Redesigning Idea Management
Over several months, a coaching team and I facilitated the process of redesigning the idea management for a very large German company. The project was about rethinking the complete approach to...
View ArticleCoaching Approaches for Longer Design Thinking Projects
Design Thinking education for professionals mostly comes in short, experiential formats. After having spent two or three days going through a full innovation cycle in which no step takes longer than an...
View ArticleExperience Day on the Past, Present and Future of Digitalization
Designed and moderated an experience about the digital future for a team from a global agency. The structure led participants through comparing past and present and then generating visions for the...
View ArticleCreating Value for HIV Doctors
We designed and moderated a sprint on innovations for HIV doctors for a pharmaceutical company. The program featured a full day scoping workshop, intense desk research through online communities of...
View ArticleHow Would you Explain the Present to People from the Year 2000?
In a recent foresight workshop, I was looking for a format that helps teams find a crisp summary of their perception of digitalization. Obviously not a very small topic, so we came up with a little...
View ArticleYour Creative Space is your Extended Super Brain
A couple of years ago, when I was trying to figure out what to do with my life I studied psychology for a semester. Though I did not pursue this field, there is one lecture which I remember quite vividly.
View ArticleInterview on Design Thinking vs. Rock Music
As part of his series “Jochen meets…”, my friend and co-author Jochen Gürtler interviewed me about the differences and commonalities of creativity in a rock band vs. a Design Thinking team. The...
View ArticleGerman Conference on Future Agriculture
I designed and moderated a three day conference on future agricultural systems with over 100 experts. The event was the kickoff for a programm by the German ministry of Research and Education. Together...
View ArticleTraining Creativity Trainers
I designed and piloted a boot camp for creativity trainers for a large tech company. The project was divided into: 1. Empathy work with employees and future creativity trainers in different locations...
View ArticleShort Video Interview (in which I’m Wearing a Funky Shirt)
A while ago I ran a Design Thinking workshop for Safari Consulting, an innovation consultancy based in Mainz, Germany. It was a very fruitful exchange of experiences and tools with an energetic group...
View ArticleAn Exercise in Empathy: Donald Trump Supporters
The true art of empathy is being able to listen to and follow the views and motivations of people who are NOT like yourself. Especially in times of polarizing debates in which we’re all busy trying to...
View ArticleDesigning a Checking Account Experience for Students
I designed and facilitated an innovation process for a German bank to create a new checking account experience. The project included: 1. An intense scoping workshop to harvest existing hypotheses and...
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Creating Value for HIV Doctors
We designed and moderated a sprint on innovations for HIV doctors for a pharmaceutical company. The program featured a full day scoping workshop, intense desk research through online communities of...
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How Would you Explain the Present to People from the Year 2000?
In a recent foresight workshop, I was looking for a format that helps teams find a crisp summary of their perception of digitalization. Obviously not a very small topic, so we came up with a little...
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Your Creative Space is your Extended Super Brain
A couple of years ago, when I was trying to figure out what to do with my life I studied psychology for a semester. Though I did not pursue this field, there is one lecture which I remember quite...
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Interview on Design Thinking vs. Rock Music
As part of his series “Jochen meets…”, my friend and co-author Jochen Gürtler interviewed me about the differences and commonalities of creativity in a rock band vs. a Design Thinking team. The...
View ArticleGerman Conference on Future Agriculture
I designed and moderated a three day conference on future agricultural systems with over 100 experts. The event was the kickoff for a programm by the German ministry of Research and Education. Together...
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Training Creativity Trainers
I designed and piloted a boot camp for creativity trainers for a large tech company. The project was divided into: 1. Empathy work with employees and future creativity trainers in different locations...
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Short Video Interview for Innovation Blog
A while ago I ran a Design Thinking workshop for Safari Consulting, an innovation consultancy based in Mainz, Germany. It was a very fruitful exchange of experiences and tools with an energetic group...
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