Exploring Career and Life Design: Innovation, Resilience, and Personal Growth

Authors

  • Bettina Maisch 1Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship-Center of the Munich University of Applied Sciences, Heßstraße 89, 80797 Munich, Germany
  • Steven Gedeon TorontoMet Entrepreneur Institute, Entrepreneurship & Strategy, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University, 575 Bay Street, Toronto, ON, M5B 2K3, Canada
  • Barbara Wolf 3Ludwig-Maximilians University, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center, Giselastr. 10, 80802 Munich, Germany
  • Karina Cagarman Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
  • Sebastian Kernbach Creativity & Design, School of Management, University of St. Gallen, MCM-HSG, Office 48-120, Blumenbergplatz 9, 9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland, Stanford University, African Doctoral Academy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23726/cij.2024.1607

Keywords:

Design your life, Life Design, Career design, Design thinking, Entrepreneurial thinking and doing

Abstract

In the scientific spirit of CERN, this Special Issue focuses on humanity's biggest experiment: Life Design. It is about transformations and innovations related to the most profound questions of what it means to design your life in your personal and professional context for sustainable flourishing, meaning, happiness, and well-being on individual and societal levels.

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2024-12-16

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Maisch, B., Gedeon, S., Wolf, B., Cagarman, K., & Kernbach, S. (2024). Exploring Career and Life Design: Innovation, Resilience, and Personal Growth. CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation, 8(3), 1–4. https://doi.org/10.23726/cij.2024.1607

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Vol. 8 No. 3 (2024): Special Issue on 'Innovations in Career and Life Design'

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