TRUMPF Workshop
As part of my master's thesis "Strategic Competence Development in Industrial Training: Fostering Resilient and Innovation-Capable Young Talent Using the Example of TRUMPF", I facilitated a workshop at the TRUMPF training center in Ditzingen, conducted in close cooperation with TRUMPF as an industry partner. The workshop focused on identifying untapped potentials within industrial training and developing solutions for existing discrepancies between current training practices and the competencies required for the future of work.
To build a grounded and forward-looking perspective, we applied a combination of Design Thinking and futuring methods. At the core of the workshop stood the STEMP method — a framework I developed specifically for this context, examining Skills, Teamwork, Development, Mindset and Politics as interconnected dimensions of competence development. This lens helped participants articulate emerging challenges with precision and situate individual learning experiences within broader organizational and societal dynamics.
These insights were expanded through Future Wheels, allowing participants to explore potential ripple effects, second- and third-order consequences, and the systemic interconnections behind seemingly small signals in industrial training. Building on this, we used the Crazy 8 method to rapidly generate a wide range of ideas, encouraging divergent thinking and creative problem-solving. At the end of the workshop, the trainees and students pitched the ideas they had developed.
Overall, this approach has allowed me to construct a multidimensional view of the futures of industrial training, and to explore both the opportunities and challenges that may arise for trainees, companies and training institutions in the coming years.
