"Business and human endeavors are systems… we tend to focus on snapshots of isolated parts of the system. And wonder why our deepest problems never get solved." – Peter Senge, The Fifth Discipline
What if your organization functioned like a Zettelkasten system? What if knowledge wasn’t trapped in departments and hierarchies but flowed freely like a dynamic network?
Niklas Luhmann, a creative user of the Zettelkasten method, didn’t see knowledge as a collection of documents but as a network of ideas. This applies not only to personal knowledge management but also to organizations:
🔗 Isolated notes only gain value through smart connections –
just as organizations become more innovative when knowledge flows freely.
🚀 Zettelkasten fosters emergence –
just as self-organizing companies adapt and innovate faster than hierarchical ones.
💡 Networks facilitate decision-making –
just as self-management frameworks like Holacracy enable knowledge to move dynamically.
Zettelkasten principles live on in digital tools like Obsidian, where information is not stored in folders but linked dynamically, allowing unexpected insights to emerge. Organizations should work the same way: not as static silos, but as flexible, adaptive systems where innovation flows naturally.
In this interactive workshop, you will experience:
✅ What it feels like to be stuck in silos – and why it kills innovation.
✅ How linking the right information shifts your perspective entirely – just like in a Zettelkasten.
✅ How to transition from rigid hierarchies to a network-driven organization – without bureaucratic slowdowns.
✅ How to take a small, practical step today to break down silos in your work.
From Silo's to fluid networks.pdf
It was about applying PKM principles to organizational design—how we can move from isolated knowledge pockets to more dynamic, interconnected ways of thinking and working.
The idea came from a Zettelkasten note I wrote about PKM. I suddenly saw a parallel to how organizations function. That’s actually a theme in my life—connecting things that don’t seem related at first glance.
And it happened again in the workshop!
I saw people having those sudden aha! moments, making connections that hadn’t been obvious before. That’s what makes me happy. But here’s the thing: the person who learned the most in that room? Me.