{"id":65699,"date":"2015-05-12T08:07:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T08:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kepner-tregoe.com\/blogs\/remembering-ben-tregoe-and-john-zimmerman\/"},"modified":"2015-05-12T08:07:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T08:07:00","slug":"remembering-ben-tregoe-and-john-zimmerman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kepner-tregoe.com\/de\/blogs\/remembering-ben-tregoe-and-john-zimmerman\/","title":{"rendered":"In Gedenken an Ben Tregoe und John Zimmerman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In diesem Jahr j\u00e4hrt sich der Todestag des Mitbegr\u00fcnders von Kepner-Tregoe, Ben Tregoe, im April zum zehnten Mal. Im vergangenen M\u00e4rz verstarb auch John Zimmerman \u201eZim\u201c, einer der ersten und langj\u00e4hrigsten Mitarbeiter von Kepner-Tregoe. Ab der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts bauten Ben und John \u201eZim\u201c zusammen mit anderen fr\u00fchen KT-Wegbereitern ein Unternehmen auf, dessen Dienstleistungen bis heute zeitlos geblieben sind.  <\/p>\n<p>Sie erkannten den Wert rationalen Denkens \u2013 klares Denken \u2013 und fanden neue Wege, es zu beschreiben, zu lehren und anzuwenden. Ben und Zim schrieben gemeinsam B\u00fccher und erweiterten den KT-Prozess, um die F\u00e4higkeiten und Kompetenzen f\u00fcr moderne Organisationen auf eine Weise zu entwickeln, die Branchen, Technologien, Sprachen und Regionen transzendierte. Sie stellten den Menschen in den Mittelpunkt und st\u00fctzten ihre Arbeit auf das Sprichwort: \u201eGib einem Menschen einen Fisch und du ern\u00e4hrst ihn f\u00fcr einen Tag. Lehre einen Menschen das Fischen und du ern\u00e4hrst ihn f\u00fcr sein ganzes Leben\u201c.  <\/p>\n<p>W\u00e4hrend Ben und Zim auch nach ihrem Ruhestand weiterhin F\u00fchrungspositionen im KT-Vorstand innehatten, suchten sie zudem nach alternativen Wegen, um anderen den Nutzen des KT-Denkens zug\u00e4nglich zu machen. Ben brachte mit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tregoe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TregoeED<\/a> rationale Prozesse in die Klassenzimmer von Schulen in den gesamten USA. Zim widmete viel Zeit dem Mentoring anderer und engagierte sich bei Habitat for Humanity, Take Stock in Children sowie dem Boys and Girls Club.  <\/p>\n<p>Indem wir uns an diese beiden KT-Urgesteine erinnern, feiern wir ihre Vision und w\u00fcrdigen die Ideen und die Arbeit, von denen andere weiterhin profitieren. Vielen Dank, Ben und Zim, f\u00fcr die Bereitstellung einer globalen Plattform f\u00fcr kritisches Denken in unserer immer komplexer werdenden Welt. <\/p>\n<p>Videointerview mit Ben und John \u201eZim\u201c aus dem Jahr 2005<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kepner-tregoe.com\/tools\/videos\/the-thinking-organization\/the-origins-of-kt-rational-process-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teil I <\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/kepner-tregoe.com\/tools\/videos\/the-thinking-organization\/the-foundation-of-the-kepner-tregoe-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teil II<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In diesem Jahr j\u00e4hrt sich der Todestag des Mitbegr\u00fcnders von Kepner-Tregoe, Ben Tregoe, im April zum zehnten Mal. Im vergangenen M\u00e4rz verstarb auch John Zimmerman \u201eZim\u201c, einer der ersten und langj\u00e4hrigsten Mitarbeiter von Kepner-Tregoe. Ab der Mitte des 20. 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