Speaking

When the plan stops working, high-performing teams adapt. From the World Economic Forum in Davos to global companies like Lufthansa, Deutsche Telekom, and Banco Santander, I deliver keynotes that help leaders navigate uncertainty and thrive through (technological) disruption. My key topics include: → ⁠Leadership under uncertainty and how high-performing teams deliver results→ AI transformation and strategy that allows for high-stakes decisions→ Rethinking and simplifying complex challenges to activate the organisation Audiences often say I simplify what others overcomplicate and make them think differently without telling them what to think. My aim is to deliver actionable insights that people can act on.

Keynotes

How To Decide Boldly When You Cannot Be Certain

Leadership teams today have more information, better tools and clearer analysis than any generation before them, and most of them are slower. The decision gets made, the deck gets approved, and six months later very little has changed. I have spent a decade building leadership and transformation programmes for Deutsche Telekom, Lufthansa, Volkswagen and Banco Santander, and I show teams how to decide and act before the picture is complete, without betting the company on it.

You will learn how to:
→ Spot where good decisions stall inside your organisation
→ Tell the difference between preparing and postponing
→ Act early enough that the action still counts

Turning AI From Output Into Business Value

Most organisations now have the tools, the licences and the training, but very little to show for it. Usage goes up and results stay the same. The reason is that AI at scale is not only a technology problem, but a multiplication of governance, security, cost, and enablement. Any one of those at zero brings the whole thing to zero. I have led AI transformation work across large European enterprises reaching several thousand employees, and I show leadership teams where the zero usually sits and what to do about it.

You will learn how to:
→ Tell whether your AI challenges are technical or organisational
→ Find which of the four factors is holding your value back
→ Give your teams a mandate they can actually act on

What Sailing Teaches Leaders About Teams That Perform Under Pressure

At sea, the forecast is wrong by the afternoon, plans expire, and the crew still has to work together. You find out very quickly whether a team is actually a team. I have spent years running offshore flotillas alongside a decade working with executive teams on land, and I bring both into the room. This keynote is all about understanding what your team does under pressure, how characteristics change and how to leverage individual behaviour as an advantage. What makes your crew perform when conditions turn, and what that looks like back in the office?

You will learn how to:
→ Assemble a team around the conditions it will actually face
→ Set roles and decision rights before you need them
→ Keep people moving together when the plan stops working

Beyond the Keynote

Moderation

I also moderate conferences, panels, fireside chats, talk shows and other formats. I have hosted at various conferences such as Superverse Dubai, YARE, StartupCon and the PlugAndPlay Summit. I have moderated talk show formats for Deutsche Telekom, and the Digital Literacy Talk Show for the Lufthansa Group, delivered from the US and Mexico across Europe to the Philippines.

What you will get:
→ A session that runs to time without feeling rushed
→ Speakers who say something they had not planned to say
→ A room that stays in its seats until the end

Workshops

A working session is what turns attention into something people carry back home. I run active working sessions standalone or alongside a keynote. I usually let participants work on their own situations instead of a case study.

Example working sessions include picking one problem your team has argued about for six months and deciding what to do about it, cutting a list of twelve priorities down to three, writing the brief that tells your people what to actually do, and finding out where your team is blocked.

What you will get:
→ A session built for your programme that delivers a tangible outcome for the participants
→ Activating your audience and getting them out of their chairs
→ Your very own workshop materials that you can share with participants as part of your event communication

Off Stage

Some engagements do not stop at the event. If you want to keep working on what came up, that usually takes one of two shapes.

Through individual support:
I offer individual sparring and advisory services as confidential, high-trust spaces for structured thinking and decision-making. I run these as hands-on formats where I work alongside you and/or your time within a defined scope.

Through structured L&D initiatives:
Programmes, learning journeys and transformation campaigns run through the Global Institute of Leadership and Technology, the institute I founded.

Selected Engagements: