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The current episode of Das Wie am Was | film edition is dedicated to the German artist Rosa Loy. Rosa Loy is a painter and is assigned to the New Leipzig School. Her pictorial worlds are characterized by her passion for nature and her preference to the female subject. She paints less object-like women than self-confident, active and at the same time feminine doers in their full grace. In this video Rosa Loy talks about her work and reflects on a rule of Droege Group art - "Art makes the impossible possible." Loy talks about "letting go" in the painting process and her personal challenge to bring beauty into the world with positive images.

You want to apply for a job at the Droege Group? We are looking forward to it! In this video, Julian Schmutzler talks about the application process and gives some tips on preparation.

You want to apply for a job at the Droege Group? We are looking forward to it! In this video, Robin Eßer talks about the application process and gives some tips on preparation.

At Droege Group we develop our portfolio alongside future megatrends. One of these megatrends is BioTech. In this video, Dr. Juri Bach is speaking about our BioTech activities and what he likes most about working at the Droege Group.

The current episode of Das Wie am Was | film edition is dedicated to the German painter Ulrich Erben.

Erben is considered a master of reduction and is one of the internationally recognised greats of concrete art. He is appreciated worldwide for his virtuoso use of colour and light. Today, his paintings are among the most striking examples of an art of colour.

In the current video, Ulrich Erben talks about his work and reflects on a rule of art - "Art makes visible. Art teaches to see." In doing so, Erben explores the question of what role conscious seeing plays in the perception of his art.

A review of the year that demanded a lot from all of us again.

We mastered new challenges, used new opportunities and reached further milestones. Our implementation strength, the courage to take risks and the joy in innovation have shaped our entrepreneurial activities again this year.

The current episode of Das Wie am Was | film edition is dedicated to the artist Ulrike Theusner. Theusner's predominantly colorful works appear light and impulsive and testify to her sovereign handling of all artistic means.

The artist draws a sensitive inventory of our present time and social moods. She creates images of the now, sometimes whimsical and as if hallucinating

Ulrike Theusner absorbs everything that visually and atmospherically impinges on her and brings it out again in her own, always slightly nervous, but nevertheless precise drawing style.

Whether she always finds “the right grasp” and how she deals with the unforeseen and imperfect in art - she talks about this in this video and reflects on one of the rules of the Droege Group - “Art originates from the right grasp”.

The current episode of Das Wie am Was | film edition is dedicated to William Forsythe. As one of the most important contemporary choreographers, Forsythe is also a sought-after installation artist, who has important museum exhibitions around the world and overcomes the boundaries of different genres. His multi-layered works actively involve the viewer, make him an actor himself and thus expand the usual way of looking at things. In the video “Art does not follow strict rules. Art defines them” William Forsythe gives an insight into his work and explains how he sees his role as an artist in the interplay of different genres at the interface between performance, installation and choreography.

Das Wie am Was (‘The How of the What’) - the art concept of the Droege Group - is an integral part of our business philosophy. The intensive engagement with art encourages seeing, sharpens the perceptional capacity and enriches our transformation and value enhancement projects as a creative source of inspiration.

For some years now - as part of the “Das Wie am Was | film edition” - we have been portraying artists who are closely connected to the Droege Group. In short videos they give a very personal insight into their work and interpret the "rules of art", on the basis of which we explain our work.

Philip ist aktuell als Consultant im Operations-Team der Droege Group auf verschiedenen Projekten vor Ort. Er schätzt besonders die nahezu unbegrenzten Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten innerhalb des diversifizierte Portfolios des familiengeführten Investment- und Beratungshauses.

Die Droege Group bietet Absolventen und Young Professionals aus den Bereichen Wirtschafts-, Ingenieur-, und Rechtswisschenschaften individuell abgestimmte Einstiegspositionen für eine maßgeschneiderte Karriere.

Sie wollen in den Bereichen Industrie, Beratung und Finanzen durchstarten und zeichnen sich durch Zielstrebigkeit, Belastbarkeit, Eigeninitiative und Flexibilität aus? Oder Sie sind bereits die ersten Schritte im Operations-Umfeld erfolgreich gegangen und wollen Ihre Karriere jetzt individuell entlang Ihrer persönlichen Stärken weiter entwickeln?

