Born and raised in Hamburg, I spent 7 years in England after graduating from the University Of Applied Sciences Wedel with BSc. Media Informatics in 2008. As a fullstack web developer I became familiar with agile methods. Since I am back in Hamburg, I am on a journey from software developer, project manager and Scrum Master to Agile Leadership Coach. In 2020 I completed a training to become a value-based Agile Coach. As a permanent employee of 7 companies from the science & research, real estate, internet technologies, banking and logistic sectors, member of 20 development & operations teams as well as facilitator moderator of various management boards, I look back on a wide range of practical experiences in everyday life of agile companies.
I continue where an agile training leaves off. Because adopting agile processes reveal impediments in the first place. With an iterative approach based on the principle of “Inspect & Adapt” and regular retrospectives and personal reflection, I support people, teams and especially management to continuously adjust and refine their working methods. I regularly bring in revisions, enhancements and new impulses from the areas of team building and empathy as well as agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Kaizen etc.).
For agile collaboration and leadership to work well in teams and beyond, my main focus lies on communication. In an agile and personal transformation process the way of communication has to change to ensure that future collaboration can be successful. For this purpose I teach various techniques based on non-violent communication (NVC) as well as a better way of handling conflicts. I encourage a living feedback culture by demonstrating a direct and emphatic communication. I support this through the facilitation of individual or group counselling, workshop sessions and the use of Liberating Structures.