THE INSPIRACY GROUP

• Transformation projects, training, coaching
• Workshop in Europe and Africa with a focus on cultural change and agile methods
• Basic understanding of organizations as narrative organizations
• Development of a vital “camp fire culture” (storytelling and story listening)
• Design and facilitation of coaching programs 
• Leadership development workshops (so far conducted for around 1,000 professionals)
• Develop and implement customized talent development curricula
• Conduct over 100 workshops for international corporations

Systemic Coach & Consultant, Storyteller & Master Facilitator

www.theinspiracygroup.com

Official Keynotes

2025 FREELANCE UNLOCKED CONFERENCE – The Seductive Leader/Verführungskraft 
2022 – TEGEP Learning & Development Conference Istanbul: What L&D can learn from Design Thinking
2022 – Luxatia Corporate Learning & Development Conference – The WorkshopWorkshop Talk: Why Facilitative Leadership matters
2018 – Mindvalley Pula – SexEducation vs. SexTech
2017 – Mindvalley Tallin – What matters in conscious relating
2019 – Aboutyou.Pangea – What matters in conscious relating
2018 – Nomad Cruise – Why Human Connection Matters
2016 – AT.TENSION – Why Human Connection Matters
2014 – Design Management Conference Ljubljana: How use open communication to foster corporate creativity

speaking about:

#leadership #facilitation #facilitativeleadership #culture #startup #travel # #resilience #DesignThinking #belonging #humanconnection #storytelling #storylistening #datastorytelling #freelance 
#fromstorytoglory

Keynote Speaker

https://www.goranji.world

Development and implementation of innovative movement-based learning formats in 6+ countries
Design of holistic team-building events with a focus on non-verbal communication and group dynamics, integration of bodywork and movement rituals in corporate wellbeing programs

Focus:
• Design of 2-hour movement formats to foster team cohesion and creativity
• Connecting physical work with increased productivity and stress reduction in a business context
• Development of structured warm-up sequences with elements from yoga, game theory, facilitation, physical work and sound meditation

Master Of Ceremony, Frequency Conductor & Ecstatic Dance DJ

Austrian Airlines

Strategic advice and co-leadership of the agile transformation
Design and implementation of self-organized learning formats without a budget
Development of creative training materials and change communication

Key successes:
• Building an internal agile movement in the complex airline environment
• Integrating systemic perspectives into existing organizational structures
• Designing and moderating workshops to promote cultural change
• Company-wide transformation workshops
• Valuable collaboration with CEO and HeadsOf

Insights & strengths
• Expertise in strategic leadership and concept development at a high level of abstraction
• Particularly effective in self-directed roles with creative freedom
• Focus on change management and large group transformation

Senior Agile Transformation Coach

Switch On Delight

Founded and managed an educational platform for relationship communication and intimate health
Developed and implemented innovative workshop formats for groups of 10-400 participants
Conceived and moderated events at international festivals, conferences and cruises

Main areas of expertise:
• Science-based educational work based on diploma thesis “Conceptual Metaphors in Online Dating Profiles”
• Integration of design thinking and systemic thinking in educational entertainment formats
• Development of cross-method approaches from relationship dynamics, coaching and group communication

Competencies:
Group facilitation · relationship communication · edutainment · workshop design · event moderation
systemic coaching · method development · large groups · intercultural communication
narrative design · creative conception · humorous knowledge transfer · building trust

Experience Designer & Facilitator

Berlin School of Digital Business

• Development and implementation of holistic design thinking programs for corporations such as Bosch, DB and Roland Berger
• Management of innovation projects focusing on digital transformation
• Development of a center of excellence for innovative learning formats and method development

Core responsibilities:
• Designing and implementing transformative learning journeys for digital innovation
• Establishing design thinking as a core method for corporate transformation
• Integrating change management and cultural change into innovation processes
• Design thinking-based projects

Core competencies:
Design thinking coaching · Innovation management · Digital transformation
Method development · Change leadership · Culture design
Transformative learning · Innovation support · Leadership development

Head Of Design Thinking

Swisscom AG

• Development of the strategic framework “7 Skills to become an experience-driven company”
• Evaluation and realignment of human-centered design activities
• Collaborative creation of a handbook for experience design professionals

Core project:
• Conducting a company-wide analysis of existing design practices
• Deriving strategic recommendations for action for customer experience excellence
• Implementing best practices for user-centered product development

CX-Consultant | Best Experience, Residential Customers

MEDIPLANET

• Co-Leitung eines 50-köpfigen Redaktionsteams für Content-Kampagnen und Publikationen
• Entwicklung und Einführung von Qualitätsmanagementsystemen
• Leitung der Inhaltsproduktion und der Kundenkommunikation

Zentrale Aufgaben:
• Aufbau und Coaching eines leistungsstarken Redaktionsteams
• Etablierung von Redaktionsstandards und Qualitätssicherungsprozessen
• Entwicklung von erfolgsorientierten Content-Marketing-Strategien

Skills:
Redaktionsmanagement - Teamführung - Qualitätssicherung - Content-Strategie - Projektmanagement - Stakeholder-Management - Geschäftsentwicklung - Prozessoptimierung - Talententwicklung

Editorial Manager

goerex.net

• Design Consulting & Training
• Corporate Design
• Copywriting

Copywriter & Graphic Designer

TXTHYPE - Magazine for Language Culture

• Conception and management of a magazine for professional language culture and communication
• Development of an expert network of trainers, lecturers and communication professionals
• Development of editorial formats for the analysis of current language development

Founder, Editor

I help leaders and organisations turn complexity into clarity.

* Seductive Leadership is neither about manipulation nor surface-level charm – it’s about creating gravity. It’s the art of leading in a way that awakens desire: the desire to contribute, to collaborate, to grow. Think of it as the midpoint between inspiration and motivation, where meaning is generated and people feel pulled rather than pushed. It integrates the axis of people-place-process, psychology, charisma and presence. Timeless strategies of allure are turned into a remedy for today’s complexity: it forges belonging, unlocks creativity, and makes leadership less about control – and more about irresistible invitation.

As a Facilitator with 15+ years of experience in systems thinking, narrative strategy, and human-centred design, I create transformative learning spaces where teams unlock their full potential.

My work spans leadership development, people, group and org transformation. Whether guiding executive teams through cultural change, training facilitators, or designing corporate innovation curricula, my focus is always the same: enabling people to collaborate with more intelligence, creativity, and trust in spaces, where communication truly happens.

Clients such as Austrian Airlines, Swisscom, Lufthansa, and the Berlin School of Digital Business have trusted me to:

+ Guide transformation initiatives
+ Research Employee satisfaction with such initiatives
+ Reunite fragmented teams in record time
+ Build design thinking and other learning programs adopted across entire organisations or heterogeneous cohorts and serve trainings, workshops and, of course, 1:1 coaching
+ Deliver keynotes on leadership, collaboration, and narrative transformation

Today, I offer five core service areas:

1️⃣ Leadership Transformation & Coaching – Executive coaching, leadership development journeys, and culture change programs
2️⃣ Facilitation & Workshop Design – Large-group moderation (100+ participants), custom workshop formats, and facilitation training
3️⃣ Innovation & Design Thinking – Corporate innovation programs, systems mapping, and human-centred problem solving
4️⃣ Narrative Communication & Storytelling – Corporate storytelling, change narratives, keynote speaking
5️⃣ Data Storytelling & AI Literacy – Translating complex insights into clear strategies for teams and decision-makers

What works as a separate chapter works mostly better in tailored interwoven approaches. If your organisation is facing transformation, complexity, or the need for deeper collaboration—let’s connect.

Göran Hielscher

⚙️ Why your trainings shouldn’t aim for scalability? 

Because

🧩 Scalability is not practicality.
 ⚖️ Practicality is not adaptability.
 🪜 And handrails are not leadership.

Leadership trainings fail deeply when they aim for scale but confuse it with real-world use. I seek the margins that make them zeitgeisty — the ones that let today’s chaos enter the room.

💡 The truth (one of many)
• 📦 Scalable training rolls out the same thing to everyone.
 • 🔧 Practical training is about what actually works in the real world.
 • 🌪️ Adaptable leadership thrives in chaos — VUCA, BANI, or whatever acronym comes next.

1️⃣ Scalability ≠ Practicality
Big companies love scalable programs. They want to train thousands at once.
 But what works in a classroom or slide deck rarely works in the field.
 Try to train leaders today with a deck designed in 2022 – go check yours!
 Real leadership is messy. It’s not a checklist. It’s not a script.
 It’s a dance. A taming act. Sometimes raw courage.

