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Mandy Kasel in the media and public life.
Press coverage, interviews, podcasts, television features, specialist articles, newsletters and impressions from events – brought together in one place and permanently accessible.
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Here you will find press profiles, podcasts, video interviews, event reports and Mandy Kasel’s own specialist contributions – concisely contextualised and linked directly to the respective source.
Skilled workforce development · Education · Transformation · Business
Currently in focus
Press & publications
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Cover story · Ostthüringer Wirtschaft · May 2026
Commitment is not a means to an end.
The East Thuringia Chamber of Commerce profiles Mandy Kasel as an entrepreneur and enabler. The article focuses on business succession, regional responsibility, skills development, technological transformation and international recruitment of skilled workers.
‘Our greatest strength is bringing skilled workers, business and the future together.’
Specialist publication · Campus Verlag · 2024
Educational institutions as the link between transformation and real-world business practice.
In the edited volume, Mandy Kasel and Theresa Renate Schneider demonstrate The Future of the Automobilethe role that practical educational programmes, investment, innovation, political support and business networks play in the automotive transition. The contribution begins on page 155.
Conversations & appearances
Interviews, events and media coverage
Video interview · THE GROW MATCH FORUM · 2026
Trust, quality and genuine connections.
Mandy Kasel explains why resilient networks are not built through small talk, but through trust, quality and genuine collaboration between decision-makers.
Podcast · Neustart Mittelstand · 26 minutes
No desire to work? Does further training still make a difference?
Mandy Kasel speaks with Stephan Lichtenstein and Friedrich Wilhelm Reese about motivation, retraining, genuine prospects and how tailored skills development helps SMEs address skills shortages.
Video · TV · Events
More conversations & appearances
- What does democracy mean to you?
Interview series by altenburg.tv, 16 minutes - WAMM e.V. Summer Campus 2022
Regional business gathering, 50 minutes - Bube & Dame: Labour market and social affairs
Conversation with Minister Heike Werner, 44 minutes - Business Ash Wednesday 2026
Moderated with Michael Apel - JOB Chance Fair 2023
Statement on vocational education and skills development
Mandy’s own perspectives
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Here you will find selected contributions by Mandy Kasel – featuring her point of view, a clear connection to business practice and a direct link to the complete publication. Instead of talking about future content, we show what has already been published.
LinkedIn · Eastern Germany & future region
Eastern Germany needs visibility, not a special status
During a visit by Elisabeth Kaiser, the Federal Government Commissioner for Eastern Germany, to AWA e.V., Mandy Kasel discusses skilled workforce development, modern education and training, international cooperation and Eastern Germany’s opportunities as a region of the future.
LinkedIn · Skills development
What companies truly need
Not motivational posters, but people who understand machines, processes that work and skills development grounded in the reality of work.
LinkedIn video · Learning through practice
Why an entrepreneur from Barcelona came to learn welding
A conversation about craftsmanship, concentration and the value of learning to create something tangible with your own hands again.
AWA blog · Mandy’s journey
Returning home
From international management back to Altenburg: a profile about business succession, home and responsibility.
AWA blog · International skilled workers
An adventure journey: China and Ghana
Mandy Kasel reports on international education partnerships and new approaches to skilled workforce development.
AWA blog · The next generation
A colourful jobs festival with 36 companies
How AWA e.V. provides regional companies with a platform for attracting young talent and future skilled workers.
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