Looking behind the scenes of the obvious instead of just staying at the superficial, learning new things and using them productively, bringing about permanent and profound changes, that make a difference.

That’s what drives me; for personal reasons and of course in my daily work with my customers and their teams and organizations.

Research is therefore an essential part of my work. I am currently doing my PhD at the University of Duisburg-Essen with the aim of developing a pattern language for managing organizations beyond predictability.

In addition, I have (co-) initiated many projects in the context of ‘future of work’-topics in recent years. The institute* I founded is currently involved in an EU project on developing entrepreneurship competences, for example, and I am asked to join a project, setting up a Green Innovation Center.

You are wondering, why I am engaging in such topics and where the connection to my work as a team and organizational developer might be? The answer is:

We can only learn for the future, if we go to and beyond the limits of today's conceivable.