2️⃣ Practicality ≠ Adaptability
Practical training works for today.
 But the world mutates fast – VUCA, BANI, or the next buzzword in line.
 Leaders need to adapt on the fly. Yesterday’s answers rarely fix today’s messes – especially when basic principles were never embodied in the first place.

3️⃣ Handrails ≠ Leadership
Handrails keep you from falling.
 They also keep you from learning.
 Real leaders step beyond them – act with incomplete data,
 move under the radar, make decisions no one trained them for.
 They learn by leading, not by following a script.

🧭 What this means for leadership training today

🚫 Stop chasing scale for its own sake.
🧰 Build programs that are practical and flexible.
🗣️ Keep 20 % space for story-sharing and reflection.
Integrate real-time adaptation practices.
🧠 Teach leaders to adapt, not just to follow.
🧗 Ditch the handrails — let people actually lead.
🌀 The best leaders aren’t rule-followers.

They’re the fastest learners.

In a VUCA, BANI — or even BANANA — world,

🧬 Adaptability beats scalability every time.
Or better: it becomes its living foundation.

🔥 Don’t build "safe only" programs.
Build leaders who can handle chaos.

Because there will be more of it — soon.


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🧠 Göran Hielscher 🚀

I help executives lead clearly in complex systems | Executive Coach, Leadership Trainer & Workshop Designer | deep by default | “You are really a different coach!”

Die Deutsche Bahn führt via Lean Management den „Schlafplatz 1. Klasse“ ein ;)

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Wir hetzen uns in die Langsamkeit.

Ein paradoxes Kunststück: 
Je schneller wir laufen, desto weniger kommen wir an.

Die heutige Arbeitswelt ist ein Arrangement aus Dauerimpulsen.
Kalender in der Pressmaschine.
Enkörperte Meetings schwarzer Vierecke als Endlosschleifen.
Die Hände: Below the line.

Kommunikation, die nur noch reagiert statt sich in --> folgerichtiges Handeln zu übersetzen. Übertönung statt Überholung.

Organisationen wundern sich, warum Führung schwächelt?
Der Grund ist brutal einfach:

Beschleunigung frisst Beobachtung.
(und auch Empathie, Resilienz und Ressource, btw.)

Überladung frisst Logik.

Dauerreaktion frisst Urteilskraft.
Führung entsteht nicht aus Geschwindigkeit, sondern aus Sensorik.

Führung = Spürung!

Aus der Fähigkeit, Mikro-Signale zu spüren, sie einzusortieren, Spannungen zu rahmen und Muster gegeneinander ins Verhältnis zu setzen und dann – und wirklich erst dann – klug zu handeln.

Doch was machen wir stattdessen?

Wir pressen Entscheidungen durch Engpässe.
Kommunizieren Zahlen als Mittel zum Zweck.
EBIT ist ein NoBrainer, aber keine Motivationsanker.
No means – no end.

Auf der Strecke geblieben? Der Pulscheck für Synergie. 
Flow experience. 
Zugehörigkeit.

Ich sehe Menschen Tagespunkte staffeln wie ein taktisch schlechtes Tetris.
Ein Spiel mit den falschen Souffleuren.

"Ich nehm dann eben den Rechner mit in den Urlaub."
Klar doch. Loch.

Wir kompensieren Unsicherheit mit Aktionismus.

Das Ergebnis:

Organisationen ohne Gedächtnis.
Entscheidungen ohne Weitsicht.
Kommunikation ohne Körper.
Teams ohne Richtung.
Klagen ohne Kontext.
Eile ohne Weile.

Die Ironie:

Wir beschleunigen so stark, dass wir blind werden.
Technik macht's möglich. 
Aber wer fragt: Quo vadis? 
Und "Warum?"

Wir reden so viel, dass wir nicht mehr hören.
Wir planen so dicht, dass wir nichts mehr verstehen.

Gute Führung braucht eine andere Architektur.
Eine, in der Wahrnehmung wieder Vorrang bekommt.
In der der Moment l a n g s a m genug wird, 
damit neues Denken überhaupt entstehen kann.

In der der Körper ein Informationsorgan wird 
– nicht nur ein kaffeebetankter Träger ermüdeter Gehirne.

