Artificial intelligence is changing how we work, make decisions, and collaborate. As AI becomes part of our teams, it also changes what we expect from leadership.

What interests me most are the questions this raises about us. What happens to leadership when AI systems make recommendations, take action, and shape decisions? How do we keep our own judgment sharp? And how do we build trust and take responsibility when the answers are still open?

Many leaders sense that familiar ways of leading are being stretched. In my experience, AI projects rarely stall because of the technology. They stall when the leadership questions remain open: who decides, who reviews, and who takes responsibility.

As AI takes on more tasks and gains more autonomy, human judgment and responsibility gain importance. Giving direction, building trust, working through conflict, and standing behind decisions remain the work of people. Being present matters most when much is uncertain.

I know this uncertainty from my own experience as an entrepreneur. Today, at the Munich Center for Digital Sciences and AI, I research how collaboration between people and agentic AI systems succeeds and which social, cultural, and structural conditions it needs. Successful implementation means more than integrating technology. It requires change in how we think, how we communicate, and in our organizational culture.

I work with leaders and teams who want to strengthen exactly this. I think alongside them, ask questions, and bring an independent perspective. Together, we test assumptions, try things out, and find a way forward when the answers are uncertain.

What guides me is a simple conviction: technology makes a difference when people use it with a clear sense of their values. That means collaboration rather than control, leadership that strengthens people, and work that gives people more room for judgment, relationships, and meaning.

Leadership is learned in practice, in moments when decisions come without a blueprint and uncertainty is part of everyday life. This experience shapes my work. I have spent 24 years in innovation, many of them as an entrepreneur, and I know what responsibility feels like when everything is in motion. I am a hands-on entrepreneur with a scientific foundation, and I am convinced that good leadership grows where the two come together.

I work with leaders and their teams as they navigate change, growth, and complexity. What interests me is what works in everyday practice. As a professor, I bring behavioral science research directly into practice and develop leadership programs that start where real change begins: in how people think, talk with each other, and make decisions.

Today, my work focuses on leadership in the age of AI. Together with organizations, I redesign how people and AI collaborate, embedded in culture, structures, and relationships. We approach this as a shared exploration rather than a recipe. How does leadership stay human when technology thinks with us? My AIDE model gives this work its structure and helps leaders stay able to act in an increasingly technical world.

I bring experience, a clear perspective, and the willingness to name difficult questions. At the same time, I think alongside the people I work with, test assumptions with them, and look for a way forward when the path is still open.

Leadership is daily work. It happens in conversations, in decisions, and in the difficult moments in between.

Many organizations invest in technology, yet the real bottleneck lies in leadership. AI tools and first multi-agent systems are in use, use cases have been collected, processes documented. And still, collaboration often remains unclear, responsibilities blur, and the hoped-for impact fails to materialize. The willingness is there. What organizations need is direction and clearly defined roles for working with AI.

This is where I come in, working with boards, executive teams, and leadership teams who are introducing AI and rethinking their understanding of leadership along the way. At the center is one question: Can our organization make sound decisions when AI has a say in them?

Where we can start

Inspiration · Keynotes and fireside chats
Leading the Unknown: Leadership when AI shapes decisions. For conferences, leadership retreats, and executive education. Your audience leaves with clarity about what matters now and the confidence to act. I host the fireside series for senior executives together with Kirsten Heller, board member at VI AG.
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Own Your KI: Shaping Your Leadership Team’s Stance on the AI Transformation.
Building on a shared understanding, in this in-house workshop, co-created with Kirsten Heller, CEO and board member of VI AG, you develop the shared stance and strategic guardrails for the AI transition. It is the step from „knowing“ to „willing“ and „guiding.“

Executive Advisory
Strategic support over several months. First, your leadership team builds a shared understanding of what AI agents mean for your strategy. Then we clarify where AI truly creates value, which levers matter now, and who decides, reviews, and takes responsibility when AI makes the first call. From this, your leadership team develops a stance, guardrails, and agreements it can rely on in daily work. This is where knowing turns into committing. If you like, we start with a Human-Agent Sprint: your leadership circle tests AI agents on a case from your own company and gathers its own evidence for the next decisions.
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For supervisory boards · Board Advisory
For supervisory and executive boards who want to assess how well their organization can make decisions. Three touchstones point the way: Have you defined where AI proposes, where it decides, and where human judgment is essential? Are you building trust deliberately? Have you adapted roles, metrics, and governance to AI?
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For HR and L&D · Programs on request
Do you want to enable leaders and change agents to carry the AI transformation and create the psychological safety teams need for it? I work with you to develop tailored programs for exactly that.
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Where do you stand right now?
The AI Leadership Check shows you in a few minutes how clearly your organization leads AI. It is a short version of my AIDE model. For an in-depth assessment, I work with you personally.
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