The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a deep economic and social crisis – arguably the worst in modern times. Besides being a public health emergency, the…
Danièle Castle, digitalswitzerland21. July 2020
Green light for the public release of the SwissCovid-App: What to expect In the last weeks, there have been extensive discussions in Switzerland about digital…
Niniane Paeffgen, Swiss Digital Initiative10. June 2020
https://youtu.be/QXnN48DA5p0 Over 70.5 million refugees in the world. Millions of vacant IT jobs due to digitalisation. Two problems, one solution: A coding academy for…
Christina Gräni, Public Relations Powercoders14. May 2020
After weeks of lockdown to stop the spread of Covid-19, the world is discussing exit strategies and possible solutions to prevent a second wave of…
Niniane Paeffgen, Swiss Digital Initiative30. April 2020
Globally scholars estimate that the current pandemic will change the world profoundly and permanently (read here Yuval Noah Harari’s assessment). In spite of the drastic…
Guillaume Gabus, digitalswitzerland29. April 2020
Schon eine Reihung weniger Beispiele macht deutlich, dass die Digitalisierung und Automatisierung in nahezu allen Berufen immer grössere Bedeutung erlangt: Personalabteilungen stellen die interne Kommunikation…
Cäcilia Märki, Leiterin Bereich Grundkompetenzen, SVEB20. April 2020
How COVID-19 will shape our future has yet to be explored but its lasting effect on our society and economy is undisputed. As an optimist,…
Nicolas Bürer, Managing Director digitalswitzerland23. March 2020
We, as humans, are inherently creative. However, we are also creatures of habit. Reinventing established practices isn’t what we do on a daily basis. But…
Nicolas Bürer, Managing Director digitalswitzerland23. March 2020
As we embark upon the most digital decade to date, new education trends are sure to emerge. One of these is the ‘super-university’ – super…
Danièle Castle, digitalswitzerland16. March 2020
On the third Swiss Digital Day, the dialogue format called 'tell' was used for the first time. The name says it all: it is a…
Daniela Christen, digitalswitzerland13. February 2020
On en a parlé à profusion. En 2020, on continuera à en parler : la numérisation, la digitalisation, la révolution 4.0 pour les PME suisses,…
Danièle Castle, digitalswitzerland4. February 2020
The Swiss dual learning system is widely admired and the subject of emulation attempts by countries as diverse as the United States and Rwanda. Clever…
Danièle Castle, digitalswitzerland28. January 2020
Climate change remains the greatest unresolved challenge, but the efforts made possible by new technologies can become game-changers. It is therefore no surprise that both…
Eliane Panek, digitalswitzerland23. January 2020
These days, there is no excuse for not learning. The question is how to stimulate intrinsic motivation in the absence of extrinsic motivation driven by…
Danièle Castle, digitalswitzerland29. December 2019
There has been a lot of discussion in the media and at governmental level about the difficulty older workers experience finding jobs, particularly the long-term…
Danièle Castle, digitalswitzerland17. December 2019