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Two complementary takes on what actually decides whether AI delivers value in an organization. One on why role-based structures are the real enabler, the other on what happens to teams when AI starts resolving the tickets. Here's what's planned for the evening: 17:30 - 18:00 - Arrival and first drinks 18:00 - 18:45 - AI Value Creation Starts Beyond Technology by Ralf Günthner 18:45 - 19:30 - When the Bot Takes the Ticket: Keeping Teams Effective as AI Rewrites the Rules by Dagmar Muth 19:30 - 20:30 - Networking, Open Space & More drinks\* **AI Value Creation Starts Beyond Technology** Many companies are currently investing heavily in AI agents, copilots, and automation, yet the expected gains in productivity and innovation often fail to materialize. The reason is rarely technological, but structural: classic hierarchical organizational models are not designed to collaborate effectively with learning, adaptive systems. This keynote explains why role-based work is the decisive enabler for successful AI adoption. In role-based organizations, responsibilities are clearly defined, decision rights are decentralized, and collaboration is dynamically organized, exactly the conditions under which AI agents can deliver maximum value. Drawing on current research (including McKinsey, MIT CISR, and Harvard Business School) and practical examples from industry, mechanical engineering, and chemicals, the keynote shows how companies can combine AI agents with role-based structures to: * drastically shorten implementation timelines * increase acceptance and trust in AI * enable continuous optimization instead of one-off pilot projects * significantly improve the ROI of AI investments The core message: AI does not transform organizations, organizations determine whether AI creates impact. Those who invest today in role-based ways of working, shared leadership, and decentralized decision logic build the operational foundation to not only introduce AI, but scale it strategically. **Ralf Günthner** Ralf Günthner is a transformation expert, entrepreneur, and lecturer with over 25 years of experience in digital transformation, AI, IoT, and organizational development. In his keynotes, he shows why AI value creation does not emerge from algorithms, platforms, or tools, but from leadership, culture, decision-making logic, and effective collaboration. He combines deep technology expertise with systems thinking, neuroscience, and hands-on transformation work. As Co-CEO of Team-Factory GmbH, he supports companies in anchoring AI strategically, creating orientation, and delivering sustainable impact, beyond hype and technology fixation. **When the Bot Takes the Ticket: Keeping Teams Effective as AI Rewrites the Rules** AI agents are starting to resolve incidents, write code, and close tickets. That's great for throughput, but what happens to the humans in the team? Motivation, ownership, skill development, and psychological safety don't disappear as team development topics just because productivity metrics go up. In this talk, Dagmar Muth draws on her work with engineering and product teams navigating AI-driven transformation. She shares what it takes to make AI integration work for the whole team: how to preserve ownership and purpose, keep accountability clear, and build the patterns that distinguish teams that thrive from those that merely adapt. You'll leave with a clear mental model for thinking about team health in AI-augmented setups and concrete questions to bring back to your own team or organization. **Dagmar Muth** Dagmar Muth is a systemic organizational developer and agile coach with 20 years of experience guiding teams and companies through transformation. As a co-worker of pragmatic solutions ag in Zürich, she supports organizations in finding the right setup, processes, and culture to sustain performance from vision to go-live, increasingly in contexts shaped by AI. She works with cross-functional tech and product teams, coaches leaders, and lectures on agile project management at SIB. Her particular focus right now: how organizations integrate AI without losing what makes their teams actually work. Many thanks to our **sponsors**: * Catering Sponsor: **DevOpsDays Zürich** https://www.devopsdays.ch/ * Location Sponsor: **Digicomp** https://www.digicomp.ch/ \* contact us min. 3 days prior to the event if you prefer a vegan option.

Coders Monthly is a regular gathering of programmers in Zurich interested in honing their craft. It takes place in Zuerich at Cafe Bar Pluesch (https://cafe-pluesch.ch) on the first Thursday of every month. For the members list, some pics and more, see the Coders Only (https://codersonly.org/events/coders-monthly) site. Hope to see you there! PS: Please join our Discord https://discord.gg/jWUZsKQvrz for any last minute announcements.

Do you want to run regularly? Together in a group? Then run with us! #### **Every Thursday, 7pm at Lochergut, Zurich** We run about 7km and adjust the speed depending on the runners who join us. For us, running isn’t just about fitness and competition, it’s about community and connection. We believe that nobody should have to run alone, and that by running together, we can push each other to be stronger and more resilient. We look forward to welcoming you to the next run 🙌

