Paul Henckel

Let me cut it short: I'm basically a care-taker.
I care for you, and I care for myself, and I care for our mutual existence on this planet.
If I should recap my life then this aspect is pretty much the essence of me actually. I grew up with my mum and big sister and times werent always easy, so I learned to care because there was no other option than that to make our life work.
'Caring for others' became a big part of me, so as I went into adolescence and adulthood I see patterns that I was stressing my self out too much in trying to find new people to 'care for', new relations. We all know where that kind of behavior goes, when 'caring runs rampant' and you try care for people who dont care similarly for you -> stress, depression, anxiety, fear of rejection, etc.
That was OK too, because that in turn taught me a lot about caring for myself...
Go read some more on the anthropological and socio-economic aspects of caretaking, it's a very interesting topic if not a form of art/craft in itself.

Giving back to the world
I'm also a philosopher, software developer, mathematician, statistician, data visualiser, test engineer, consultant, entrepreneur, photographer, inventor, permaculture designer, volunteer, counsellor, , interaction designer, ethnographer, business developer, market analyst, etc. and am truly blessed with many close friends that I can team up with to co-create 'truly good stuff with a focus and a purpose'.
I'm currently working on WorkHive - the tagline of which is 'Making space for people and plants to be productive'. It's a co-working space for the self-employed, students and 'struggling' (unemployed, seniors, etc) to sit together and work on their own projects, or team up at different workshops and attend seminars. It's a networking platform, enabling people to be more productive on their own things, and to get inspiration from others in the same or different situations and with different perspectives - being able to do short, informal reviews of your own work in a safe space together with an 'unwilling third person' has a huge implication for the success of your work before sending it out to your real audience in the big world.
(What about the plants? Yeah, I will tell you about it when you have signed up, but as you know I'm into permaculture, sustainable livelihoods, aquaponics and I have quite a few good horticulturist friends and biologists who are helping me do some amazing stuff)

Thank you for your time, create the world you want to live in, today!
Paul Olutokunbo Kristian Henckel-Ojo


Sessions

12-28
13:00
20min
Empowering rural Africa using the freifunk model
Paul Henckel

envisioning a thriving, connected future amidst conflict-struck Nigeria. Creating opportunities for rural women and youth, in a scalable, inclusive way.

OIO lecture arena