I combine strategic thinking with creative practice.
I’m a designer, educator and entrepreneur with a focus on experiental learning and design-driven, positive impact.
I believe we learn best when we make experiences, when we create, and, when we reflect. That’s why my practice focusses on making, problem-solving, experimental, creative approaches, real-world projects and reflection.
I work in academia as well as in corporate innovation, I consult on learning and human-centered design projects, create curricula, teach and build solutions. I’m always at my best when working on projects that create a positive impact in the world.
I’m a co-founder of Kaospilot in Berlin and a coach at the HPI School of Design Thinking. In the past I have worked as a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art, a resident designer at SPACE10, a programme lead at the D-School, a service designer for the Deutsche Telekom, and a freelance designer and lecturer all over the world. I have experience in teaching design and design thinking in various cultures, working in education, social innovation and entrepreneurship, spanning all levels of the design process.
I have an MA in Global Innovation Design from the Royal College of Art and an MSc from Imperial College London.
Methodology & Toolkit
Design Research
interviews (expert, user, stakeholder)
mobile ethnography
journey mapping
cultural probes
video + photo journals
user testing
formative testing
expert panels
empathy experiences
analogous experiences
Strategic Design
co-creative workshops
design sprints
business modelling
service blueprint
jobs-to-be-done framework
value proposition
stakeholder mapping
synthesis & insight analysis
horizon mapping
system mapping
Speculative Design
speculative props
weak signal mapping
what if scenarios
design fiction
experiential futures
backcasting
trend mapping
science fiction prototyping
experience prototypes
wizard of oz prototyping
Leadership & Coaching
project scoping & road mapping
team purpose & culture
team retrospective
learning loops
Adaptive Leadership framework
Theory of Change
Lego Serious Play
Liberating structures
De Bono’s six thinking hats
Non-violent communication