**[⚠️ >>Ticket needed (click here)<<](https://link.social-circle.ch/3Aq0) or** **[tickets.social-circle.ch](https://tickets.social-circle.ch/)** 🎉 **Pub Quiz Night** 🎉 Join us for a night full of **mind-bending questions**, **unexpected twists**, and **more laughs than right answers** (probably). Whether you're a trivia wizard or just really good at pretending you know stuff, this night’s for you! Join our whatsapp group for updates on this event: [https://link.social-circle.ch/vo0l](https://link.social-circle.ch/vo0l) 📍 **Location:** BOHO 💰 **Price:** 15.- (includes tasty snacks + a prize for the winning team 🍾) 👥 **How Teams Work:** 🔹 Got a crew? Awesome, bring your squad and show us what you've got! 🔹 Looking to mingle with singles? We’ve got you! → Think 2 girls + 2 guys = the perfect cocktail of brainpower and awkward icebreakers 🔹 Not single? No problem! We’ll still team you up with some brilliant minds and maybe a few terrible guessers for balance 🏆 **What’s in it for you?** Glory, bragging rights, and the sweet, sweet taste of Prosecco-fueled victory. 💬 **Come for the trivia, stay for the chaos.** Spots are limited, so grab your seat before your smarter friend does! 🎟️ ​P.S. Pictures might be taken during the event, if you do not want it please let the organizer know. Tickets are non-refundable. **Want more events like this? Join our WhatsApp community:** [https://link.social-circle.ch/sVZD](https://link.social-circle.ch/sVZD)

Grüezi, A partir de agora vamos ter encontros regularmente, sempre todas as primeiras quintas-feiras do mês. A ideia é se encontrar para beber algo, conhecer as outras pessoas do grupo, aproveitar para organizar outros encontros, etc... Sugestões para os próximos encontros são sempre bem vindas... Vejo vcs lá!

**Come for lunch. Leave with a draft.** Think you don’t have time to write? Think again. Fuel your lunch break with literature and instant inspiration at the **Zurich Writes! Lunch Club**. **12:15 - Fuel up:** Grab a sandwich or toastie at **Café ramram**, a new creative hub inside the ground floor of the historic Pestalozzi library in Old Town **12:30 - 13:30** **Spark**: Get inspired by a selected literary text **Write**: Put pen to paper with a writing prompt (25min) **Connect**: Share and chat about your work The writing prompts are cross-genre and can be applied to any form you write in - fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, etc. Feel free to use the time to work on a piece of writing outside of the prompt as well, this space is for wherever your creativity takes you! About the host: Yun Wei holds an MFA in poetry from Brooklyn College and studied at Georgetown and LSE. A recipient of the Boulevard Poetry Contest and Veasna So Fiction Scholarship, her stories and poems appear in *Adroit, Poetry Daily, Wigleaf, Michigan Quarterly* and over 20 other journals. She teaches workshops for Geneva Writers Group and International Women’s Writing Guild. IG: @pomegranatewei

**Book your 1:1 before the group sessions fill up.** This is a 60-minute personal consultation with Mel Nikolic — designed to prepare you for the Claude & Aperol workshop series running in August. Whether you're job hunting, thinking about a career move, or just know your online presence is overdue an upgrade, this session gives you the clarity and direction to actually do something about it. *** **What we work on together:** Depending on which Claude & Aperol workshop you're joining, we'll focus on what matters most for you: **If you're joining "Land Your Next Job Using AI" (19. Aug):** We go through your CV together — not to reformat it, but to reposition it. We'll identify what's working, what's costing you interviews, and how to talk about your experience in a way that actually lands. You leave with a clear direction for your job search and a CV worth sending. **If you're joining "Build Your Personal Website" (31. Aug):** We work through your personal brand — your Why, your strengths, how you want to show up, and what you want your website to say about you. You leave with a clear brief that feeds directly into the group build session. **If you're joining both:** We cover the full picture. Career positioning, personal brand, and the story that connects them. *** **About Mel** Mel Nikolic is co-founder of Peakwell and has spent years at the intersection of psychology, marketing, and hiring — including sitting on the other side of the table for senior-level roles. She brings that perspective into every session: what actually makes someone stand out, and what gets them overlooked. *** **Practical details** 📅 Flexible dates in July & August: book directly via Calendly ⏱ 60 minutes, online (video call) 💶 Included in your Claude & Aperol workshop ticket Whether you're job hunting, thinking about a career move, or just know your online presence is overdue an upgrade, this session gives you the clarity and direction to actually do something about it. Depending on which Claude & Aperol workshop you're joining, we'll focus on what matters most for you: **If you're joining "Land Your Next Job Using AI" (19. Aug):** We go through your CV together — not to reformat it, but to reposition it. We'll identify what's working, what's costing you interviews, and how to talk about your experience in a way that actually lands. You leave with a clear direction for your job search and a CV worth sending. Make sure to book your ticket first: https://luma.com/9z8wvgad **If you're joining "Build Your Personal Website" (31. Aug):** We work through your personal brand: your Why, your strengths, how you want to show up, and what you want your website to say about you. You leave with a clear brief that feeds directly into the group build session. Make sure to book your ticket first: https://luma.com/fz5teyt6 **If you're joining both:** We cover the full picture. Career positioning, personal brand, and the story that connects them. *** **The Claude & Aperol workshops this session feeds into:** 🍹 Land Your Next Job Using AI — Wednesday 19. August, 17:30–20:30 → luma.com/9z8wvgad 🌐 Build Your Personal Website Using AI — Monday 31. August, 17:30–20:30 → luma.com/fz5teyt6 Spots are limited. If you haven't booked your workshop yet, do that first then book this coaching session.

