AYKEY at HR Campus 2024
Two Days of Dialogue, Reflection, and Value-Driven Organizational Practice
Why We Participated
HR Campus 2024 offered a valuable opportunity to engage with HR professionals, leaders, and organizational developers around what currently drives organizations—what they need, and what truly helps in daily practice.
Our aim was not self-promotion. We came to listen, ask questions, and explore new perspectives—without ready-made answers, but with a clear stance.
Our Booth – Focused on Conversation, Not Staging
No elaborate installation, no buzzwords—just an open, low-threshold setting inviting dialogue.
Many visitors approached us, some with concrete challenges, others out of curiosity. In short, thoughtful conversations, we exchanged ideas around values, everyday leadership, and structural change.
Our simple reflection cards proved effective: low effort, high impact.
Our Sessions – Practical, Interactive, and Grounded in Reality
Session 1: Making Values Tangible and Actionable (45 minutes)
Participants reflected on personal values vs. organizational experience using a value scale. In breakout groups, they explored:
What prevents me from living certain values?
What would help me move forward?
What can I change—regardless of role or formal authority?
Outcome: not theory-heavy, but highly practical and immediately applicable.
Session 2: Navigating the Tension Between Values and Reality (85 minutes)
A gallery walk format enabled reflection on key questions such as:
How do values and KPIs coexist?
What inhibits value-based behavior?
What enables values to become part of everyday life?
The final “vernissage” gathered perspectives, focusing on: What can we try, concretely?
Again: No jargon. Just honest dialogue on equal footing.
Mainstage Panel with Janine Koska – On Leadership, Culture, and Values in Practice
Together with Janine Koska, we explored how values become real in organizations—especially through leadership.
We shared our own experiences:
How leadership at AYKEY actively enables self-organization and ownership
That decision-making is not just tolerated, but encouraged
That habits and routines are regularly challenged when they no longer serve the goal
This resonated with many in the audience. It became tangible how values move from abstract principle to lived practice—shaping behavior, decisions, and culture.
We discussed the importance of creating space for impact—and the responsibility that comes with it. For many, this illustrated how trust, ownership, and cultural transformation are interdependent.
What We Took Away
HR Campus was not a stage for showcasing; it was an invitation to bring our perspective on effective, value-driven organizational development into real dialogue.
We take with us:
Numerous meaningful conversations with people driving change
Insightful feedback on our methods
New connections to develop ideas and spark further momentun
Our Conclusion
HR Campus made it clear:
Value-based work is not a trend—it is essential to building future-ready organizations.
Values become effective when they’re lived—through daily interactions, decisions, and leadership—not just codified in a policy or posted on a wall.
Tensions arise when aspiration and reality diverge—when legacy patterns no longer serve, and change becomes imperative.
We saw that many are ready to question, to reflect, and to explore new paths.
That’s exactly where we come in:
We place the human experience at the center—pragmatically, openly, and always with a focus on what truly works in your specific context.
Interested in a conversation—about your questions, a potential format, or simply to exchange perspectives?
We look forward to connecting.