1935-2004, married, four adult children,
trained industrial clerk
From the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s
Management positions in medium-sized industrial companies
e.g., Hecon (USA), Hengstler, Interflex
Since the early 1970s
Significantly involved in the conception and implementation
of new forms of working time organization,
(Manager Magazin: Pioneer of flexible working hours)
Since the mid-1980s
Withdrew from industrial management
Co-founder and board member
Initiative for Work Redistribution (WORK FOR ALL)
Co-founder and member of the circle of friends
for new forms of cohabitation and gainful employment,
e.g., Lebenshaus, Nudelhaus, “Becherbrigade”
Lectureships in business administration and economics (BWL and VWL)
as well as social economics at FHS and BA
Consultant and speaker for lectures and seminars,
main topics: flexible working hours, unemployment,
money, community and property, dualism and polarity,
and related topics
Collaboration on development projects
including in the former Soviet Union, Latin America, and India
Author, e.g.
“Die heilsame Alternative” (The Healing Alternative), Wuppertal, first edition 1989,
“Ohne Macht und Mandat” (Without Power and Mandate), Wuppertal, 1992,
“Flexible Arbeitszeit” (Flexible Working Hours), Munich, 1992,
“Flexible Working Hours in Inpatient Care,” Radolfzell, first edition 1993,
“Das dunkle Feuer” (The Dark Fire), Oberursel, 1994
Other publications include
Manager Magazin, Caritas, Altenpflege, Lebendige Seelsorge, Konsequenzen