I help others grow, create and reflect.

I've coached and designed learning journeys for kids, high school students, undergrad and grad students, teachers, design agencies, start-ups, SMEs, multinational companies and NGOs across different countries in Europe, Asia, America and Australia. 

I’m a co-founder of Kaospilot+ Berlin, the base of the Kaospilots in Germany. Previously, I was a programme lead at the HPI School of Design Thinking, where I designed, managed and co-led the academic program in Design Thinking. In 2014, I was a guest lecturer at Beijing Normal University in Zhuhai, China. In 2016/2017 I worked as a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art in London, in 2017 I was a Harvard teaching fellow for the Center for Asia Leadership teaching design leadership and design across different Asian countries.

I’m a team player and strongly believe in leading teams with teams. I therefore rarely work alone but collaborate with great people from a range of different disciplines.

In any teaching role I’ve had, I’ve always been a student myself - and continue to challenge myself in order to keep learning.

Keynotes & Conference Talks

“The Future of Learning” (2021)
Corporate Leadership Conference

“New inventors - A journey into the future of education” (2018)
Wealth with Responsibility event, Berchtesgaden, Germany

“Why we’re (still) wrong about Leadership” (2018)
Accenture Manila, Philippines

“Design and the Art of Decision Making” (2017)
Asia Union Leaders Summit 2017, Seoul, South Korea

“The State of Innovation in Malaysia” (2017)
Panel with the Malaysian Prime Minister, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

“Designing Health Innovation” (2016)
Health Innovation Day, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

“What is Human Centered Innovation?” (2016)
Leadership Congress, Germany

“Rethinking Design - an Introduction to Design Thinking” (2014)
Beijing Normal University, China

“Personal Growth through Design Thinking” (2014)
DT Flashlight Keynote, With Company Lisbon, Portugal

Advanced Facilitation Trainings

“Train the Trainers” - Design Thinking Leadership and Facilitation (2019)
Universidad Mayor, Santiago de Chile, Chile

“Train the Trainers” - Design Thinking Leadership and Facilitation (2017)
d-school Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa (one of the three official d.schools)

“Advanced Design Thinking and Team Facilitation” (2017)
Haufe Akademie, Frankfurt, Germany

“Designing Design Workshops” (2016)
Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

“Design Thinking and Biomimicry” (2015)
IKIAM University, Tena, Ecuador

“Train the Trainers” - Design Thinking Leadership and Facilitation (2014)
OpenLab Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

Leadership Courses

“Leading Positive Social Change”
Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville, Cambodia

“Adaptive Leadership & the Role of Design”
Center for Asia Leadership, Manila, Philippines

”Mobilizing Teams for Change: Tools and Mindsets” 
Ayala Corporation, Manila, Philippines

”Harvard's Way of Developing Talent - Executive Leadership”
Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

”Asia Leadership Youth Programme”
 Center for Asia Leadership, Beijing, China

”Global Business Transformation Management”
 SAP, Potsdam, Germany

”Collaborative Innovation Networks”
Deutsche Telekom, Berlin, Germany

Design & Innovation Workshops

Design Fiction & Experimentation (Kaospilot, Denmark)

User Research & Ecosystem (UNLEASH+, globally)

Prototyping Digital Experiences (HPI D-School, globally)

Designing for Diversity (Sunway University, Malaysia)

Creating Value through Design Thinking (Homeschool Global, Philippines)

G20 - Global Solutions Workshop (HPI D-School, WeQ Foundation, Germany)

Urban Mobility of the Future (automobile company, Germany)

Rethinking Retail (grocery start-up, USA)

Manufacturing of the Future (automobile company, Germany)

Strategic Design (Boston, USA) 

Entrepreneurial Spaces (d.school Stanford & HPI D-School)

The Future of Berlin Tegel (TXL - The Urban Tech Republic)

Global Business Transformation Management (SAP)

Creative Environments (HPI D-School)

Innovation Spaces (HPI Academy)

Sustainable Business Solutions (Impact Solutions & HPI Academy)

Entrepreneurial Spirit (d.school Stanford & HPI D-School)

Collaborative Innovation Networks (Deutsche Telekom)

and more…