Cross-Thinking

Have the courage to ‚cross-think‘

During the first lockdown last spring, the call for new approaches to doing business and necessary economic alternatives was on the lips of many, whether politicians, economists, entrepreneurs or bankers. Now after almost a year, this insight seems to have almost faded away and it looks like it is only about going back to before and continuing as always, to the ’normality‘ of mainly doing business. One has to ask: Have we learned nothing from this crisis that threatens our very existence? Where are the economists, investors and politicians who have the courage to ‚cross-think‘ and strive for new models of doing business and investing and to get the truly sustainable use of capital out of its alibi function and niche existence? No, by ‚cross-thinking‘ I don’t mean the irresponsible lateral thinkers who harm the well-being of the population and thus the economy through fakenews. Cross-Thinking‘, and by the way also the German word ‚Querdenken‘, means that through creativity and new perspectives an innovative process is initiated and ideas, as well as alternative models are developed. For this purpose, it is necessary to question familiar paths and firmly cemented economic theories, which have now proven to be weak anyway. The future of environmental, cultural and health capital, as well as the existence of many companies, now requires the courage of think tanks that think outside the box in the face of an economy geared solely to monetary profit and dare to think about promising models for the future.