß' new book will be published in fall 2022. In it, she shows what exactly is meant by the world's best education, how we as a German society can get there, and how each and every one of us can acquire the skills and learn throughout our lives to meet the challenges of the digitally networked age.

Jobs of the future -
Which jobs and activity profiles are emerging?
In the January issue of the business magazine Strive, Yasmin Weiß describes in the cover story how the future of the world of work is changing, which new jobs are emerging and, derived from this, which skills will become more important in the coming years. She creates transparency about what is "coming, going and staying" in the labor market of the future and how we can prepare for tomorrow today.
My blog
Doppelte Teamfähigkeit: Was leistungsstarke Teams im KI-Zeitalter auszeichnet
Doppelte Teamfähigkeit: Was leistungsstarke Teams im KI-Zeitalter auszeichnet
Es gibt kaum eine Stellenausschreibung, in der „Teamfähigkeit“ nicht als Teil des Anforderungsprofils genannt wird. Zu wenig aber wird thematisiert, dass die Anforderung bei den meisten Stellen inzwischen „doppelte Teamfähigkeit“ lauten müsste. Doppelte Teamfähigkeit bedeutet, nicht nur erfolgreich mit anderen Menschen zusammenarbeiten zu können, sondern auch erfolgreich mit relevanten Technologien wie KI […]
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12 highly effective ways to ruin future employability
12 highly effective ways to ruin future employability
Ich habe eine spannende berufliche Woche hinter mir; es fühlte sich an, wie durch ein Fernglas in unsere Arbeitswelt der Zukunft zu blicken und dabei festzustellen, dass die Zukunft bereits da ist. Hier ein Auszug meiner Tätigkeiten diese Woche: […]
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KI-Agenten: Wie wir mit ihnen arbeiten werden
KI-Agenten: Wie wir mit ihnen arbeiten werden
Vor etwas mehr als zwei Jahren ist mit GenAI eine „neue Spezies“ an Arbeitskraft auf den Arbeitsmarkt gekommen. Diese neue „Spezies“ unterscheidet sich grundlegend von bisherigen Formen unserer menschlichen Zusammenarbeit mit Technologie. Statt nur ein Werkzeug zu sein, das wir Menschen steuern, kann KI autonom agieren, lernen, Entscheidungen treffen und auf dieser Basis eigenständig Handlungen ausführen. […]
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How we are becoming Germany's further education republic - and how AI can help us achieve this
How we are becoming Germany's further education republic - and how AI can help us achieve this
I hope that we as a society, politicians and business seriously ask ourselves the above question and make our respective contributions. Effortless prosperity and an effortless turnaround are an illusion. We all need to learn "loss competence". By this I mean the willingness and ability to "give up the past in order to create the future". [...]
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"Quantum Leaps in AI: Why human excellence is needed more than ever
"Quantum Leaps in AI: Why human excellence is needed more than ever
The new year 2025 is not yet old, but a lot of remarkable things have already happened in the field of AI in the first three weeks.
My personal assistant, who not only organizes my professional and private life, but is also interested in the content of my work, asked me this week what impact the latest developments in the field of AI will have on her work. [...]
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Who will remain irreplaceable in the labor market of the future?
Who will remain irreplaceable in the labor market of the future?
By now, everyone should have realized that we are facing the biggest transformation of the working world ever. And one that affects us all. And this transformation will really pick up speed in 2025. AI is already making things possible that would have been unthinkable in the near past. [...]
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25 essential skills for 2025
25 essential skills for 2025
At the start of the year, I had the pleasure of listening to Sam Altmann, CEO of OpenAI, who said that we are currently experiencing a "historic moment in human history" in which we humans are making the transition, being replaced as the smartest species in the world to be replaced by a new species in the world of work called AI. [...]
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What's coming, what's going, what's staying in our working world with AI
What's coming, what's going, what's staying in our working world with AI
Last weekend, we celebrated my birthday at home with a large group of friends. As we get together like this every year, we reflected on what we did differently this year compared to just twelve months ago.
Artificial intelligence has not only entered our professional lives, but also our private lives with new functionalities. [...]
