I combine strategic thinking with creative practice.

 

I’m a strategic designer, design researcher and entrepreneur with a focus on 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 contexts, 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.

 
 
Photo: SPACE10 ⎜ Kasper Kristoffersen

Photo: SPACE10 ⎜ Kasper Kristoffersen

 

Methodology & Toolkit

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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