The environment simulation game – keeping a country in balance
Lead a country over 12 years: steer four levers, watch the feedback loops and keep the networked system in balance – a learning and strategy game about
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Stack the blocks – the classic for in between
Rotate and stack falling blocks, clear full rows – a self-contained stacking game in your browser, with mouse, keyboard and touch, free and without
Space Defence – an arcade game for your break
Fend off a formation of alien invaders – with mouse, keyboard or touch, shields, waves and a best score. A self-contained arcade game, free in your browser.
Solitaire – the classic Patience in your browser
Klondike solitaire with a choice of 1-card or 3-card deal: place cards with the mouse, double-click sends them to the foundations automatically, with Undo
Skat for three against the computer
The classic German card game in your browser: bidding, Grand, suit game and Null, discarding to the skat and a correct scoring of card points and game value
Schafkopf for four against the computer
The Bavarian card game in your browser: Sauspiel, Wenz and Solo with long cards, hidden partner search via the called ace and correct scoring with runners
Networked thinking – why cause and effect mislead
What lies behind the environment simulation game? An accessible introduction to networked thinking, feedback loops and the models behind it – from the Limits
3D draughts against the computer
Draughts by German rules on a spatial board against the computer, with forced capture, multiple jumps, five difficulty levels and a rotatable camera – its own
3D chess against the computer
Chess on a spatial board against the computer, with five difficulty levels, all the rules, move hints and a rotatable camera – its own 3D presentation, free in
3D Dot Muncher – the maze game in your browser
A maze munching game in its own 3D presentation: collect dots, dodge ghosts, become the hunter with power pills – with mouse, keyboard and a rotatable camera
Working with the MC4Y Suite's „brain“
The MC4Y Suite is open source. I provide its „brain“ – a documentation file that lets you understand and extend the suite with an AI assistant.
Agents and crawler: IT into the CMDB automatically
Agents and a crawler record devices, software and addresses in the CMDB automatically – for Windows, Linux, Raspberry Pi, macOS, Android and Home Assistant.
This website is now available in English too
English version of the website, language choice by browser setting without cookies, and an editor that creates language versions and shows translation status.
All tools are now available in English too
All tools and questionnaires can now be used in German or English – DE/EN switch, language from your browser, nothing is stored without a click.
The MC4Y Suite CMDB – your IT components at a glance
A dedicated configuration database in the MC4Y Suite: record devices, addresses and software – by hand or from Excel, AD, DHCP and Wireshark.
ITSM tool: incidents, requests, solutions, CMDB
Incidents, Service Requests, Problems and Changes in clear forms – with a wiki-style solution database and devices from the CMDB, including their origin.
The MC4Y Taskbar – your tools always at hand
A free-floating bar for the tools of the MC4Y Suite, your own programs and web links – connected to the server and your own computer, no browser needed.
Installing the MC4Y Suite – step by step
How to install the MC4Y Productivity Suite step by step – browser only, on your Windows PC, on a Mac without Homebrew or on a company network.
All 14 UML diagrams in your browser – the UML editor
Draw and check class, sequence, activity and all other UML 2.5.1 diagrams, and export them to PowerPoint, Visio or PDF – free of charge.
A calculator with scientific functions
Calculate as on paper: operator precedence, percentages, memory, history, trigonometric functions, logarithms and combinatorics – free in your browser.
Website builder with upload: the HTML-PY editor
Design your own website – in several languages if you like – and upload it via SFTP or FTPS: the free HTML-PY editor for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Targeting new customers – the Vertriebs-Navigator
Ideal customer profile, leads, buying committee and pipeline in one tool – with research in open data and built-in data protection, no access to LinkedIn.
Caring for existing customers – the Kunden-Navigator
Customer records, service providers, contracts with documents and deadlines, emails from Outlook and Thunderbird, requests – linked to accounting and sales.
All tools under one roof – the MC4Y Productivity Suite
One login for all tools, plus a document library, wiki, notes, tasks and calendar – with permissions, locks and versions, without a cloud.
Project management tool: traditional, agile, hybrid
Free project management in your browser: table and Gantt chart, Waterfall, V-Model, RUP, Scrum, Kanban and hybrid, costs, time recording and billing.
