Berit Blake
Focus
As a consultant for business development, Berit drives internal projects and processes at launchlabs. Together with partners, for example, she has assisted to co-create Design Thinking furniture and flexible whiteboards; both are now combined under the new brand "what if we fly". Her knowledge as a certified Scrum Master helps her to set up and implement agile projects.
Background
Before working at launchlabs, Berit has played a key role in establishing the Graduate School at the Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Germany, being in charge of the programme management for the six interdisciplinary Master's programmes in business and economics. She has gained valuable experience in science management, be it in academic self-administration, quality assurance and accreditation procedures, internationalisation or change processes due to the merger of university and university of applied sciences. Prior to her university career, Berit has, on the one hand, successfully contributed to the "Queen's Awards for Enterprise: Sustainable Development" while working in the Marketing and Business Development Department of an international engineering company in the UK; on the other hand, she spent a three-month research visit at the University of Toronto - thanks to a scholarship as part of her Master's degree in English Language and Literature, Educational Theory and Economics.
Personal
Her Danish prename reveals her northern origin. In Berlin, she enjoys cycling or stand up paddling in the surrounding waterways.
Harald Gögl
Focus
Harry is part of the management team at launchlabs. As an innovation consultant he has several years of experience and is principally responsible for the learninglab formats. Working closely with customers, he develops strategies for establishing innovative work cultures. Harry has been firmly rooted in the design thinking community since 2008. He is also a certified Scrum Master.
Background
Working in conjunction with Simon, Harry helped develop the HPI School of Design Thinking program. He started out as a knowledge manager with a focus on the documentation of projects. In recent years, Harry has been a track manager and lead on the HPI student program. At launchlabs he accompanies customers on their transformation journey. Both to introduce agile work to the entire company and to support the leadership team on their journey.
Personal
As a native Austrian, he misses the mountains and will happily cycle around the lakes of Brandenburg. We can’t mention his other hobbies here!
Kristine Biegman
Focus
Dutch Design in the house! Kristine advises, designs and conducts workshops and trainings in agile, human-centered methods with a lot of passion (and a charming accent). She is a certified Scrum Master as well. She aims to make the (working) world a bit more beautiful and innovative. Kristine is passionate about creating a space and a drive for products, services, and processes that truly have value.
Background
After studying communication and business administration in Nijmegen, Kristine worked for several years as a Change Management consultant during which she developed an in-depth understanding of the variety of challenges the different companies faced. She went on to further her development as a blended learning/project manager, always seeking to help people develop according to their strengths and work environment. After studying design thinking at the Design Thinkers Academy in Amsterdam she couldn’t stop! Her love for innovation and for the city of Berlin brought her to launchlabs.
Personal
Kristine has truly wide interests in various things and people. She likes to sing, improvise in theatre, loves nature and seeks to explore the world on long-distance journeys whenever she can.
Maria Mulaj
Focus
Maria manages anything and everything with figures for launchlabs, and is the primary contact person. She successfully applies her knowledge as a qualified Scrum Master.
Background
After initially training in the hotel industry in Germany, she then furthered her training in the United Kingdom with a variety of hotels and positions with the most recent as wedding planner for an international hotel in London. She now organizes the team at launchlabs.
Personal
"Homemade" is her motto, whether eating or knitting and everything in between!
Tobias Wosowiecki
Focus
Tobias is Junior Innovation Consultant at launchlabs Berlin and supports companies in their innovation processes. By using agile methods, Tobias assists teams in developing human-centered design solutions.
Background
Very traditionally, Tobias completed a business management training and added extra-occupational the Bachelors Professional Degree of Technical Management as well as Certified Technical Engineer. At the same time, Tobias became a self-employed media designer and photographer. Working for approximately 13 years in a medium-sized company, he was finally responsible for product management. During this time, he has developed an analogue taskboard for agile project management as well as the ideaframe in co-creation with launchlabs. Moreover, he has assisted companies from all industries in introducing organisational tools.
Personal
Tobias loves creativity - and lives it in many different ways: apart from photography and graphic design, he plays the piano, the guitar and he sings. Additionally, he very much enjoys to discover new cultures.