In der Logik aus Raum entsteht, nicht aus Rush.
(O-Ton: "Wir brauchen mehr Spielraum.")

Die wirksamsten Führungskräfte, mit denen ich arbeite, 
haben eines gemeinsam:

Sie kultivieren strukturelle Entschleunigung.
Nicht als Wellness, sondern als strategische Praxis.

Sie wissen das:

Wer langsam genug sieht, handelt schnell genug.
Wer klar wahrnimmt, trifft schärfere Entscheidungen.
Wer weniger kommuniziert, kommuniziert präziser.
Vielleicht ist das die eigentliche Führungsrevolution:
Nicht schneller werden.

Sondern wacher.

_____
Wie schaffst du in deinem Alltag Räume für klare Wahrnehmung?
Oder kämpfst du noch im Dauerfeuer der Beschleunigung?
Du brauchst strategische Klarheit?
Einen Mario Kondo für deinen Kopf.
DM me!


 #Leadership #Transformation #NarrativeIntelligence #NewWork #Communication #EmbodiedLeadership #SeductiveLeadership

Leadership isn't a skill problem, it is a relating problem.

Otti Vogt outlines here so well, what I continuously observe in the realm of my work: Leaders barely manage to steer cohesion.

Surely the reasons are complex, but some are obvious. But added to them we still focus too little on group narration, group dynamics, cohesion and rhythms that amalgamate diffuse inner development levels and a lack of looking for the whole:

⚡️ High stress levels leads to a lack of empathy, with themselves as others.
⚡️ They often lack basic leadership skills as they were educated for sth else.
⚡️ Often I see a lack of language agility, they speak in frames borrowed from a  world of manageable tech, rather from a relational reservoir, a #WeQ
⚡️ They decide and think based on internal thinking rather than observation of what happens around them (often due to a perceived/replicated lack of time)
⚡️ Loads of status anxiety blinds them for the real thing (WE are in this shit together; and a wrong tale of psychological safety is even worsening the status quo, by avoiding the conflict due to false harmony)

"Inner development" is great, but not when it replicates the capitalistic #logic of #competition. Thus we are mislead to speak from degrees of maturity based on individual skills rather than on realtional skills.

What do you think would happen if we reframe leadership as we-dership?

#Wedership #Leadership #ExecutiveCoaching #Narration #GroupDynamics #Language #LeadershipTraining

Leadership for Good | Host Leaders For Humanity & Business For Humanity | Good Organisations Lab | United Leaders Europe

THE FETISH OF "INNER DEVELOPMENT"

From leadership retreats to global frameworks like the #IDGs, we’re told the path to a better world begins “within”: better mindsets, deeper presence, more empathy. The premise sounds benign—even noble. But it rests on a profound misconception: the idea that inner transformation is apolitical, a private operating model upgrade rather than a socially and historically situated process.

This is not a harmless mistake.

When we detach “the inner” from structures of power, institutions, and justice, we turn human development into a technology of adaptation. Instead of transforming the world that produces alienation, burnout, inequality, or ecological collapse, we train individuals to cope with it more gracefully. The inner becomes a buffer—an emotional shock absorber for systemic dysfunction.

The result is a politics of self-improvement that masquerades as societal change.

Popular leadership development frameworks recycle this logic. They present virtues—humility, empathy, openness—as acquirable skills, stripped of moral and political context. But genuine virtues are not free-floating traits. They are formed within communities, contested through conflict, and oriented toward substantive conceptions of justice and the good. Without this grounding, “inner development” collapses into meditation classes and ethical minimalism: feeling good, relating better, collaborating smoothly—while entrenched institutional patterns and structural injustice remain untouched.

This depoliticised turn inward reflects a deep cultural anxiety. When systems feel too large to change, we retreat into the self. But positive psychology is not political transformation. And a framework that treats human beings as self-optimising monads cannot address the structural absences—unjust property regimes, broken democracies, extractive finance systems, exploitative legal norms—that impede genuine flourishing.

The truth is: The "inner" is always political. Persons are formed within ideological social systems, not in spite of them. If we simplistically develop our "inner world", we are already taking sides in a moral space that is left fundamentally unexamined.