Dann bewerben Sie sich jetzt unter www.droege-group.com/karriere und werden Sie Teil der Droege Group!

Wie vielseitig die Karrierewege sind, die die Droege Group ihren Mitarbeitern bietet, erklärt Johannes in seinem kurzen Video. Außerdem gibt er einen Einblick in seine aktuellen Projekte und verrät, was er an seinen Kollegen am meisten schätzt.

Ob bereits mit erster Berufserfahrung als (Senior-)Consultant oder als Absolvent über die Einstiegspositionen Junior Consultant und Associate, mit den individuellen Karrierewegen bei der Droege Group starten Sie innerhalb des familiengeführten Investment- und Beratungshauses durch.

Die Droege Group bietet Absolventen aus den Bereichen Wirtschafts-, Ingenieur-, und Rechtswisschenschaften individuell abgestimmte Einstiegspositionen für eine maßgeschneiderte Karriere. Sie wollen in den Bereichen Industrie, Beratung und Finanzen durchstarten und zeichnen sich durch Zielstrebigkeit, Belastbarkeit, Eigeninitiative und Flexibilität aus? Oder haben Sie bereits die ersten Schritte im Operations-Umfeld erfolgreich gemacht und wollen Ihre Karriere jetzt individuell entlang Ihrer persönlichen Stärken weiter entwickeln?

Dann bewerben Sie sich jetzt unter www.droege-group.com/karriere und werden Sie Teil der Droege Group!

Nur zwei Jahre nach seinem Einstieg bei der Droege Group, übernimmt Nicolas als Consultant bereits Verantwortung in einem der Portfoliounternehmen des familiengeführten Investment- und Beratungshauses. In dem kurzen Video verrät er, wie sein Karrierestart im Operationsteam verlaufen ist, welche Entwicklungsstufen junge Talente bei der Droege Group haben und gibt Tipps und Insights für einen erfolgreichen Bewerbungsprozess.

Mit den Einstiegspositionen Junior Consultant und Associate im Droege Group 360°-Programm (ehem. Trainee-Programm) starten Sie innerhalb der Droege Group durch. Die Besonderheit des 360°-Programms ist, dass Sie nach einem Jahr als festes Team-Mitglied in den Operation-Units im zweiten Jahr eine operative Aufgabe in einer unserer unternehmerischen Plattformen erhalten, bei der Sie unmittelbar an das Management berichten.

Die Droege Group bietet Absolventen aus den Bereichen Wirtschafts-, Ingenieur-, und Rechtswisschenschaften individuell abgestimmte Einstiegspositionen für eine maßgeschneiderte Karriere. Sie wollen in den Bereichen Industrie, Beratung und Finanzen durchstarten und zeichnen sich durch Zielstrebigkeit, Belastbarkeit, Eigeninitiative und Flexibilität aus?

Dann bewerben Sie sich jetzt unter www.droege-group.com/karriere und werden  Sie Teil der Droege Group!

Focused interaction with art opens up the potential to cultivate conscious perception and grasp new perspectives. For the Droege Group, art is an instrument and an innovating stimulus that constantly expands our horizon of perception. Seeing more than what seems to be obvious at first glance is also a key to the Droege Group's entrepreneurial strategy - since only what you perceive can you change.

In every situation and in any decision, not only relying on familiar patterns and proven skills, but consciously expanding one's own perceptual space through our senses - this enables implementation according to all the rules of art.

Tales of America

In his album Ondara narrates stories of America. They all are about all those little and big dreams. He himself is the epitome of a fulfilled dream of an immigrant in America. “When I came to America five years ago, all I wanted to do was to make a record. I had no leads, no knowledge of how to go about it, I couldn’t even play the guitar at the time. But I loved records so much and I had this dream that someday perhaps, I’d make one of my own.“

Art originates from the right grasp

The fact that Ondara's debut album is completely based on a "small format", on a purely acoustic musical experience, also fascinates Dr. Hedda in Brahm-Droege, who attended one of J.S. Ondara's two German concerts in Berlin: „Often you don't need much, in this case just the voice, to wake up great emotions and transform stories and hopes into acoustic images. The exceptional voice of J.S. Ondara is the right grasp from which art originates," says Dr. im Brahm-Droege.