Sarah Georg
Focus
Sarah proactively supports launchlabs office management and ensures that everyone at the innovationloft in Berlin has what they need.
Background
In addition to her training in hotel management, Sarah's varied experience includes time spent in the field of social work, in particular working on an "Adventure Playground” in the UK. For the moment she is happy contributing her varied experience to the corporate world.
Personal
Sarah loves to discover Berlin by bike and to leave her creativity at the kitchen door.
Simon Springmann
Focus
Simon is part of the management team at launchlabs. He brings many years of experience spanning different industries and cultures as a strategy and innovation consultant. Together with customers he focuses on developing strategies through the implementation of a sustainable innovation culture. As a systemic coach and Scrum Master, he specializes in the fields of training, leadership development, and agile transformation.
Background
Simon has a background in strategic business consulting with a focus on innovative mobility. Over the past few years, Simon has trained and coached numerous managers from a wide range of companies and cultures in the areas of design, leadership, and innovative work culture. As a lecturer at the Leibniz University, Hannover, he has held seminars on new ways of working and meaningful work since 2012. He received his doctorate from Humboldt-University, Berlin with an interdisciplinary work on "power and organization". Simon is a certified Scrum Master and systemic coach and the founder of Pingplus, a network of systemic coaches.
Personal
Simon loves Berlin, especially in the summer. Dancing in the open air. Thinking out loud.
Simon Blake
Focus
Simon ist mit seiner über zehnjährigen Erfahrung im Design Thinking, als zertifizierter Scrum Master, Visual Facilitator und Google Design Expert ein gefragter Experte für agiles Arbeiten und Innovationsentwicklung.
Als Gründer und Geschäftsführer der launchlabs hat Simon eine Vielzahl an strategischen Innovationsprojekten erfolgreich aufgesetzt und die Führungskräfte bei der Transformation zur agilen Organisation begleitet. Außerdem hat er im Laufe seiner Karriere mehrere tausend Menschen in der Anwendung von Design Thinking Methoden ausgebildet. Dabei hat er einige der heutzutage gängigen Lehr-Methoden und Übungen selbst konzipiert. Basierend auf seinen Erfahrungen hat Simon mit Partnern Möbel zur optimalen Unterstützung von agiler Teamarbeit entwickelt und zur Produktreife geführt.
Background
Von 2007 bis 2010 war Simon maßgeblich am Aufbau der School of Design Thinking am Hasso-Plattner-Institut (HPI) in Potsdam beteiligt und von 2009 bis 2012 Manager des dortigen Design Thinking Executive Education Programms. Zuvor hat Simon am Institute of Electronic Business e.V. als Berater für digitale Geschäftsmodelle gearbeitet. Die Erfahrungen aus seinem Studium der angewandten Medienwissenschaft in Hannover und der Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftskommunikation an der Universität der Künste in Berlin bringt Simon täglich in seine Innovationsberatung ein.
Personal
On the one hand, Simon supports start-ups as a mentor and angel investor and on the other, the Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce as a member of the committee „Science - Industry“. Simon prefers working at inspiring locations; already in 2011, he has started Workation Week. Also, he enjoys acting out his visualization techniques. Playing drums in his band, Simon keeps up the beat.
Tina Dreisicke
Focus
Tina is Design Thinking facilitator with HPI D-School certification. She supports the Launchlabs in the area of workshop conception and moderation. As a facilitator, she encourages the team to leave old (thought) paths behind and shows new perspectives to broaden their horizons. With her heart and soul, she wants to contribute to make the world of work more humane and agile.
Background
Tina originally comes from Media Studies, coincidentally ended up at the D-School where she discovered her true passion for coaching. In order to get the best out of her trainings, she decided to study for a master's degree in Educational Sciences. This allows her to create spaces, physical and psychological, in which long-lasting learning processes can take place. As a working student and freelancer, she has been involved in various workshop formats on innovation, change management and organizational culture. She is also co-author of the "Business Purpose Design" model.
Personal
"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone" - is Tina's secret credo and therefore she always loves to try out new things, be it mountaineering, hitchhiking or making pasta herself.