Leadership · Innovation · EngineeringLeadership · Innovation · Engineering
Build an organization that can adapt, innovate, and deliver.
I help you develop leaders, improve collaboration, and turn ideas into practice. We can start in one team or work across your organization.I help you develop leaders, improve collaboration, and turn ideas into practice. We work on what needs to change, whether that starts in one department or spans countries and cultures.
Developer, founder, coach, and facilitator.I've built software and companies, and worked with leaders and teams across Europe, North America, and Asia.
What changed for clients
8 weeks
At Mainova, an internal team went from no innovation lab to prospective customers asking when they could buy.
Mainova · Built with the internal teamFaster delivery
At AuPairWorld, delivery sped up, bugs fell, and the team kept improving after I left.
AuPairWorld · Read the storyKeep good leaders
The client reported that only 1.2% of program graduates left the company, compared with over 20% of other leaders.
Leadership development I co-facilitate · Read the storyWorking with Matthias
Develop your people. Improve how work gets done.
I advise leadership groups, facilitate workshops, and work alongside the people making the change.
Leadership development & collaboration
Help people lead and work together.
Develop leaders who help people make decisions, speak openly, and work through disagreements. I work with you to improve cooperation across teams, departments, and cultures, so good people can contribute more.
Innovation, product & engineering
Turn ideas into products people want.
Test promising ideas with customers and help teams build and release better products. I bring experience as a developer and founder, from early experiments to test-driven development, more frequent releases, and fewer handoffs.
Sometimes you need both.
A team can learn to test ideas quickly and still be held back if every experiment needs a promise of success. When that happens, I work with the team and the leaders who can change those expectations.
Whether you know where to start or need help figuring it out, we can decide on a useful first step together.
Talk about what you want to improve
Keynotes & speaking
Give people something worth talking about after the event.
Stories from building companies and working with people, on leadership, innovation, and learning from mistakes. Sometimes with music.
Coaching & courses
You don't have to work through every difficult situation alone.
Bring the team conflict, difficult conversation, or workshop you're preparing. Get a second perspective and practical ideas for what to try next.
Individual attention
1:1 Coach the Coach
Work through a current challenge and decide what to try next.
Explore 1:1 coachingBroader practice
ACE Masterclass
Deepen your ability to help teams and leaders through complex change.
Explore ACEFocused learning
Live courses
Build practical skills in leadership, Scrum, conflict, product, or technical work.
Browse coursesTools you can use
Something useful for your next workshop.
Guides, posters, books, and facilitation materials to help you prepare and try something with your team.
Writing from experience
A closer look at why work gets difficult.
Read the articlesStart a conversation
What would you like to make possible?
Tell me what you want to achieve, or what's making it difficult. You don't need a finished brief or know which kind of help to ask for.