Anselm has completed the Droege Group's Associate 360° program and is currently a consultant in the Operations team. He will share with you what makes working at Droege Group so special.

As an Associate in the Droege Group 360° Program (formerly Trainee Program), you will start your career within the Droege Group. After one year as a permanent team member in the operations teams, you will be assigned an operational role in one of our business platforms in the second year, where you will report directly to the management.

The Droege Group 360° program is aimed at graduates from the fields of economics, engineering and law. Do you want to take off in the fields of industry, consulting and finance and are you characterised by ambition, resilience, proactive thinking and agility? Then apply now at www.droege-group.com/karriere and become part of the Droege Group!

Track Title: Corporate Uplifting.
Music by Ashamaluev Music.
Music Link: www.ashamaluevmusic.com

The “Das Wie am Was - Art Concept” (The How of the What) of the Droege Group is an integral part of our business philosophy. The maxim of our company group has been enhanced by our post “The Art of Implementation”. Art encourages seeing, sharpens the perceptual capacity and provides us with a variety of suggestions which we use in our day to day business. In 2015, the "Das Wie am Was | film edition" was added to our art concept. In this series, artists give an insight into their work and interpret our specific art rules.

The new episode is dedicated to Kai Schiemenz. The artworks of the Berlin based artist Kai Schiemenz have a special appeal. He works with glass, a demanding material, which he treats in his own way and forms it into impressive sculptures. Kai Schiemenz understands „the right grasp“ often as „the right moment“. His perception of glass is not only one of its beauty. The artist shows us more dimensions of glass in his artworks – he creates rough, opaque surfaces, which then lose their crystalline character and let us see beyond what we used to percive as a beauty of glass.

Raffael ist Consultant im Operations-Team. Er verrät, was ihn überzeugt hat, nach seinem Studium bei der Droege Group einzusteigen und was es für ihn so besonders macht, als Consultant Teil des dynamischen Teams zu sein.

Absolventen und Young Professionals aus den Bereichen Wirtschafts-, Ingenieur- und Rechtswissenschaften haben vielfältige und individuell zugeschnittene Einstiegsmöglichkeiten in unseren Operations-Units oder unseren Portfolio-Gesellschaften.

Weitere Informationen zu den Einstiegs- und Karrieremöglichkeiten finden Sie in unserem Karriere-Bereich: www.droege-group.com/karriere

Alexander ist als Junior Consultant (ehem. Business Analyst)  bei der Droege Group tätig. Er berichtet über seine Aufgaben und seine persönliche Entwicklung von seinem Einstieg über das Fellowship-Programm zur Festanstellung als Business Alnalyst.

Als Absolvent aus den Bereichen Wirtschafts-, Ingenieur-, und Rechtswissenschaften bietet Ihnen die Droege Group einen Direkteinstieg in unseren Operations-Units. Sie werden von Anfang an mit anspruchsvollen Aufgaben betraut und sind ein festes Mitglied unserer Projekt-Teams. Gleichzeitig wird Ihnen viel Raum für Eigeninitiative und neue Ideen geboten.

Sie suchen einen Direkteinstieg als Junior Consultant in den Bereichen Industrie, Beratung und Finanzen und zeichnen sich durch Zielstrebigkeit, Belastbarkeit, Eigeninitiative und Flexibilität aus? Dann bewerben Sie sich jetzt unter www.doege-group.com/karriere und werden Sie Teil der Droege Group.