Any developmental model that ignores ethical, institutional and political complexity becomes, inevitably, a tool of status-quo maintenance: a moral placebo, a wellness add-on to a world in flames. Critical judgment is replaced with performative empathy.

True development is not the incremental scaling of competencies. It is the deepening of practical wisdom and the ability to craft narratives, build institutions, and sustain relationships that uphold shared moral horizons in which people can become good. The task is not to regulate the psyche to fit a broken world, but to transform the world so that our inner lives no longer shrink beneath the weight of its failures.

#leadership #transformation

Ferdinand Linke

Coaching und Conception of Design Thinking Workshops and Team Processes. 

Selected Clients:  Viessmann Werke GmbH & Co.KG, VW Marketing, Dräger

Co-operation partners:
Designthinkingcoach.de, Education Innovation Lab, Haus der Zukunft gGmbH, betahaus Berlin.

Design Thinking Workshop Facilitator

WOW Tech, Medienverband der Freien Presse, BNB Kasse

Google Design Sprint Facillitator

Branding and Social Media Marketing Consulting
Organisational Development

Facilitator and Consultant 

User Experience Researcher

Working for diverse companies as product consultant

Promotion and Product Consultant

Dark Horse GmbH

Coaching Teams in Design Thinking Workshops since 2016.

Research in User Research Projects

Design Thinking Coach and User Researcher

Facilitating and leading the Design Thinking Workshop Class

Design Thinking Workshop Lead

Designit

Capturing internal knowledge through workshops to develop employee mindsets to improve the employee experience at a large German aviation company  to develop employee mindsets and improve the employee experience.

Senior Service Designer

GISMA Business School

Teaching Design Thinking to Business Master Students.

University Teacher

zero360

Agile Coach

Coaching and Leading User Research in the Design Thinking Journeys of the Signal Iduna Insurance

Agile Coach and Senior User Researcher

Hasso Plattner Institute

Preparing and supporting the organization of Design Thinking Workshops.

Design Thinking Workshop Assistant

artop - Associated Institute of the Humboldt University of Berlin

Creating Content. Supporting and preparing usability workshops.

Research Intern

University of Siegen

Doing researchs and Interviews for the AMI- Project (Monitoring of people with dementia).

User Experience Research Assistant

Kaasa health GmbH

Testing the usability of Health Video Games. 
Editing PR-Texts for Kaasa Health.

PR and Usability Intern

Completing my MA in Media Studies, I have built a successful career in Design Thinking, User Experience Research and Workshop Facilitation. Since 2015, I have facilitated over 100 Design Thinking workshops from big brands small purpose-driven NGOs. I have been leading workshops with established design thinking agencies like zero360 and Dark Horse. For Dark Horse I was also leading their Design Thinking Workshop class from 2021 - 2022.  From 2019-2020 I served a Senior User Researcher in a 6-month Design Thinking project for Signal Iduna in Dortmund. I am also experienced in conducting Google Design Sprints. I am very proud to have been part of a design sprint for the UI of a wellness app that is now used by an only cautiously estimated 100,000 users. 

In brand workshops, I love figuring out the core and purpose of a person or brand finding ways to unfold it in the world and bring it to the right place in the fast-paced world of social media.
I believe in the power of design thinking and user-centered design to create meaningful and impactful products and experiences. My commitment to this philosophy is evident in all of my work, whether it is through leading workshops, conducting research, facilitating collaborations, or even my personal interest "Songwriting". 

I am passionate about Design Thinking because it serves as an anchor in the rapidly changing world of digitization and VUCA, keeping the human aspect at the forefront of innovation. Design thinking will always need humans, and I believe it is indispensable in the creative process even though there are all these new technologies as AI and VR that in my opinion can support the Design Process even more. 

In addition to my professional experience, my strength lies in my creativity and ability to hold tensions within teams to create and unfold the greatest impact. My experience in Mindfulness helps me in these cases to  maintain focus,  presence and facilitate open communication.
I bring a spark of my creative mind to each project, ensuring that the end result is not only functional but also innovative. My passion for music rounds off my multifaceted personality and inspires me to keep pushing the boundaries.

As a songwriter, I have a passion for finding the right words. In Design Thinking, I believe that finding the right words is not only about the result but also about fostering common understanding within a team, which can be as important as the end result itself. Like a chorus in a song, finding the right words in design thinking helps to bring a team together and align on a shared vision.

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