At this year's Digital Communication Awards 2020, circ impressed the expert jury across the board with its innovative ‘E.ON Day 1 Radio’ project: 1st place in the ‘Internal Communications’ category and 3rd place in the ‘Event & Experiential Marketing’ category. On behalf of our client E.ON and with their co-creation, we had developed the idea of turning the forthcoming integration of the company ‘innogy’ into the E.ON Group into a unique emotional experience for all employees through a live experience. After all, the number of employees was to grow from around 40,000 to over 70,000 from one day to the next. The particular challenge was that approval for the integration by the EU Commission was still pending - so it was unclear when ‘Day 1’ of the new start of E.ON would be. After approval, however, only ten days were available for implementation and there was no common technical infrastructure or communication platform for both companies. But how can you connect more than 70,000 employees in 15 European countries and ten different languages without knowing the exact date of the event?
The interdisciplinary project team consisting of employees from circ, E.ON and ‘innogy’ started looking for an authentic and innovative format to convey complex information in a clear way in the native language of each individual employee. The result of this process was the interactive web radio show called ‘Day 1 Radio - One Day. One Team. One Frequency.’ Information, entertainment and interaction formed the cornerstones of the programme, which was both pre-produced and live. Regardless of location, the live broadcast could be accessed easily and flexibly via any mobile device or computer. The 24-hour radio show offered 10 hours of content in around 500 individual contributions as well as 14 hours of music. Each radio hour was dedicated to one of the E.ON and ‘innogy’ countries to reflect the diversity of E.ON.
‘We have reinterpreted the well-known radio as Radio 5.0 and focussed on the power of listening. This turned the rather dry legal process of integration into a positive emotional experience for 45,000 employees from 15 countries.’
Hans Reitz, founder and former managing director of circ
The list of all winners can be found here.
‘Things won't really improve again until 2022’
Hans Reitz, founder and former managing director of circ, only wants to work with people he values. But the pandemic is putting the entrepreneur's principles to the test.
You can find the full interview, conducted by Herlinde Koelbl, here.
Guided by the key question ‘What have we learnt in the last 100 days?’, 51 pioneering thinkers from the world of politics, business, science and sport came together at Colloquium 51 as part of the Summer of Purpose. The very fact that this physical gathering was made possible at all in times of the coronavirus pandemic with the corresponding contact restrictions sent out a signal of optimism. In addition to the participants on site, who kept to all infection prevention measures with daily temperature measurements, compulsory masks and social distancing, more than 100 renowned dialogue partners from all over the world were connected. Around 1,500 people took part digitally in the five sessions and 26 workshops, and more than 6,000 viewers took part via the website or social media. The first day of the event marked the anniversary of the signing of the UN Charter. Exactly 75 years ago, on 26 June 1945, 51 nations committed themselves to human rights and the peaceful coexistence of all people. That is why the colloquium was also called ‘Colloquium 51’. Then as now, it was about humanity. The conference ended with a global tribute to Professor Muhammad Yunus on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The event was initiated by circ in collaboration with Grameen Creative Lab and Yunus Centre.
‘We must put humanity at the centre of our actions so that we can have a future we can trust. This was the conclusion drawn by organiser Hans Reitz. The coronavirus pandemic is just one of many global problems that can only be solved through solidarity, humanity and commitment, he said. ‘There is no alternative to each of us making our individual contribution to saving the community and the economy. We cannot just wait and see,’ emphasised Reitz.
The coronavirus pandemic has left large parts of the world in a state of shock. Almost all major events have been cancelled or postponed since March 2020 due to infection control restrictions.
At the same time, there is a growing urgency to learn together from the global crisis and find new ways of working together in society and economic life. Hans Reitz, circ founder, social entrepreneur and creative advisor to Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, is therefore initiating the ‘Summer of Purpose’ from 26-28 June 2020 - a three-day social conference at Messe München.
How do you face the crisis? This is the topic of the podcasts in Leif Ahrens' „Selbstbewusste Macher” series. In recent episodes, the speaker, consultant and former FFH presenter has interviewed Ralf Cramer, former member of the Executive Board of Continental AG, and PageGroup CEO Goran Baric. In the currently recorded podcast, Circ founder Hans Reitz talks for almost 23 minutes about values, neighbourliness, courage, hopes and a burgeoning sense of community.
Circ employee Coco and band members from No Exitus are providing beautiful and soul-warming moments with their balcony concerts during the coronavirus pandemic.
This has not gone unnoticed by the media and there have already been articles in the Wiesbadener Kurier and the BILD newspaper, among others, as well as film reports on HR-Hessenschau.
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The speech given by Nobel Peace Prize winner Prof Muhammad Yunus was one of the highlights of this year's DLD Munich. Every year, the digital conference brings together progressive thinkers from the worlds of science, business and politics.
The pursuit of profit and growth has led the world to the edge of the abyss, explained the economist. In view of the growing social inequality in the world and global warming, Yunus called politicians and business leaders out on their responsibilities. Those who continue to ignore the warnings around the world need only ask themselves one question: ‘What kind of life do you want for your grandchildren?’.
Yunus' inspiring wake-up call attracted a great deal of attention in the German media: Focus, Focus online, FAZ, DIE ZEIT, NTV, LinkedIn, Berliner Morgenpost and many others have been reported on and published exclusive interviews with Yunus. The Nobel Peace Prize winner also took a lot of time to speak to students at the Technical University of Munich as part of the ‘TUM Speakers Series’.