ART CREATES VISIBILITY. ART TEACHES HOW TO SEE.
The “Das Wie am Was – Art Concept” (The How of the What) is an integral part of the business philosophy of Droege Group. The maxim of the company group has been enhanced by the post “The Art of Implementation”. It is a creative inspiration and tool at the same time. Art encourages seeing, sharpens the perceptual capacity and provides us with a variety of suggestions which we use in our day to day business. In the series "Das Wie am Was | film edition", artists give an insight into their work and interpret our specific art rules.
 
Andrea Robbins and Max Becher are internationally renowned artists. In their socio-critical works in their matter-of-fact and documentary language, they deal with the worldwide effects of colonialism, immigration, mass tourism and the Holocaust. They scrutinize stereotypes and familiar images and in an unusual way stimulate us to take a closer look and reflect. This resulted in numerous series dealing with buildings and settlements that were transplanted into ethnologically and geographically foreign places, the cowboy culture of the black minority in the USA, ultra-orthodox Jewish settlements in Brooklyn, German Indians or Exile Brands - Cuban cigars produced outside of Cuba in the USA. Their artworks open our eyes and teach us to see in a striking and subtle manner.
 

Learn more about the career options at Droege Group and how to become Senior Consultant. (German)

Learn more about your options to build up a career within our Operations-Team. (German)

After the successful launch of the format "Das Wie am Was | Encounter" with Neo Rauch in 2015, the Droege Group is now continuing the series with Karin Kneffel. The Droege Group presents numerous oil paintings and watercolours from all phases of her work in the David-Hansemann-Haus, its corporate headquarters in Düsseldorf's city centre: Animal portraits, fruit still life, interiors and much more.

This short film shows impressions of the opening event, which took place in the presence of artist herself and many invited guests on September 8,2017.

For many years now, the “Das Wie am Was - Art Concept” (The How of the What) of the Duesseldorf based investment- and consulting house Droege Group has been an integral part of our business philosophy. Art to us is an innovation generator, encouraging seeing and opening up new views. With the help of art, colleagues of Droege Group sharpen their perceptual capacity and learn how to transfer phenomena of art to issues in business projects, thus providing a variety of suggestions which are used to shape the developments of companies.

The “Das Wie am Was – Art Concept” (The How of the What) of the Droege Group is an integral part of the business philosophy of Droege Group. The maxim of the company group has been enhanced by the post “The Art of Implementation”. It is a creative inspiration and tool at the same time. Art encourages seeing, sharpens the perceptual capacity and provides us with a variety of suggestions which we use in our day to day business. In the series "Das Wie am Was | film edition", artists give an insight into their work and interpret our specific art rules.

How is an identity given shape? How does our cultural context influence our perception and thinking? How do clichés and prejudices arise and how do cultures influence each other? The conceptual artist Cody Choi, born 1961 in Seoul, is devoting himself to these and other questions. His installation art and paintings reflect his own autobiography – his emigration to the US at the age of 22 and his being torn apart between the eastern and western cultures. At the same time his works provocatively discuss the controversies between the different cultures and the ongoing Westernization of his home country. We met the artist at Venice during the installation of his Korean Pavilion at 57th Venice Biennale 2017. After living in Los Angeles and New York, Cody Choi returned to Seoul in 2003, where he holds a professorship.

The “Das Wie am Was – Art Concept” (The How of the What) of the Droege Group is an integral part of our business philosophy. The maxim of our company group has been enhanced by our post “The Art of Implementation”. Art encourages seeing, sharpens the perceptual capacity and provides us with a variety of suggestions which we use in our day to day business. The "Das Wie am Was | film edition" is one building block of our art concept. In this series, artists give an insight into their work and interpret our specific art rules.

The new film is dedicated to Jerry Zeniuk, the German-American painter who was born as son of Ukrainian refugees in Germany in 1945, and later grew up in New York. He was professor at the Academy of Arts in Munich from 1993 until 2011. The elementary painting by this German American artist is neither narrative nor figurative. It deals with philosophical questions of life expressed through colour, light and space. In this film Jerry Zeniuk explains, why all good painters say that painting is conceptual, what he believes to be the highest form of thinking and why space plays the most important role in his paintings.

