About
Dr. Christina Merl supports decision-makers who seek transformative leadership and organisational development in times of uncertainty, digital disruption, and societal change. Drawing on her academic expertise and qualitative research background - including ethnographic methods, action research, and community-building - she creates learning environments and organisational cultures that are reflective, co-creative, and deeply human.
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Her internationally recognised, transformative, and AI-enhanced 2CG® method combines social collaborative learning with action research, storylistening, and inspirational input from the arts.
"Organisations, schools, and societies need more experiential, transdisciplinary, and art-inspired spaces where leaders and their teams, teachers and students, youth, and open-minded individuals can improve their professional practice while exploring new ways of thinking and doing."
My passion and my purpose is to cultivate community and culture; bring art to the people, and help them cultivate future skills.
My Focus
The future of work and education is interactive, human, and hybrid. I support leaders, teams, and individuals in rethinking the way they learn, work, and recreate. I am convinced that both, people and organisations need to leverage their power of imagination to effect real change. All we need to do is put human qualities at the heart of business - technology will support us.
Research Topics
21st Century Skills, Communities of Practice, Ethnographic Methods, and Action Research
Christina Merl's academic papers and press articles have been published in peer-reviewed, national and international journals, newspapers, and magazines. Her doctoral thesis (2006) on the role of communities of practice in a hybrid cross-cultural business and learning setting was published as a book in 2009. Her master thesis - the first terminology work on the metabolism of the antroposphere - was translated into many languages. Christina Merl regularly presents at academic conferences, is a reviewer for IELA, iJAC, and the Australian Journal of Environmental Education, and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Learning Ideas Conference, NYC.
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Academic reference: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4268-6336
Short Bio & Professional Focus
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Born and raised in the cross-border region of Austria, Italy and Slovenia
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Translation & Intercultural Communication Studies at University of Vienna (with a special focus on environmental topics and the terminology of the metabolism of the anthroposphere, Technical University of Vienna)
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Career in Journalism, Corporate Training, Teaching and Learning Design at University Level
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PhD and Book Author in Cross-cultural Communication and the Role of Communities of Practice in Organisational Learning and Development (Ethnographic Study of International Company based in Amsterdam)
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Founder of TalkShop/2CG® and Poetry in Business
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Specialised in 21st Century Skills Coaching and Organisational Culture with the AI-enhanced 2CG® Multi-Method Approach, using inspirational input from the arts as disruptive element
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Social Collaborative and Participatory Learning Design and Community of Practice Facilitation;
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Member of Executive Committee of The Learning Ideas Conference (NYC)
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Reviewer for the International E-Learning Association
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