Coach & consultant for complex digitalisation programs. At home in large organisations and international teams. A strong track record in M365 business adoption & change management.

Sometimes “doing things differently” can have more of an impact than chasing the next digital unicorn.

Digitalisation is a challenging topic. Its fundamentals - transparency, connectedness and agility - go against the grain of most organisations. To have a vision or to believe in the urgency of change often isn't enough to overcome this "mismatch".

I help turning a digital vision into something concrete: a believable ambition, a clear path towards it and a strong core team that is well connected and aligned with its stakeholders.

When the resource is scarce or time is of the essence, I take an active role in a program or project. However, I will make sure that this will be temporary and that I am coaching my successor(s) in the process.

Enterprise and medium-size clients have hired me for…

  • Digital strategy & program implementation

  • Planning & implementation of organisational change

  • Design & facilitation of engaging (virtual) workshops for alignment, discovery or planning

  • Workshop design & facilitator training (MS Teams + Miro.com)

  • Driving business adoption of Microsoft 365

ADDP: four essential steps to implement successful projects and drive organisational change.

The ADDP model is my holy grail to form and initiate successful projects.

It incorporates essential aspects of organisational and behavioural change. Depending on the challenge, my mandates can focus on one particular step of the model - the most successful ones usually go from A to P.

 
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Align.

Alignment is the foundation for joint success. Vision, objectives, ways of working and priorities can only be effective if everyone is on board with the same understanding. Reference models and a shared language will be paramount to improve communication and collaboration - within and beyond the team.


Discover.

Along a structured and targeted journey, participants collect facts and unknowns to create a solid knowledge foundation. Discovery workshops equip teams with the necessary full picture to make well-informed decisions along the way.


Design.

Design thinking in and outside of workshops allow everyone to participate and contribute. Distinct and clearly scoped methods provide guidance and clarity for what’s expected. The design phase will deliver the substance for what will be planned and implemented later.


Plan.

This is where all the results from the alignment, discovery and design phases are combined to allow for realistic planning. On a strong foundation, the team will be able to determine priorities, dependencies & consequences.

Customer voices

“Philipp’s understanding of the impact of digitalisation on work and business process as well as his competence in the specific requirements for IP based business models were a key asset in the program. We were able to pick up pace quickly and actively involve our colleagues on the business side. This has saved us significant efforts in particular in change management and adoption.”

— Chief Digital Officer

“Philipp’s long term experience in coordinating Office 365 between business and IT helped us to keep our program lean and to stay away from too many ‘experiments’. His cross-industry insight, his understanding of regulated environments and is communication skills support our team and our management in making well-informed decisions on our way into this new world.”

— Head of Service Design (Group IT)

“In his role as executive and operations coach for various digitalisation initiatives, Philipp helps us to build the bridge between technical and organisational change. It was a logical consequence to have him support the team for internal digitalisation and NewWork initiatives. Until today, we believe that this was a really good decision.”

— Chief Information Officer

“Philipp has been supporting our company in various digital initiatives. His great understanding of today’s methods for the digital workplace combined with his abilities to align business and technical requirements is a great asset to our journey. He manages to understand our challenges and brings in neutral open-minded solutions. Philipp’s talent in providing involving workshops and supporting change management helped our organization to a new path. He has become a very appreciated member of our team and we often even forget that he is actually an external highly appreciated partner & coach.”

— Project Lead M365 Business Adoption

“As a coach and sparring partner, Philipp has helped the Modern Workplace Team to prepare for the organisation-wide roll-out of Office 365. Our collaboration in 2018 and 2019 has prepared us so well for the unexpected Covid-situation, that we could internally scale onboarding, adoption and training without external help quickly and seamlessly.”

— Head of Modern Workplace

“We had a clear agreement right from the start: knowledge transfer and our own empowerment to become independent in dealing with Office 365 was a key requirement. Philipp has kept his promise. On the final stretch of delivering our “Single Point of Truth” offering and in the Covid-situation we were completely self-sufficient. We were even able to adopt new methods for exchanging information and collaborating between business and IT.”

— Managing Director

Philipp helped us to take the next step as an organisation. Together with him, we approached change and organisational development in a way that we would have never tried ourselves – and it was the right thing to do. To guide us through the process, he didn’t talk about best practices or how things should be done. He carefully listened, he tried to really understand and then helped us to shape our topics, determine our priorities and plan our journey in incredibly well-orchestrated workshop formats. We now know our “North Star”, have a clear vision of how to get there and will take the journey with him at our side.

— Head of Communications

“It’s the first time that I work with an external partner and feel that there’s a real add value… He knows what he’s talking about, and if he doesn’t know, he either goes and figures it out or keeps quiet.”

— Digital Communications Manager

How we will work together.

(Virtual) Storyline Workshops. Engaging & Effective.

Imagine the format to work as a template. It provides a clear structure and a shared perspective for all participants. Clearly specified “empty spots” will be filled with content by the workshop group. The sequence of all workshop modules works like a red thread and helps to deliver a complete and coherent story in the end.

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Storyline Workshops are available as fully remote & virtual designs.

Learn about Virtual Storyline Workshop (Miro) | Let’s talk about your workshop needs

Alignment and a common language based on shared models and frameworks.

A common understanding for a vision, a strategy, a tactical approach or an entire transformation program is the foundation for success. Without alignment, people and teams pull different strings in different directions wasting money, resource, trust and confidence. I use models and frameworks to create a common perspective and make sure that people mean the same thing when talking to each other.

As part of my work, I apply the scientifically designed Mirror Mirror framework to evaluate and visualise alignment gaps in management, project and transformation teams.

Coaching for project teams to drive sustainable change in organisation and mindset.

Often teams are put together from functional experts across disciplines and hierarchies. I help companies to form impactful teams and empower them to implement and drive successful digitalisation and transformation initiatives.

A strong and committed team, which conveys confidence is an essential cornerstone for the organisation’s larger buy-in and commitment.

Your people. Empowered.

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