Malte Link describes his entry as a Junior Consultant (former: Business Analyst) at Droege Group. (German)

The "Das Wie am Was - Art Concept" (The How of the What) of the Droege Group is an integral part of our business philosophy. The maxim of our company group has been enhanced by our post "The Art of Implementation". Art encourages seeing, sharpens the perceptual capacity and provides us with a variety of suggestions which we use in our day to day business. In 2015, the "Das Wie am Was | film edition" was added to our art concept. In this series, artists give an insight into their work and interpret our specific art rules.

Karin Kneffel completed her artistic education at the Academy of Fine Arts Duesseldorf as a master-class student with Gerhard Richter. In 2008 she was appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich. Her artistic oeuvre is manifold. It questions the observer and enables new perspectives and views. Reflections, vistas through steamed up and moistened window panes and extreme perspectives prevent the observer from being drawn into her paintings. Instead, Karin Kneffel wants the observer to deal with the art work. This is the only method to recognize the quality of her images - the HOW. By perfect craftsmanship she manages to bring her art to the heart of the matter. The HOW - the quality - is the main issue of her artistic work rather than the mere representation, the WHAT. Quality and proficiency thus could never be a final state. This state rather needs to be achieved again and again which requires practice and the absolute desire to succeed. The wish to achieve something and the proficiency to achieve it goes hand in hand, Karin Kneffels says.

Adrian Friederich reports about his experiences during his fellowship at Droege Group. (German)

Many former Droege Group colleagues are currently working in different businesses and projects all over the world. Our Droege Group Alumni Network helps us to stay in touch with them, learn about their experiences and keep them informed with news, events and other Droege Group activities. Some of our Alumni went unusual ways - so did Dominik Mersch who moved to Australia and opened there an art gallery. In this video Dominik talks about his time at Droege Group and his current life and work in Sydney.

Trenkwalder starts with Trenkwalder Learning a European online marketplace, which provides easy access to training courses for employees.

ART NEEDS ITS TIME

The “Das Wie am Was - Art Concept” (The How of the What) of the Droege Group is an integral part of our business philosophy. The maxim of our company group has been enhanced by our post “The Art of Implementation”. Art encourages seeing, sharpens the perceptual capacity and provides us with a variety of suggestions which we use in our day to day business. It is both a creative inspiration and  media.

In 2015, a new video series "Das Wie am Was | film edition" was added to our art concept. In this series, artists give an insight into their work and interpret our specific art rules.

Tim Eitel is one of the representatives of the so-called New Leipzig School, Germany. He was born in 1971 in Leonberg, Germany, and began with a degree in painting at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig in 1997. From 2001 to 2003 he was a master student of Arno Rink. After having lived in Los Angeles, New York and Berlin he now lives and works in Paris.
 
In his work he strictly reduces his motifs to the bare minimum. Narration in his paintings is often avoided. He himself calls his artistic approach ‘Photoshop on the canvas’. Indeed, photographs and clippings of photographs serve as the starting material for his paintings. During the painting process these clippings are transferred onto the canvas, assembled and gradually reduced. In his works, the artist has discovered darkness. This darkness alienates objects and figures, making them less visible and establishing a distance to the viewer. Only after some time does the viewer begin to see everything clearly. Then, according to the artist, two worlds meet: the world of the ideal and abstraction and the world of perception.

ART IS CULTURE. ART NEEDS AN ENVIRONMENT.

„Das Wie am Was - Art Concept“ (The How of the What) of the Droege Group has been an integral part of our business philosophy since 1995. Art encourages seeing, sharpens the perceptual capacity and provides us with a variety of suggestions that we use in our transformation and value enhancement programs. Our new video series is intended to be ‘food for thoughts’. Different types of artists with whom we collaborate, allow us an insight into their work and interpret specific art rules.

The next artist in our video series is the painter Xenia Hausner. She was born in Vienna in 1951 and nowadays is one of the most well-known Austrian artists. After her education at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the Academy of Dramatic Art London, she worked as a stage designer for several large theaters and operas. Since 1992 she has devoted herself solely to painting. Her mostly large portraits of women characterize interpersonal relationships. Her canvases tell us stories that captivate the observer with their emotional, disconcerting and mysterious impact.

