News - impactmania https://www.impactmania.com/im/category/news/ people who drive cultural, social, and economic impact Sun, 02 Aug 2026 21:33:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://www.impactmania.com/im/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cropped-impactmania-favicon-32x32.jpg News - impactmania https://www.impactmania.com/im/category/news/ 32 32 AIRISE, Participatory Action Research on AI in Human Recommendations Making Systems https://www.impactmania.com/im/airise-participatory-action-research-on-ai-in-human-recommendations-making-systems/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:15:15 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/?p=20090 Human connection still matters – Even in an AI-enabled world, participants consistently highlighted the importance of in-person conversations that allow people to see beyond a CV and build genuine trust.

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]]> impactmania featured in new book: Innovatoren 20 https://www.impactmania.com/im/happy-monday/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:59:00 +0000 http://linkedin-7454514438117683200 In „Innovatoren 2026“ erzählen uns Erfolgsmenschen ihre Geschichte. Sie gehen neue Wege, denken visionär und nehmen uns mit in ihre Welt: In diesem Buch erläutern 20 Autorinnen und Autoren – darunter der CEO von Vorwerk, Dr. Thomas Stoffmehl – ihre Erfolgsstrategien: Wie sie Menschen motivieren, Innovationen umsetzen und neue Perspektiven eröffnen.

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]]> impactmania featured in Berlin State video https://www.impactmania.com/im/honored-to-be-part-of-the-berlin-video/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 17:09:02 +0000 http://linkedin-7402393509539819521 Berlin's startup ecosystem allowed Paksy to lead and co-build the world's first Web3 Drone Corridor, win a Berlin State Deep Tech Award, and helped a Berlin-based startup break-even in less than 3 years. While also supporting Paksy in conducting 3-year long AI research w/ hundreds of participants.

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]]> Estonia’s lifestyle magazine, Eesti Naine, interviewed impactmania’s founder https://www.impactmania.com/im/estonias-lifestyle-magazine-eesti-naine-interviewed-impactmanias-found/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 06:59:04 +0000 http://linkedin-7393905083253530624 Estonia's lifestyle magazine, Eesti Naine, interviewed impactmania's founder, Paksy Plackis-Cheng: "You can be very smart, but if you don't create value or impact, you're just another peacock. Take it to heart; "I've met so many whose day jobs consist of attending meetings, moving documents around, and generally critiquing why certain things cannot be done. Be an impactmaker, Intelligence minus execution = just noise."

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]]> Drone Corridor for Secure Data Sharing and Monetization https://www.impactmania.com/im/nexa-project/ Wed, 04 Sep 2024 08:57:56 +0000 http://linkedin-7237021050729893888 In today's complex world, no single entity can solve the most pressing societal challenges alone. We must join forces across sectors to accelerate the, ensure rightful and business impact for every participant, down to the individual contributor.

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]]> Paksy on The Executives – 51K + views! https://www.impactmania.com/im/paksy-on-the-executives-51k-views/ Sat, 27 Jul 2024 13:16:37 +0000 https://www.impactmania.com/im/?p=17298 The most alarming learning? impactmania's tests showed that AI hiring tools such as Application Tracking Systems (ATS) often favor the least experienced candidates over top (educated and experienced) people. It’s clear that human biases and historical data play a big role in this — and how the machine learns over time. We would fool ourselves to say that algorithmic hiring is based solely on merit. 

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