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Skill Enhancement: The best argument for "teaming up" with AI
Skill Enhancement: The best argument for "teaming up" with AI
"Teaming up" with AI - i.e. our ability to work in a team with AI - is becoming increasingly important for our individual and collective productivity, creativity, performance and quality of work - both in terms of process and result.
By 2030, it will be just as natural for employers to expect AI skills from their employees as they expect general PC skills today. [...]
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What exactly does AI competence mean and how do we achieve it?
What exactly does AI competence mean and how do we achieve it?
The most important resource we have as a German economy in international competition is not buried in the ground, but growing between our ears. We are more dependent than other nations on investing in the right skills and therefore in our education. This includes, in particular, our ability to work smartly with AI as a transformative key technology. [...]
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2024: How we need to start working differently now
2024: How we need to start working differently now
2023 was the year in which we played around with GenAI, tried it out and set up experimental "sandbox projects" in the company to playfully explore the functionalities of this groundbreaking technology. 2024 is the year in which we should bring GenAI to application and scaling in selected areas in order to exploit the great potential of this technology. [...]
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What distinguishes human intelligence from artificial intelligence
What distinguishes human intelligence from artificial intelligence
How does our human intelligence retain its value in the age of artificial intelligence? What should we consciously strengthen in order to still be needed in the working world of the future? And how does augmented thinking succeed by merging our human thinking with machine thinking? [...]
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Upskilling and Reskilling in the Age of AI
Upskilling and Reskilling in the Age of AI
We are facing what is probably the most fundamental change in the world of work that we have ever experienced. The age of artificial intelligence as an exponentially growing and omnipresent technology is only just gaining momentum and, with the launch of ChatGPT, DALL-E and co., has now tangibly arrived in our everyday lives and professional lives. The most intensive changes are still to come. [...]
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21 Skills for the 21st Century
21 Skills for the 21st Century
How do you actually qualify people for a future that is developing dynamically and is difficult to imagine on the basis of technologies that are only just emerging? And are there any skills at all - central future skills - that are and remain reliably valuable despite this future ambiguity? [...]
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What social competencies are particularly important in the age of machine intelligence?
What social competencies are particularly important in the age of machine intelligence?
What makes us as humans truly unique compared to machines must always be re-evaluated; there are no rigid laws here that endure over the years. [...]
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Learning as the supercompetence of our time: Which two questions move us forward at the end of a workday?
Learning as the supercompetence of our time: Which two questions move us forward at the end of a workday?
With the exponential development of generative artificial intelligence, we are experiencing a historic turning point that is fundamentally changing how we will work in the future. This means that the much-cited "turn of the times" has also arrived in the world of work. [...]
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New thinking in the age of artificial intelligence
New thinking in the age of artificial intelligence
Will our thinking have to change if an artificial intelligence will complement and extend human thinking in many ways? [...]
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"Flirting with new experiences": How we can best prepare for the working world of the future
"Flirting with new experiences": How we can best prepare for the working world of the future
It has never been more important to learn the right thing at the right time in the shortest possible time and to take the time to do so in a busy workday. Most people no longer have a cognition problem here, but have not yet gotten around to implementing it. But now it is time for this. [...]
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10 key theses on the future of work until 2030: We need to grasp the disruptive tipping point
10 key theses on the future of work until 2030: We need to grasp the disruptive tipping point
Disruption is literally taking place right now: The (working) world will change faster and more profoundly in the coming years than most people currently realize. [...]
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What will remain of humans when the machines take over?
What will remain of humans when the machines take over?
What will actually remain of the human being when the machines take over? Which human skills will retain their value in the technologized world of work of the future and are therefore the essential future skills that matter more than ever? [...]
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How artificial intelligence is revolutionizing our working world
How artificial intelligence is revolutionizing our working world
Many knowledge workers, academics and creative professionals still believe that their jobs can hardly be replaced by new technologies such as artificial intelligence. Until now, the main assumption has been that machines and digital technologies can replace primarily physical or repetitive, less creative activities. However, this assumption is now completely outdated. [...]
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What distinguishes true talent
What distinguishes true talent
Having the right skills, especially the right #FutureSkills, is incredibly important for working successfully and helping to shape the digitally networked present and future. But the right skills without the right mindset are only half the battle. Or to put it another way: talent without the right mindset is like sailing without wind. [...]