Image conception is the most important process in her work. Photography plays a decisive role within this process. It serves not only as a template for her paintings, but rather as a basis for the enhancement of her motifs. They are alienated, magnified or cut-out.

During the last few years the artist has been travelling throughout China and Asia several times, and even lived there temporarily. The impressions from these journeys resulted in a new series of works in which people from different cultures enter into a dialogue.

74 junge, engagierte Menschen mit Einwanderungsgeschichte bilden den 1. Alumni-Jahr­gang des GEH DEINEN WEG Stipendienprogramms der Deutschlandstiftung Integration (DSI). Rund 70 von ihnen trafen sich am Samstag, 21. November, anlässlich der Gründungsveranstaltung des eigens für sie ins Leben gerufenen Alumni-Programms in Düsseldorf. Auf Einladung der Droege Group verbrachten die jungen Menschen einen intensiven Tag mit Vorträgen und Workshops in den Räumen des Unternehmenssitzes der Droege Group sowie des Hotels InterContinen­tal Düsseldorf.

Markus Urban has already successfully compleeted his Associate Droege Group 360°-Program (former: Trainee-Program) and shares his experiences.(German)

On October 2nd, Neo Rauch, founder of the New Leipzig School, visited the David-Hansemann-Haus, the headquarter of Droege Group in Duesseldorf. On the occasion of this visit and hosted by our "Das Wie am Was - Art Concept", Droege Group presents some of Neo Rauch's paintings, drawings and sculptures.

For many years now, the “Das Wie am Was - Art Concept” (The How of the What) of the Duesseldorf based investment- and consulting house Droege Group has been an integral part of our business philosophy. Art to us is an innovation generator, encouraging seeing and opening up new views. With the help of art, colleagues of Droege Group sharpen their perceptual capacity and learn how to transfer phenomena of art to issues in business projects, thus providing a variety of suggestions which are used to shape the developments of companies. 

In this short film Neo Rauch talks about the “Das Wie am Was - art concept”, about the intercourse with his art works and the importance of senses as a key to grasp his works. 

ART IS A PROCESS

„Das Wie am Was - Art Concept“ (The How of the What) of the Droege Group has been an integral part of our business philosophy since 1995. It is a key differentiator by which the WHAT - meaning the Advisory and Investment Company - is distinguished by the HOW following our ‘rules of art’. The “Wie am Was - Art Concept” became an essential part of our corporate philosophy: enthusiasm for quality and commitment to implementation according to our rules of art.

Art encourages seeing, sharpens the perceptual capacity and provides us with a variety of suggestions that we use in our transformation and value enhancement programs.

With the introduction of our recent ‘Wie am Was - film edition’ we started a new series as ‘food for thoughts’. Different types of artists with whom we collaborate, allow us an insight into their work and interpret specific art rules through which we explain our work.
This film is about Stefan Kürten. Born in 1963, he currently lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. He has been professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf since 2014, where he himself was also formed.

Aufsichtsrat-Vorsitzender Herbert H. Jacobi stellt die Droege Group vor.

Cornelia Yip, Business Analyst, über die internationale Ausrichtung der Droege Group und die Karriere-Möglichkeiten für Young Professionals.

Prof. Dr. Gustavo Möller-Hergt about ALSO Holding AG.

"Das Wie am Was" - das Kunstkonzept der Droege Group - ist seit 1995 integraler Bestandteil unserer Unternehmensphilosophie. Es ist ein Differenzierungsmerkmal, mit dem das „Was“ – das Beratungs- und Investmenthaus – durch das „Wie“ nach den „Regeln“ der Kunst differenziert wird. "Das Wie am Was“ manifestiert sich im Unternehmenscredo: die Begeisterung für Qualität und das Bekenntnis zur Umsetzung – nach allen Regeln der Kunst.

Karrieremöglichkeiten für Young Professionals bei den Unternehmensplattformen der Droege Group: Philipp Koch ist bei der ALSO Deutschland GmbH

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