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The opening section of this article summarizes the key results, from the perspective of Psychological Future Management, of the study “Life Events and Change Competence” (subsequently referred to as the Change Study). This study was conceived by the Institute for Psychological Future Management (IZZ), in collaboration with the department of Customer Insights & Experience at Allianz Deutschland AG, as a representative survey (n = 1,951) in Germany, and was carried out in 2016–17. The central question is: How change-competent are people in Germany? Section 2 expands the horizon, interpreting these findings against the background of recently published studies on individual future planning in Germany, in particular the Legacy Study (n = 3,000), carried out in 2015–16 by the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, in collaboration with the weekly magazine Die Zeit and the Infas Institute for Applied Social Sciences. The question here is: How do people in Germany look into the future? Section 3, lastly, formulates the mission of the IZZ, which arises from the thought process presented: the aim is to help individuals prepare for and navigate the future in a self-directed and self-accountable way, regardless of where they live. This competence is equally indispensable for companies, institutions, parties, universities, and the protagonists of every society. |
