What can we learn from 1200 decision makers? 7 thesis about new thoughts and value patterns that we see have emerged as underlying fundaments for the Digital Modern era. Christopher Peterka (38) from Cologne, Germany considers himself a human being, a father of two and a futurist entrepreneur. Since 1996 he has founded ten companies. Three are still active and profitable businesses today. His real interest lies in the global interplay of men-machine and nature in a fully digitized world. To find out about it he has travelled 53 countries and interviewed more than 1200 decision makers for the last 15 years. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx