Enabling Digital Expertise

Since my earliest teenage days, I have been interested in the adventure of computers as well as working with people. As a part of the first generation of computer kids, playing and programming on the computer were two ways for me to have fun with the new medium. At the same time, I was enthusiastic about working with people in different clubs as a group leader or trainer.

My interest in working with people led to my master of adult education (corporate and digital learning & working). At the same time, I worked as an independent IT and Communication Trainer as well as an IT Service Provider (data analytics, programming, marketing/design) . In 1991 I discovered the Internet and its opportunities. Two years later, both worlds came together for the first time. As a freelancer at the AUDI Learning Center, I got into the world of computer-based training. This kind of digital training kept me ever since. I started working as an author, programmer, and designer and developed computer-aided instructions and learning on the Internet. My master thesis in 1995 showed the fundamental structure of learning management systems (this structure is still the same today). After graduation, I got the opportunity to develop digital learning and working solutions as a freelancer in various scientific research projects around digital corporate training, remote work. I consulted and coached 100+ small and medium-sized companies as learning organizations for the digital transformation.

One thing got pretty obvious ever since: many small and pragmatic solutions of digitization - carefully implemented - are way better than large and comprehensive projects that are planned at the desk. This is still a guiding principle for me today - and it got a name: agile development.

In 2001, I began to establish a Learning Management System and introduced eLearning/Digital Training at T-Online/Telekom Customer Service as a manager and head of the department. I trained the trainers in Online Training and established set up training analytics for up to 30,000 users per year. In this environment, the best methods and techniques have proven themselves in practice. The results of my work are available in various scientific and practical articles and speeches.

With these experiences and insights, I started my own business as a consultant and business developer in 2009 and began to support larger enterprises with digital training products and solutions. At the same time, I started to build up a cloud-based marketplace for eLearning content with a business partner.

Since the end of 2015, I have been developing new digital training and information products and supporting companies in the digital trasnformation of their training and HR Departments.

And again, it turns out that we are not at the end of a series of innovations, but that the real innovations are still ahead of us. With all technical opportunities and the changing culture of the employees, completely new personal development strategies are needed. These need to be developed and tested in order to ensure the sustainability of companies and employees, also in the area of personal development.