# Entrepreneur Mastermind Zurich @ The Dolder Grand 📅 Date: July 4, 2026 🕒 Time: 3:00 PM 📍 Location: The Dolder Grand, Zurich Join ambitious entrepreneurs, founders, business owners, investors, and innovators for an exclusive Entrepreneur Mastermind at one of Zurich's most prestigious venues: The Dolder Grand. This event is designed for entrepreneurs who believe that great opportunities are created through meaningful connections and the exchange of ideas. Whether you are building a startup, scaling an existing business, exploring a new venture, or simply looking to connect with like-minded professionals, this mastermind offers a unique environment to expand your network and gain valuable insights. ### What to Expect • High-quality networking with entrepreneurs from diverse industries • Open discussions about business growth, innovation, and entrepreneurship • Exchange of experiences, strategies, and lessons learned • Opportunities to discover potential business partners and collaborators • Inspiration for new business ideas and ventures • A welcoming atmosphere for ambitious and growth-oriented individuals ### Who Should Attend? • Entrepreneurs and business owners • Startup founders and co-founders • Investors and business professionals • Freelancers and consultants • Anyone passionate about entrepreneurship, innovation, and personal growth Bring your ideas, your challenges, and your vision. You never know whether your next business partner, investor, client, or breakthrough idea will be sitting across the table. We look forward to connecting, learning, and growing together at The Dolder Grand. Let's build meaningful relationships and create new opportunities together. See you in Zurich!

Join Entrepreneurs Community Zürich and Dihei Supper Club for an intimate evening where business-minded curiosity meets culinary fusion. Dihei is a supper club born from two women and two worlds—Asia and the Caribbean—meeting at one table in Zürich. For our latest edition, "Salt & Silk," we are opening a limited number of seats to the Entrepreneurs Community. This isn’t your typical networking event. Expect: *A Unique Menu: Caribbean × Vietnamese fusion. - Meaningful Conversation: We curate each evening around a theme designed to go beyond the surface and get to the things that actually matter. *Curated Connections: A room of fellow founders and creators in a warm, candid setting. The Details: 📅 When: Sunday\, July 5th \| 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM 📍 Where: Zürich (Exact address provided upon confirmed booking) 🎟️ Investment: 99 CHF How to Secure Your Seat: Because we curate the table with care, spots are by application only. RSVP or comment below to express your interest. Complete the questionnaire once you register for this event so we can get to know you. Once confirmed, we’ll finalize your seat and share the location. Seats are very limited and the table is nearly full. If you’re ready to trade the formal networking grind for a meal that feeds both your appetite and your curiosity, reach out today.

**Founders Running Club** (FRC) brings founders, investors, tech, creative people and startup enthusiasts together for weekly easy runs and networking. We like to be comfortable when we run and finish with coffee and conversations. Choose your pace or follow a pacer—pets, friends, family, are welcome. 🗓️ Launched in San Francisco, July 16, 2022 🌍 Now in 35+ cities 📅 Running + Networking events + Community **Join the community** [http://foundersrc.com/chats](http://foundersrc.com/chats) **Stay updated**: Instagram [http://instagram.com/foundersrc/](http://instagram.com/foundersrc/) Podcast [http://podcast.foundersrc.com/](http://podcast.foundersrc.com/) LinkedIn [http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/](http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/) Strava [http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC](http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC) Website [http://foundersrc.com/](http://foundersrc.com/)

Bring your Raspberry Pi, Arduino, microcontroller, or any other electronic project and join fellow electronics makers for a night of creativity and collaboration! This session is open forum to share your current projects—whether complete or in progress, it’s all interesting! Whether you’re deep into embedded systems, exploring new ideas, or just getting started, you’ll find a welcoming space to collaborate, share, and get inspired. **New to electronics or curious about tinkering?** You’re absolutely welcome. If you’re a beginner and want to experiment, I’ll have a couple of starter kits available so you can try things out—whether that’s blinking your first LED, putting something on a display, or experimenting with simple sensors. No pressure and no experience required—just an interest in learning and building. While we continue to pursue a more permanent venue for this Meetup, we’ll be using public library facilities based on availability.

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We're planning a hands-on technical session focused on building AI solutions in ServiceNow - think skills, agents, and real-world use cases. If you’re curious about AI on the platform, RSVP now and stay tuned for more details. Let's build together!

Topic to be announced. **CALL FOR SPEAKERS** Learn more: https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/ **THANK YOU** *VEEAM* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Veeam*, please visit their website: https://www.veeam.com/ **DIRECTIONS** 8800 Lyra Dr #450 · Columbus, OH go to 4th floor. **Want to sponsor the pizza and/or bar tab?** Please contact me if you would like to sponsor this meetup's pizza and/or bar tab: angelo@mandato.com

You can sleep in on the Sesquicentennial (observed), we’re shifting to the following Friday. But join the local UX community for a chat and some biscuits to catch up. If you were in CA for Figma Config, tell us all the lines and you can tell me how I can animate an SVG without coding it by hand, and why I’d even want to. Thanks to the team at Nationwide of supporting the group.