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Let's build an ecosystem for lifelong learning
Let's build an ecosystem for lifelong learning
The most valuable renewable resource that Germany, as the world's fourth-largest economy, possesses in global competition are the "think tanks" in the minds of the people who live here. These must be built up and continuously upgraded by a functioning education system, with ongoing updates and a strategic view of the future. [...]
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Why beginner's mind should be considered sexy
Why beginner's mind should be considered sexy
When I walk past a playground these days, I'm preoccupied by the thought that the majority of the children who play there will be doing jobs in about twenty years that don't even exist today and some of which we can hardly imagine. For the career paths of our children, the careers of their parents will be able to provide little guidance. Because in the next 10 years, the world will change more technologically than in the last 100 years. [...]
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Plan your career with a start-up mentality: 5 concrete suggestions
Plan your career with a start-up mentality: 5 concrete suggestions
Disruption is the ubiquitous phenomenon of our time. Digitalization, new technologies and the global pandemic are throwing a lot of things overboard that had previously been in place: requirement profiles, jobs, promotion opportunities, established career patterns and even professional livelihoods. At the same time, numerous new, often very exciting opportunities are emerging, especially in new professional fields driven by digital change. [...]
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Corona and labor market crisis: conducting an opportunity-oriented debate
Corona and labor market crisis: conducting an opportunity-oriented debate
The unforeseen pandemic has thrown our society, economy and consequently our labor market into a state of emergency within a few weeks. The German economy is plunging into the worst recession in post-war history. Despite short-time working allowances and a billion-euro aid program, the corona crisis will destroy hundreds of thousands of jobs in Germany; [...]
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The digital age - The women's era
The digital age - The women's era
In many respects, Germany is still the country of untapped female labor potential. We can afford this less and less. Because if we look at the trend forecasts for the new decade up to 2030, Germany is getting older, poorer and shrinking overall. [...]
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"We are facing what is probably the most fundamental change in the world of work that we have ever seen."
Books & Co-authorship

Schon heute sind die Veränderungen durch KI in unserer Arbeitswelt spürbar. Dieses Buch von Prof. Dr. Michael Groß und Jörg Staff bietet hochaktuelle Beiträge über die bereits heute möglichen Anwendungen von KI im Personalbereich und deren Auswirkungen. Haufe Verlag, 2024.
Young people need digital skills to shape the society of tomorrow! This book explains how it is possible to give our young people the practical skills that will be really important later in their professional and personal lives. And how companies can contribute to this. Topicus publishing house, 2024.
This book is about courage, openness and the desire for new ideas - the drivers for innovation to make Germany fit for the future . A good-humored wake-up call to finally dare to initiate overdue changes and live a new culture of innovation. Haufe Verlag, 2022.
Yasmin Weiß is co-author of the Spiegel bestseller "Future Republic" and describes what the working world of the future will look like in 2030. Campus Verlag, 2021.
In the book "Strategic Talent Management in China", Yasmin Weiß describes the success factors for successful collaboration in German-Chinese teams and how successful human resources management can be achieved. Springer Verlag, 2018.
In the book "Auf der Erfolgswelle schwimmen" ("Swimming on the wave of success"), Yasmin Weiß (née Fargel), together with swimming world champion Thomas Lurz, describes what the basics are for personal success and achieving ambitious career goals. Gabal Verlag, 2008.
Interviews
Wie ticken Deutschlands Digitalraketen? - Interview mit Prof. Dr. Yasmin Weiß
Junge Digitaltalente sind auf dem Arbeitsmarkt sehr gefragt. Grund genug, um als Arbeitgeber genau in diese begehrte Zielgruppe reinzuhören. Welche Anforderungen stellen die Talente an Unternehmen und Organisationen? Prof. Dr. Yasmin Weiß von der Uni Nürnberg hat gemeinsam mit ihren Studierenden Fragen formuliert und von der GenZ selbst beantworten lassen. Im Interview spricht sie mit Field Product Marketing Managerin Christina Poetzsch über die Ergebnisse. Interview.
