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Roman Tschäppeler und Mikael Krogerus bei Ihrem Vortrag am TEDx Danubia in Budapest über praktische Entscheidungstheorie
The world explained in three lines

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?

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, 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 Hype Curve. 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 keynotes the extraordinary ability to make sense of psychological and scientific phenomena. It is theory in its most practical form: clever, short, visual, applicable - presented in light way.

Testimonials

«Chalk instead of Powerpoint, mental models instead of fact sheets, humor instead of moral: perhaps the most intelligent way to get people thinking.»

Urs Zanoni
Managing Director Health Network 2025

«Tschäppeler and Krogerus are masters at presenting complex topics clearly and memorably. Their work inspires and makes you laugh. Brilliant!»

Silvia Thalmann-Gut
Government Councillor of the Canton of Zug

«Armed with a blackboard, chalk, and a rhetorically refined blade, Mikael and Roman convey their message and make the audience smile.»

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

«A wealth of knowledge, presented with plenty of humor and a few concise strokes.»

Patrik Scheichl
Bedag Informatik AG

«Inspiring, entertaining, and to the point. The performance was a highlight; we received excellent feedback from the participants.»

Karin Schmidt
Head of Human Resources, Raiffeisen Switzerland

Theory in practical form

Unique yet adaptable

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

Presentations are given in German, Swiss German/German, and English. French can be incorporated in short bursts. Furthermore, RTMK are accustomed to presenting to theorists as well as practitioners, CEOs, and students alike.

Abraxas ICT, ACTE (Copenhagen & Atlanta), Acceleris Technology Day, Allianz Versicherungen, Assistants Day Zurich, AXA Innovation Award, Amadeus SMT (Helsinki), Appway Conference, Arosa Humorfestival, Astella Pharma (Hungary), Austrian Innovation Forum (Vienna), AXPO Konzern, AXPO Hydro & Biomasse, Begasoft, Berninvest, Berner Generationenhaus, Berag Pensionskassen, Best Marketing Estonia (Tallinn), Braun (London), Bundesamt für Information & Kommunikation, Callnet, Call to Action – Ideas for the Future, Campus Sursee, CFA Swiss Pension Conference, CFMT (Milan & Rome), CINFO, CoiffeurSuisse, Coop, Creative Camp (SGD), Credit Suisse Business Management, DSV Dachverband Schweizer Verteilnetzbetreiber, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (Bonn), Diakoniewerk Neumünster, Direktion der Justiz und des Innern, Kanton Zürich, Eidgenössisches Departement für Verteidigung, Bevölkerungsschutz und Sport, Ergon, Endress & Hauser Flowtec, EasyJet (London), Embedded Computing Conference, Emotion Women’s Day (Hamburg), ETH Zurich, ewp, ExpertSuisse, Familienunternehmer Kongress (Witten Herdecke), Feministischer Salon Zürich, FHNW Architektur, Frankfurter Buchmesse, Galenica, Gähler & Partner AG, GastroBern, Gatwick Airport (London), Geschäftsberichte Symposium (Rüschlikon), GfM – Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Marketing, GHP Arbitrium Financial Services, GVZ Gebäudeversicherung Kanton Zürich, Hasso Plattner Institute (Berlin), Hewlett-Packard Innovation Day, Hirslanden Gruppe, Human Week (Türkiye), Inselspital Bern, Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde, Invalidenversicherung Kanton Bern, Junge Wirtschaftskammer Basel, J. Safra Sarasin, Linth-Kongress, Kantonsspital Basel-Land, Kaufleuten Kultur (Zürich), Kaufmännischer Verband Zürich, Kernkraftwerk Gösgen, KMU-Tagung St. Gallen, Kursaal AG Bern (3K), KTV Künstlerbörse Thun, KVS Küchen Verband Schweiz, La Roche Private Banking, LabMed Bern, Leaders Club, London Business Forum, Ludwig & Partner (Basel), LUKS Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzerner Management Forum, Marketing Tag Biel Bienne, Master Management, Mathys, Mattig-Suter & Partner, Migros Aare, MOVETIA, NZZ, Pädagogische Hochschule Bern, Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich, Parlamentsdienste Schweiz, Paul kommt auch (St. Gallen), PINC Conference (Zeist), Planzer, PostFinance, Prager Dreifuss, publisuisse Award, Regionales Schulinspektorat Oberland, Dr. Röthlisberger AG, SBVV – Schweizer Buchhändler- und Verleger-Verband, Schulen Cham, Schweizerischer Baumeisterverband, Schweizerische Nationalbank, Schweizerische Post, Seeland Gas, SIA – Schweizerischer Ingenieur- und Architektenverband, SRG SSR, Stucki Leadership, STS – Swiss Tunnelling Society, SWICA, Swiss Economic Forum, Swiss Innovation Forum, Swiss Prime Site, Swisscom Banking Service, Swisscom Customer Experience Forum, Swisscom Human-Centered Design, Swisscom IT Services, Swiss Safety Center AG, Tec & Tonic, Kunsthaus Zürich, TEDx Bern, TEDx Danubia (Budapest), Thomas Knecht Management AG, Top of Toolpoint (Winterthur), UBS Marketing, UBS Innovation Forum, Universität Bern – Nacht der Forschung, Universitätsspital Basel, Urban Land Institute (Warsaw), UVEK, Verband Schweizer Presse, Vitra, VOGT Lecture (Lausanne), Weisse Arena Gruppe (Laax), WEMF, Vögele Kulturzentrum, Women Finance Conference, XUND Luzern, Zugerberg Finanz AG, ZHdK – Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich Airport, Zürich liest, Zürcher Kantonalbank

For large stages...

From PINC Conference to Swiss Economic Forum

...and for small ones.

From the Berner Generationenhaus to Vitra Sessions.

Mikael Krogerus

Roman Tschäppeler