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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 than 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 Framing Effect. And lesser-known ones such as the PhD plateau, the Machiavellian Matrix or the Midlife-Crises-Venn-Diagramm.

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.

«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

«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 theories, life skills and rules of thumb for modern (working) life – adaptable to a wide range of current conference and congress topics: Roman & Mikael draw on a pool of around 100 models, frameworks and research findings, which they primarily compile into the following presentations:

  • Collaboration – How we achieve great things together
  • Decision-Making – Useful tips for simple and not-so-simple decisions
  • *Rules of thumb – simple solutions for complicated situations
  • *«Umdenken» – Toolkit for changing perspectives

*in German only at the moment.

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 Insurance, Assistants Day Zurich, AXA Innovation Award, Amadeus SMT (Helsinki), Appway Conference, Arosa Humorfestival, Astella Pharma (Hungary), Austrian Innovation Forum (Vienna), AXPO Group, AXPO Hydro & Biomasse, Begasoft, Berninvest, Berner Generationenhaus, Berag Pension Funds, Best Marketing Estonia (Tallinn), Braun (London), Federal Office for Information & Communication, 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 Swiss Umbrella Association of Distribution Network Operators, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (Bonn), Diakoniewerk Neumünster, Directorate of Justice and Home Affairs, Canton of Zurich, Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, Ergon, Endress & Hauser Flowtec, EasyJet (London), Embedded Computing Conference, Emotion Women’s Day (Hamburg), ETH Zurich, ewp, ExpertSuisse, Family Business Congress (Witten Herdecke), Feministischer Salon Zurich, FHNW Architecture, Frankfurt Book Fair, Galenica, Gähler & Partner AG, GastroBern, Gatwick Airport (London), Annual Reports Symposium (Rüschlikon), GfM – Swiss Marketing Society, GHP Arbitrium Financial Services, GVZ Building Insurance Canton Zurich, Hasso Plattner Institute (Berlin), Hewlett-Packard Innovation Day, Hirslanden Group, Human Week (Türkiye), Inselspital Bern, University Hospital for Women’s Health, Disability Insurance Canton Bern, Junior Chamber of Commerce Basel, J. Safra Sarasin, Linth Congress, Cantonal Hospital Basel-Land, Kaufleuten Kultur (Zurich), Commercial Association Zurich, Gösgen Nuclear Power Plant, SME Conference St. Gallen, Kursaal AG Bern (3K), KTV Artists’ Exchange Thun, KVS Kitchen Association Switzerland, La Roche Private Banking, LabMed Bern, Leaders Club, London Business Forum, Ludwig & Partner (Basel), LUKS Lucerne Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne Management Forum, Marketing Day Biel Bienne, Master Management, Mathys, Mattig-Suter & Partner, Migros Aare, MOVETIA, NZZ, Bern University of Teacher Education, Zurich University of Teacher Education, Swiss Parliamentary Services, Paul komt auch (St. Gallen), PINC Conference (Zeist), Planzer, PostFinance, Prager Dreifuss, publisuisse Award, Regional School Inspectorate Oberland, Dr. Röthlisberger AG, SBVV – Swiss Booksellers and Publishers Association, Schools Cham, Swiss Master Builders Association, Swiss National Bank, Swiss Post, Seeland Gas, SIA – Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects, 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 Zurich, TEDx Bern, TEDx Danubia (Budapest), Thomas Knecht Management AG, Top of Toolpoint (Winterthur), UBS Marketing, UBS Innovation Forum, University of Bern – Night of Research, University Hospital Basel, Urban Land Institute (Warsaw), UVEK, Swiss Press Association, Vitra, VOGT Lecture (Lausanne), Weisse Arena Group (Laax), WEMF, Vögele Cultural Centre, Women Finance Conference, XUND Lucerne, Zugerberg Finanz AG, ZHdK – Museum of Design, Zurich Airport, Zurich Reads, Zürcher Kantonalbank

For large stages...

From PINC Conference to Swiss Economic Forum

...and for small(er) ones.

From the Berner Generationenhaus to Vitra Sessions.