Arbeitslos durch KI? Welche menschlichen Super-Skills unersetzbar bleiben
Dank gigantischer KI-Fortschritte stehen wir vor der größten Transformation der Arbeitswelt, die es je gegeben hat, sagt Prof. Dr. Yasmin Weiß. Warum sie gerade erst richtig Fahrt aufnimmt und bei welchen Fähigkeiten trotzdem (noch) keine Maschine der Welt dem Menschen Konkurrenz macht, erklärt die Zukunftsexpertin hier. Interview.
"Be the missing piece of the puzzle!"
For a long time, supervisory board mandates were awarded by hand in closed groups of men. Today, appointments are made more professionally. But those who already sit on a board still have an advantage. So how do you get your first post? Interview.
"Education for All: How Do We Achieve Equal Opportunity?"
Education is an important key to professional success, personal self-realization and political, cultural and social participation. As recently as October 2022, the study by the Institute for Quality Development in Education (IQB) again revealed that the socioeconomic status of the parental home in particular has a major influence on the educational success of students. This is a trend that has been emerging - and growing - since 2011. Impulse paper.
"You can do any job creatively"
New technologies offer enormous opportunities for business and society. But to take advantage of them, says Yasmin Weiß, entrepreneur and professor, education and organizations must become much more flexible. Interview.
"I'm all about providing the best education for tomorrow's world".
How do we manage to bring everyone along in an increasingly digitized world and make them fit for the challenges of the present and the future? Yasmin Weiß, an expert in digital education, explains why we need lifelong learning and how this can be achieved. She spoke with campus.de about her new book, "World's Best Education." Interview.
Interview with digital work expert Prof. Dr. Yasmin Mei-Yee Weiß
In an interview, Yasmin Weiß explains what skills are important in an increasingly digitalized working world. Her thesis: The greater the degree of digitization, the more important it is to be a human being. Interview.
Life is too short to fill it with a job that makes you unhappy
"You won't become a manager with your doll face," one of her bosses scoffed. Today, Yasmin Mei-Yee Weiß is one of the youngest female business administration professors, a member of the supervisory board and long advised the chancellor. Interview.

How to stand out from the crowd
There are people who receive a rejection for every job application. And there are those who are wooed by employers and are constantly offered interesting jobs. With these tips, you belong to the latter. Guest article by Yasmin Weiß.
Shaping the future with: Yasmin Mei-Yee Weiß
For our future to remain innovative and digital, knowledge must flow between business and science. This requires people like human resources manager, professor of business administration, multiple supervisory board member and publicist Yasmin Mei-Yee Weiß, who explains what skills we need to shape the future. Interview.
Podcasts
Auf & Up
„„Wer nicht unter die AI-Räder kommen möchte, muss DAS lernen!“ – „So lernen unsere Kinder, sich in der Veränderung SICHER zu fühlen!“
Ich bin SEHR dankbar, dass Yasmin einen Platz in ihrem Kalender für ein Gespräch mit mir gefunden hat, denn sie teilt auf beeindruckende Weise, wie wir alle uns auf eine von KI dominierte Welt vorbereiten können.“
Disrupting Minds
„In dieser Episode spricht Sandra von Au mit Prof. Dr. Yasmin Weiß über die Arbeitswelt von morgen und die entscheidende Rolle von künstlicher Intelligenz. Welche Future Skills brauchen wir wirklich? Wie verändert KI unsere Jobs? Und warum ist es heute wichtiger denn je, sich kontinuierlich weiterzuentwickeln? Yasmin erklärt, warum Veränderung unbequem, aber notwendig ist, und zeigt, wie Mensch und KI gemeinsam mehr erreichen können.„
Hey Diggies! So geht Lernen heute
„In dieser Folge begrüßen Viola Patricia Herrmann und Gert Mengel die renommierte Professorin Dr. Yasmin Weiß.