Project analysis tool: portfolio, utilisation, billing
Analyse several projects together: traffic lights and earned value, each person’s utilisation across all projects and billing per process model.
Maintain master data once, use it in every tool
Maintain people, roles, units and cost centres centrally, merge duplicates and use them in every tool at the click of a button – as a table or a graphic.
Theory U in coaching: shaping the path through the U
From downloading to “bringing into the world”: Theory U by C. Otto Scharmer in practice – on the board and as a 3D landscape you can walk through.
The values profile: which values shape us?
Two free questionnaires based on the values model of Clare W. Graves, known as Spiral Dynamics: the values profile for organisations and for individuals.
The values U compass: two models, one picture
Values according to Clare W. Graves and attention according to Theory U in one free questionnaire – for organisations and individuals, with a development path.
The U profile: questionnaires on Theory U
How do we perceive, and how does something new emerge? Two free questionnaires on Theory U by C. Otto Scharmer – for organisations and for individuals.
Stakeholder map: who is affected, who has influence?
Who is affected by an initiative, how much influence do they have, and how do we involve them? The stakeholder map with the free editor.
Riemann-Thomann cross: closeness, distance, permanence, change
Closeness, distance, permanence, change: how the Riemann-Thomann model helps you understand yourself and others better – with the free editor.
Kanban board: make work visible, measure flow
Free Kanban board in the browser: user stories, tasks and dependencies, Definition of Ready and Done, freely editable steps and reports.
Interconnected thinking: impact network and influence matrix
What influences what, and where are the levers? Impact network, influence matrix and feedback loops based on Frederic Vester – with the free editor.
Ikigai: what gives me meaning – in four circles
What I love, what I am good at, what the world needs, what I get paid for: the Ikigai model in coaching – with the free editor.
Guiding change: force field analysis and change curve
What drives a change, what holds it back, and how do people experience it? Force field analysis and the change curve with the free editor.
Floor anchors: changing perspective in the room
Perceptual positions, drama triangle, tetralemma, timeline: how floor anchors work in coaching – with free editors on a board and in 3D.
Dilts’s logical levels – from behaviour to purpose
Environment, behaviour, capabilities, values, identity, purpose: Dilts’s logical levels model – on a board and as a walkable 3D staircase.
Describing your business model as a flow of value
Why do we exist, for whom, and how is value created? Describe a business model from purpose to impact – with the free business model board.
Coaching tools in 3D: set up and walk through
Systemic board, floor anchors, inner team, lifeline and other coaching methods as 3D models you can walk through – free in your browser, no installation.
Architecture management: maturity check and IT survey
Two free questionnaires for getting started with architecture management: a maturity check in ten areas and a survey form for IT systems.
Architecture management tools in the 8EM Modeller
Application portfolio, interfaces, technology radar, prioritisation and value streams: architecture management for SMEs in the 8EM Modeller.
Accounting in the browser: from receipt to VAT return
Free tool for the self-employed and small businesses: receipts, e-invoices, bank reconciliation, advance VAT return, EÜR and DATEV export.
Wheel of life, role wheel, time pie and team clock
Satisfaction across areas of life and roles, how time is spent, team phases: wheel of life, role wheel, time pie and team clock – with the free editor.
Vision boards: making your wishes visible
A vision board uses pictures, words and colours to show where you want to go. What research says, how to proceed and how the free editor helps.
The systemic board: setting up systems in 2D and 3D
Setting up teams, families and organisations with figures: origins and approach of the systemic board, and the free editors for 2D and 3D.
The resource tree: roots, trunk and crown
The resource tree brings origins, strengths and goals together in one picture. Aim, background and use – including with the free editor.
The lifeline: biographical work along a timeline
Make formative events and turning points visible and plan the next stage of life – background, approach and free editors in 2D and 3D.
SWOT, SOAR, GROW and more – an overview of methods
SWOT, SOAR, GROW, retrospective, Johari window, values square, Eisenhower matrix and more: aim, origin and use – with the free analysis editor.
Resource garden: discover and nurture your strengths
Using the garden metaphor to make your own resources visible: aim, background and use of the resource garden – also with the free editor.
Mind mapping: organising thoughts, developing ideas
What a mind map is, where the method comes from and how the free mind map editor helps you organise thoughts and export to Word or a presentation.
