Mobility Quotient: Virtual Innovation Summit

It used to be intelligence. Then it was empathy. In a world changing faster than any time in history, today, one of our most important characteristics is flexibility. Everything is connected and therefore, even the smallest change has an impact on the big picture. 2020 and the implications of Covid-19 have taught us that we need agile answers to fast changes and that we have to re-assess how we roam the planet.

Therefore, we want to ask the questions that move us forward, as a mobile society, but also as humanity. We explore the flexibility and try to measure mobility in order to define and establish a scientifically based standard for shaping the mobility of an organization or individual. We call it: MQ, the Mobility Quotient.

To reach this goal, we gathered the right people to work with us at the fourth MQ! Innovation Summit. Since the MQ! debut in 2017, we have annually gathered mobility innovators, in 2020 the first time virtually.

Spatial Mobility

Where do the limits lie for mobility in a multi-dimensional world? Spatial mobility does not only mean the movement of people, material or immaterial goods or information from one place to another. It also includes all things pertaining to mobility, such as preceding, accompanying or following the movement up to a protagonist’s strategy and the virtuality of mobility.

Social Mobility

Which factors influence mobility within social structures? Social mobility is defined as the movement in between different socio-economic positions; both vertically in terms of a social climb or decline, and horizontally like in a career change. It’s an essential factor of participation in social and cultural life. It is influenced by factors from the permeability of organizations, collaboration, and work models, to support programs and financial systems.

Temporal Mobility

To which extent can mobility be temporally independent? Temporal mobility is understood as the chronologically flexible availability of persons, goods, or information. As a specific form, E-mobility means the chronologically (and spatially) independent execution of processes via the internet. It influences all areas of modern life in terms of services and gadgets, which again have an impact on our motion patterns.

Sustainable Mobility

How can mobility become as gentle on resources as possible? Sustainability is a guiding principle for the usage of natural resources, focused on the conservation of defining characteristics, stability, and the respective system’s natural ability to regenerate. Therefore, sustainable mobility includes all aspects of movements that contribute to a system’s preservation.