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Unanticipated, Anomalous, Strategic — A Forgotten Vocabulary

02.01.202602.01.2026

Reclaiming Serendipity: From Wild West to Rigorous Pattern It’s time to write again a serious “Respect Serendipity” essay. The ongoing […]

29.12.2025

We speak endlessly about unexpected discoveries, unexpected encounters, and unexpected insights. That alone should make us pause. If something is […]

21.12.2025

Introducing a search function Over the years, my blog has grown into a substantial archive. More than 100 essays, written […]

17.12.2025

There is no such thing as a serendipitous encounter — at least not at the moment it occurs. In this […]

10.12.2025

We continue our pilgrimage into jesterhood Last week I introduced the idea of the Jester with a Hundred Faces — […]

04.12.202521.02.2026

In contrast to a mere comedian or class clown, a 21st-Century Jester is envisioned as a trusted yet subversive advisor […]

02.12.2025

You may notice that I borrowed the title of this essay from one of my all-time favorite books: Joseph Campbell’s […]

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Jerome Bruner (1915–2016) was one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th century — a pioneering thinker who reshaped […]

23.11.202513.03.2026

Why modern organisations urgently need new vocabulary when an old archetype is returning For nearly three hundred years the jester […]

11.11.202524.03.2026

“Cover Art Credit: Feng Shui London UK – Exploring Greek Time Concepts in Feng Shui (2024) Welcome back to Serendipity […]

04.11.2025

With this newsletter I will question “interpersonal serendipity” — those “X met Y and everything changed” tales — being not […]

30.10.2025

You can’t fight fire with fire – right? So you may think and it’s a statement which 99 % of […]