STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

There are various activities with which we allow different internal and external stakeholders to participate in our corporate activities. These include events at the K+N Academy, some of which are open to the public and therefore accessible to all interested parties. The target groups for these events are specialist dealers, end customers, occupational health professionals, facility managers and (interior) architects. Selected events are listed by the state chambers of architects as recognized further training measures.

The König + Neurath Academy also cooperates with the Industrieverband Büro und Arbeitswelt e.V. (IBA), for example by preparing participants for further training to become Quality Office Consultants. In addition, open and interdisciplinary workshops on current topics are part of the portfolio of the König + Neurath Academy - for example, bar camps on the topic of „work culture“ with psychologists, architects, consultants, entrepreneurs and facility managers. The König + Neurath Academy is also in constant dialog with various universities, including the Kunsthochschule Kassel, the Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd, the Hochschule Mainz and regional schools.

We regularly conduct workshops for companies in transition using the „WORK.CULTURE.MAP“ analysis tool developed by König+Neurath. The first step in these workshops is to precisely determine the espective work culture of a company, viewed and evaluated in seven key dimensions: Employee profile, work-life model, technology, creativity, leadership style, agility and performance orientation.

From the insights gained, we develop impulses, derivations and concepts for contemporary and motivating office scenarios through dialog. Feedback rounds are held at the end of each event. This directly reveals potential for improvement. This type of open communication enables us to record the interests and concerns of the participants directly and integrate them in the future.

In addition to the „WORK.CULTURE.MAP“, another analysis tool serves as a supplement and interface to the König + Neurath products. The so-called „STYLE.FINDER“ is carried out in a similar way to the analysis of work culture: we use a kind of card game with images from subject areas such as landscape, architecture, working environment, leisure activities, fashion, materials, colors and König + Neurath products to personal preferences. The approach is spontaneous and intuitive. The results of the cultural analysis with the „WORK.CULTURE.MAP“, the findings from the analysis of the style and individual requirements are used in an iterative process to create the spatial equivalent as an interior architectural design. Functional areas of hybrid forms of work are revealed in this way, as are options for integrating the existing corporate identity or can incorporate the corporate design of the analyzed company into the office design.

The involvement of König + Neurath employees plays a central role for the company. For us, a satisfied workforce is the basic prerequisite for sustainable business. The communication of corporate values to all employees and the integration of values into everyday working life was intensively promoted and further advanced in 2022. A WE team was set up for this purpose in 2023. It serves as a bridge builder for the König + Neurath values for the workforce, but also as a sounding board for the culture we live by. The aim is to jointly develop and implement new ideas on how the values can be lived. Employees have access to an internal app called „YouKNow“. This is used to inform the workforce about current topics and projects. All employees can use the app to anonymously submit questions to the Management Board, which the latter answers at a regular after-work employee event. Employees are also involved in decisions through surveys in the app.