emba-hwz

EMBA HWZ Plugin

A Cowork / Claude Code plugin containing 16 specialized skills derived from the Advanced Management Program EMBA at HWZ Zurich. Each skill operationalizes the content of one teaching day (or a multi-day module) for practical business application.

Modules covered

| # | Skill | Module | Dozent/in | |---|-------|--------|-----------| | 01 | zukunftsforschung | B1T1 – Insights aus der Schweizer Zukunftsforschung | Krafft | | 02 | politische-rechtliche-landkarte | B1T2 – (Menschen)rechtliche Landkarte & SDGs | Afflerbach, Oser, Nonnen | | 03 | entscheiden-unter-unsicherheit | B1T3 – Entscheiden unter Unsicherheit | Fieres | | 04 | ai-data-science-new-normal | B2T1 – AI & Data Science als New Normal | Blattner | | 05 | people-analytics | B2T2 – People Analytics at Microsoft | Büchsenschuss, Schafheitle | | 06 | digital-law-ai-governance | B2T3 – Digital Law & AI Governance | Morand | | 07 | strategie-als-kompass | B3T1+2 – Strategic Power / Strategie als Kompass | Straub | | 08 | nachhaltigkeit-strategisch | B3T3 – Nachhaltigkeit als Strategischer Plan | Fieres | | 09 | regenerative-organisation | B4T1 – Zielbild re-generative Organisation | Weibel, Nonnen | | 10 | psychologie-veraenderung | B4T2 – Psychologie der Veränderung | Berenbold | | 11 | organisationsevolution | B4T3 – Transformative Organisationsevolution | Stoisser | | 12 | mindful-self-leadership | B5T1 – Mindful (Self-)Leadership | Rieber, Sievers | | 13 | sinnstiftendes-leadership | B5T2+3 – Sinnstiftendes Leadership & Dialog | Gross, Bauer | | 14 | purpose-driven-companies | B6T1 – Purpose-driven Companies | Hügli | | 15 | sales-excellence | B6T2 – Marketing & CRM / Sales Excellence | Staudacher | | 16 | ethisches-fuehren | Themenübergreifend – Ethisches Führen | Palazzo |

Skill anatomy

Each skill follows the same structure:

<skill-name>/
├── SKILL.md           — Main entry: when to trigger, mental model, workflow, pitfalls
├── references/        — Deep-dive documentation loaded as needed
│   └── *.md
├── templates/         — Fill-in canvases for executive use
│   └── *.md
└── scripts/           — Python helpers that render briefs/reports from YAML
    └── *.py

The SKILL.md description field is the primary triggering mechanism — when you ask Claude something that matches, the skill activates and Claude uses the workflow + references to deliver.

Installation

Via Claude Code marketplace (GitHub) — recommended

The repo doubles as a single-plugin Claude Code marketplace, so you can install directly from GitHub:

/plugin marketplace add sansan88/hwz-emba-claude-plugin
/plugin install emba-hwz@hwz-emba-marketplace

To update later, re-run /plugin marketplace update hwz-emba-marketplace.

Via Claude Code marketplace (local path)

For local testing without pushing to GitHub, point the marketplace at a local clone:

/plugin marketplace add /path/to/hwz-emba-claude-plugin
/plugin install emba-hwz@hwz-emba-marketplace

As a Cowork plugin (zip upload)

Upload emba-hwz.plugin (the zip file at the repo root) in Cowork under Plugins → Add local plugin. Cowork unpacks the zip and registers the skills automatically.

As local skills (Cowork)

Alternatively, place the contents of emba-hwz/skills/* directly under Cowork's user skills directory.

Slash commands

Every skill is also reachable through a slash command with the emba- prefix, so typing /emba- in Claude Code surfaces all 16 modules at once:

• /emba-zukunftsforschung, /emba-politische-rechtliche-landkarte, /emba-entscheiden-unter-unsicherheit
• /emba-ai-data-science-new-normal, /emba-people-analytics, /emba-digital-law-ai-governance
• /emba-strategie-als-kompass, /emba-nachhaltigkeit-strategisch
• /emba-regenerative-organisation, /emba-psychologie-veraenderung, /emba-organisationsevolution
• /emba-mindful-self-leadership, /emba-sinnstiftendes-leadership
• /emba-purpose-driven-companies, /emba-sales-excellence, /emba-ethisches-fuehren

Each command is a thin wrapper that activates the matching skill and forwards any text you type after it. Use the command form when you want to pin the skill explicitly; use natural-language prompts when you want the skill to trigger from context.

Usage examples

Once installed, ask Claude questions like:

• "Help me build a scenario plan for our 2030 product strategy" → triggers zukunftsforschung
• "I need to make a high-stakes decision with incomplete information" → triggers entscheiden-unter-unsicherheit
• "Draft an AI governance policy for our company" → triggers digital-law-ai-governance
• "What's the strategic positioning play for our market entry?" → triggers strategie-als-kompass
• "Help me think through our sustainability strategy" → triggers nachhaltigkeit-strategisch
• "We have a culture issue around speak-up — what should I do?" → triggers ethisches-fuehren
• "I need to lead a transformation that has stalled" → triggers psychologie-veraenderung
• "Help me develop a Zukunftsbild for our strategy retreat" → triggers strategie-als-kompass
• "Our People Analytics program has eroded trust — how do we fix it?" → triggers people-analytics
• "What does good work actually look like in our organization?" → triggers regenerative-organisation

Most skills work together. A serious strategy refresh will pull zukunftsforschung + strategie-als-kompass + possibly nachhaltigkeit-strategisch + regenerative-organisation into a coherent piece of work.

Building blocks

Across the 16 skills, the plugin contains:

• 16 SKILL.md files — the main entry points
• 71 reference documents — operational depth on specific topics
• 41 template canvases — fill-in tools for executive use
• 16 Python scripts — YAML → markdown brief renderers for specific artifacts (scenario briefs, decision journals, AI use case classification, emissions summaries, etc.)

Maintenance

The skills are written to be useful as the world changes. Specific things worth refreshing periodically:

• AI Act timeline in digital-law-ai-governance — application dates and case law
• SBTi methodology in nachhaltigkeit-strategisch — pathway updates
• Scandal cases in ethisches-fuehren — new cases that illustrate the patterns
• Megatrend catalog in zukunftsforschung — trends shift

The skill structure makes these refreshes localized — update the relevant reference file, not the whole skill.

Origin

Built collaboratively between Sandro and Claude in Cowork mode, May 2026, from the curriculum PDFs and Sandro's notes for the HWZ Executive MBA Advanced Management Program. The skills represent operational versions of the academic content — designed to be useful in business decision-making rather than for exam preparation.