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Explore selected publications through the questions they address. Author, co-editor and editor roles are stated separately. This is a reading guide, not a count of the entire catalogue.

Structure · Making a method usable

Start here for templates, knowledge transfer and repeatable professional work.

Published · Structure

Template-driven Consulting

Author · Springer · 2003

Makes consulting procedures explicit through reusable templates, with the aim of transferring working knowledge to people inside an organization.

Published · Structure

Template-based Management

Author · Springer · 2020 / © 2021

Extends template-based work into professional management practice. The central concern is how a repeatable method can guide work while remaining open to context.

Anticipation · Data, signals and possible futures

Read forecasting alongside the people, technology and coordination it needs.

Published · Anticipation

Collective Intelligence

Co-editor with Christoph Legat · CRC Press · © 2025

Brings together work on swarm systems, distributed coordination and their applications. Seebacher and Legat are the volume’s editors; individual chapters have their own authors.

Judgment · The reasons behind a decision

A published argument about expertise, interpretation and the use of knowledge.

Published · Judgment

Die Illusion der Expertise

Author · Haufe · 2026 · German

Examines why accumulating specialist knowledge does not by itself justify a decision. Its argument shifts attention to how knowledge is structured, interpreted and used.

Organization · From a decision to the work

Applications to communication, marketing and the design of effective work.

Published · Organization

Effizient faul

Author · edition a · 2025 · German

Brings the question of effective work into everyday life: prioritization, deliberate use of energy and the design of work rather than activity for its own sake.

Published · Organization

B2B Marketing

Editor · Springer · 2021

An edited collection of contributions on business-to-business marketing. Editing the volume is distinct from authoring every chapter.

Co-authored contribution · Culture and communication

Chapter · 2025 · Co-authors: Werner Krings, Alexander Nissen and Uwe Seebacher

Mastering Cultural Intelligence in the Era of CommTech and Predictive Communication Intelligence

A co-authored chapter in the edited volume Mastering CommTech, addressing culture, communication technology and predictive systems. Chapter authorship is distinct from authorship of the whole book.

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Announced titles

The following books appear in the publisher’s fourth-quarter 2026 catalogue. Release dates vary between catalogue and retail listings, so they remain labelled as announced here. A catalogue listing is not confirmation that a book has shipped.

Announced · Judgment

The End of Expertise

Author · De Gruyter Brill · Announced for 2026 · English

An announced exploration of methods, structures and the limits of expertise. Publication schedules differ across listings; no exact release date is asserted here.

Announced · Organization

Lazy Excellence

Author · De Gruyter Brill · Announced for 2026 · English

An announced book on purposeful work, focus and the use of energy. It is listed separately from works already published.

Essays and working texts

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