Mapping a company in the 8-Level Model – with the 8EM Modeller
From vision to IT systems: how the 8-Level Model describes a company and how the 8EM Modeller helps you model and analyse it.
Dreamer, Realist, Critic: the Walt Disney strategy
Develop ideas, plan, check – one after the other rather than all at once: the Walt Disney strategy after Dilts, with free editors in 2D and 3D.
Deciding with the tetralemma and the decision balance
Tetralemma and decision balance: two proven methods for difficult decisions – where they come from, how they work and the free editor for both.
Creating the social atom digitally
Jacob Levy Moreno's social atom shows your network of relationships as you experience it. How to use it – on paper and with the free editor.
Creating genograms with the genogram editor
What a genogram is, where the method comes from and how to depict family and relationship structures clearly with the free genogram editor.
Card work with picture cards – digital, too
Picture cards and prompt cards open up new approaches in coaching. Aim, background and use of card work – including with the free card work editor.
Arranging your inner team – with the editor
Name your inner voices, arrange them and guide them towards a coherent message: Schulz von Thun's inner team with the free editor.
Three process models for a medical practice
Registration documents, patient registration and supply ordering in a medical practice as process models – with stakeholder analysis, KPIs and open questions.
Who was Joseph Weizenbaum?
Who was Joseph Weizenbaum
Criticism of AI, put into context by ChatGPT
AI ChatGPT
My thoughts on AI and ChatGPT
Personal thoughts on ChatGPT, the Turing test and the question of whether AI can already be considered intelligent today.
Innovation and invention: how they relate, using 3M's Post-it
How Dr Spencer Silver's supposedly useless adhesive became the Post-it – invention, innovation and technology push, using 3M as an example.
When AI meets coffee mugs: battling ChatGPT, ITIL and the universe
A satirical tale of trying to write a blog post about ITIL 4 with ChatGPT – and of everything that went wrong along the way.
TOGAF 10: the toolkit for structured architecture work
TOGAF 10 at a glance: the ADM phases, the Architecture Content Framework and the benefits for SMEs.
Introducing ITSM: a step-by-step path to structured IT operations
Introducing ITSM in eight practical steps – from analysing the current situation and setting up a service catalogue to reporting and improvement.
Introducing EAM and TOGAF successfully, step by step
Introducing EAM and TOGAF in seven pragmatic steps – from the target vision and the ADM cycle to architecture governance.
ITIL 4: modern IT structures with method and meaning
ITIL 4 and its 34 practices explained clearly – with concrete benefits for small and medium-sized IT teams.
IT service management: structure, stability and growth for SMEs
Why IT service management secures structure, stability and growth, especially for SMEs – with typical scenarios for getting started.
Enterprise architecture management: why SMEs need it
Why enterprise architecture management is a leadership task for SMEs – and not purely an IT matter.
Effective IT project management in SMEs: methods, models, value
SCRUM, Prince2, IT-PEP, CMMI and SAFe compared – proven project management methods and their suitability for small and medium-sized enterprises.
COBIT: IT governance and control in SMEs
COBIT as a governance framework for SMEs: strategic IT management, compliance and combining it with ITIL, PRINCE2 and CMMI.
MC4Y – Chapter 1: 27 years at Audi, three farewells and a Raspi
The story of how I founded my business: how a product owner becomes an entrepreneur.
Why is a yardstick reliable, but a psychological test never?
Under the same conditions, a yardstick always delivers the same results – psychological tests are a different matter.
What does "intelligence is what intelligence tests measure" mean?
There are many definitions of intelligence – a reliable and valid test measures precisely the one on which it is based.
Values analysis in coaching
A values analysis identifies the values that shape a coachee's thinking and actions.
The social atom
The social atom according to Jacob Levy Moreno makes visible a person's network of relationships as they subjectively experience it.
The inner team
The inner team according to Friedemann Schulz von Thun: several inner voices influence how we act – and sometimes our goals as well.
Psychology: behaviour reflects inner processes
What does it mean that psychology studies behaviour as an expression of inner processes? With an example.
How important is intelligence for success in life?
It usually does no harm to be intelligent – but success in life depends on more than that.
Creativity techniques for group work
Two creativity techniques from a seminar that were used to find a solution to a real problem from everyday working life.
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