Digitized Identity - Are We Succumbing to the Dictatorship of the Digital?

Digital You Podcast with Ines Imdahl

Episode Description

"As psychologists, we believe that people's identity is changing massively," summarizes Ines Imdahl from the Cologne-based rheingold salon, regarding the effects of the technical revolution on us humans. When her invitation to the (already past) rheingold salon congress "Digital Me. Digital be" flutters into my office, I immediately decide to speak to Ines about digitization and identity - and finally, it's happening. What we discuss in the 10th episode of the Digital You Podcast: Why we are currently experiencing an identity crisis among people in society and what changes in the world of work mean for it:

How the young generation is adapting to the current situation of uncertainty and what this has to do with the phenomenon of influencers. Ines explains the "digital super-ego" and explains why, from her point of view, people are currently tending to delegate responsibility to digital platforms and their implemented artificial intelligence (AI). How the pleasure principle and turning to social media offer an escape route from being overwhelmed by digitization. How rheingold salon defines the phenomenon of "pre-publicity." And we shed light on how managers today approach the topic of digital self-presentation and can gain the sovereignty to move and present themselves in a targeted manner in the networked world:

What have I found out about identity? The currently heavily debated social discussion about the digital transformation directly interferes with people's identity formation and can overwhelm them. For managers, it is clearly about setting goals paired with building knowledge in order to live, lead, and communicate well in a networked world.