Yasmin Weiß ist Professorin für Betriebswirtschaftslehre mit Schwerpunkt Future Skills und Künstliche Intelligenz in der Arbeitswelt. Sie ist Unternehmerin, Autorin, Mitglied mehrerer Aufsichtsräte und Expertin für die Kompetenzen, die in einer zunehmend digitalen und von KI geprägten Welt erforderlich sind. Sie sagt: “Unsere wichtigste Ressource wächst zwischen unseren Ohren.”“
So techt Germany
"Generation Z is lazy, spoiled and disloyal. One or the other will certainly have heard this narrative more often. But there are also the following characteristics: young, qualified, willing to change. Yasmin Weiß can also confirm the latter. The expert for digital education and the future of work recently published a study on this topic. What makes our "digital rockets" tick? They have a high willingness to change jobs while at the same time being tolerant of frustration. But the laws on the labor market have also changed in favor of the younger generation, says Yasmin Weiß in this episode of "So techt Deutschland.
Road to 2030
"The podcast mobile is in full swing towards the future of the working world! What will it look like when AI and automation play an increasingly important role? Which job sectors will disappear or change? How can HR managers attract and retain digital leaders of tomorrow while developing existing employees and fostering new skills? That's what Christina and Maria talk about with Prof. Dr. Yasmin Weiß in the latest stage on the Road to 2030."
The future of education
"Yasmin Weiß discusses with Sascha Lobo concepts such as lifelong learning, the metaverse, and how education and work must mix and evolve in a networked world. And, for example, why young people prefer to search on TikTok instead of Googling. Bonus: She explains how schools and universities can deal with ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence that can write very good term papers with one click."
strive
"What do we need to learn today to be prepared for the world of tomorrow? That's what Prof. Dr.Yasmin Weiß explains to us in this episode of STRIVE up your life. In keeping with our current issue focus on jobs of the future, she will talk with STRIVE editor Katharina Wolff about what the job market of the future will look like, what has already changed in her job, and what we need to learn today to be prepared for the world of tomorrow."
Handelsblatt Disrupt
"Yasmin Weiß talks about the most important qualifications of the future: the ability to learn and the willingness to constantly question thought patterns. She calls for teaching to be linked more closely with the free economy, especially in the area of teaching new technologies. And she dispels a myth: 'Digital natives are not all digitally competent,' she says."
Campus Beats
""We should all ask ourselves: do I bring all the competencies to move responsibly in this world? And answer quite honestly in order to move forward... ." Yasmin Weiß sees it as the task of every individual to take care of education - at the same time, lifelong learning should be virtually part of the DNA in companies."
WDR 5
"Digital education makes people want to learn throughout their lives, says economist Yasmin Weiß. She examines the impact of digitization on the labor market and the job profiles of the future - and sees where AI reaches its limits."
Market & Medium-Sized Businesses
"After the economic miracle of the 20th century, Germany now needs an educational miracle. That is the thesis of Prof. Dr. Yasmin Weiß, which I share one hundred percent. Her book "World's Best Education" convinced me because it puts a focus on adult continuing education and advances diverse thoughts that you haven't read that often before."
Dancing in the Storm of Crisis with Metacompetencies
In this unusual and multi-faceted conversation, Yasmin gives us a deep insight into the important future skills and different ways to prepare young and older people for ongoing transformation and change in times of crisis. Since the future does not evolve in a linear fashion to the past, it is best to break new ground with a good feeling.
Startup Insider (#93)
In the 93rd episode of Startup Insider "read only" Benny Gerdes talks to Prof. Dr. Yasmin Weiß, professor, founder, multi-supervisor, about the book "World's Best Education! How to secure our digital future."
Seed (special episode)
"Most of you probably know Prof. Dr. Yasmin Weiß. The professor, board member, founder, and author has a new book coming out: WORLDBEST EDUCATION: How to Secure Our Digital Future. In this SAATKORN Podcast episode, Prof. Dr. Yasmin Weiß and I talk about her brand new book."
Hacker School (#10)
"Our CEO and host Julia talks to Yasmin about the potential technology has to solve the big issues of the day like climate change, renewable energy and resource scarcity. You can also learn which social skills Professor Dr. Yasmin Weiß believes are especially crucial today and why "being different" can be meant in a very positive way."
Seed (#164)
"Prof. Dr. Yasmin Weiß is an exceptional phenomenon. At just her early 40s, she is a professor, founder and multiple supervisory board member. Also LinkedIn Top Voice and honored as Top 40 under 40 by Capital. How do you do that?"

Your Digital Leadership Podcast (#8)
Intrinsic (#10.9)
Heart chamber on the ear (#12)
Contact
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