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Today, up to five generations work side by side in companies across Germany. Their diversity of experiences holds enormous potential, yet misunderstandings, tensions, and communication gaps often stand in the way. The Zeitgeist Fellowship supports leaders to transform these challenges into opportunities for learning, innovation, and meaningful collaboration.
Over four months, 20 Fellows from different companies and sectors will engage in online modules, structured intergenerational tandems, and a two-day gathering with workshops and networking in Berlin.
Together, they build essential skills in leadership, communication, collaboration, and lifelong learning.
The program starts in March and ends in June. It will be run in English.
🟧 Who can apply?
We invite professionals from organizations of all sizes and sectors in Germany. We particularly encourage applications from individuals under 35 and over 50, while welcoming anyone motivated to engage in constructive intergenerational dialogue.
Ideal candidates act as multipliers in their organizations, ready to bring insights and new tools back into their teams.
Participants should be able to invest approximately 5 hours per month between March and June 2026 for:
- Individual reflection, approx. 1h per month
- Five digital tandem meetings every three weeks, approx. 1h per tandem
- Monthly online sessions of 2,5 hours each
- Other formats, approx. 30 min per month
The Fellows will participate in a two-day in-person workshop in Berlin on March, 20th and March 21st 2026.
The learning modules cover key areas for intergenerational collaboration, including:
- Lifelong learning
- Navigating difficult or emotionally charged conversations
- Communication across generations
- Adaptive leadership
- Participation and shared responsibility in diverse teams
All content is anchored in the realities of multigenerational workplaces and diverse perspectives.
Application Deadline: January 15, 2026
Apply here
🟧 Eligibility Criteria
- You are employed in a company.
- You either reside in Germany or work for a German company.
- You can participate in all components of our hybrid program, including in-person workshop in Berlin between March, 20th and March 21st 2026.
- You are motivated to explore intergenerational collaboration and open to engaging in dialogue with people from different age groups.
- Good command of the English language is expected.
🟧 Participation Fee
The participation fee for the full programme is €300 per person (ideally paid by the company). The package includes tuition, accommodation for one night for the in-person programme, and food for the programme.
Travel to the in-person workshop in Berlin must be self-organised and covered by participants or their employers.
If you require financial support, please contact us.
🟧 What will you gain?
Strengthen key leadership and communication skills
- Empathic and intergenerational communication
- Conflict awareness and skills for collaboration in diverse teams
- Adaptive and values-based leadership
Expand your perspective
- Learn from peers of different ages, roles, and backgrounds
- Understand generational patterns, workplace expectations, and communication styles
Experience the power of intergenerational tandems
- Four structured tandem sessions (early/ young professionals + more experienced professionals)
- Peer learning
- Protected space for honest dialogue, shared learning, and reflection