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Sustainable culture: Pröbstle’s ideas for cultural management!
Prof. Dr. Yvonne Pröbstle discusses future skills in cultural management at PH Ludwigsburg. Important impulses for training.
Sustainable culture: Pröbstle’s ideas for cultural management!
On July 8, 2025, Prof. Dr. Yvonne Pröbstle gave her inaugural lecture at the Ludwigsburg University of Education. The focus of the lecture was on the question of what skills cultural managers need in order to successfully lead the cultural sector into the future. Her reflections on the transferability of future skills to cultural management offer valuable insights into the challenges the sector faces in a constantly changing world.
Pröbstle emphasized the central importance of communication skills and ambiguity skills for future cultural managers. In times when the consensus about the relevance of culture is dwindling, it is crucial to communicate about art and culture in an understandable and convincing manner. These skills are essential to promote dialogue and understand different attitudes.
The role of future skills in cultural management
The discussion of future skills should not only stimulate future research in cultural management, but also influence the study and practice in the cultural sector. A particular focus is on competence management in training and further education. In her lecture, Pröbstle also asked about suitable teaching methods and organizational structures that support the acquisition of these skills.
The Institute for Cultural Management, which Pröbstle directs, was founded in 1990 and is one of the most renowned educational institutions in German-speaking countries. This institution pursues the goal of advancing the future viability of the cultural sector in both research and teaching.
Complex requirements and innovative solutions
In view of the rapidly changing world, which is characterized by events such as the corona pandemic, the war in Ukraine as well as rising energy prices and inflation, future developments in the cultural sector face major challenges. The WK Tyrol emphasizes that Future Skills encompass 17 essential competencies necessary to address complex problems in unknown future environments. How can citizens and employees in this globalized world be supported to acquire these skills? And what contribution does the education system make to promote these skills?
The Future Skills are divided into four areas of competence:
| Field of competence | Examples |
|---|---|
| Build on a strong self | Learning competence, self-efficacy, self-determination |
| Adjust the internal compass | Skills for reflection, decision-making skills, and ambiguity skills |
| The only constant is change | Design thinking, innovation skills, digital skills |
| The future is connected | Cooperation skills, communication skills |
These future skills are particularly important for the training of young people and managers as they address the needs of the future working world.
The developments in the area of future skills, supported by the DIE Bonn, show that educational institutions and the economy must work hand in hand to prepare young people for the demands of the future. Pröbstle therefore appeals to cultural management research to look more intensively into the professional profiles and roles of cultural managers.
Overall, the question arises as to how future skills can be effectively taught in order to meet the challenges of a dynamic labor market. The concept of Future Skills offers valuable approaches to making culture and education fit for the future.