Senior Innovation Advisor - Freelancer

• Market: Middle East + Germany

• Innovation Management / Technology Consulting
• Trainings + Keynotes / Ideation Workshops / Trend monitoring
• Advising companies on developing a sustainable future strategy and navigating the complex and uncertain future by providing strategic guidance, driving innovation and empowering them to embrace opportunities as they arise
• Simultaneously managing diverse projects, stakeholders, processes, timelines & project objectives
• Developing strategies that are aligned with future trends and challenges - for clients in the finance, IT, mechanical engineering and medical technology sectors
• Supporting clients in developing innovative business models, designing new products or services and formulating long-term strategies to stay competitive
• Developing workshops on innovation, future foresight and trend management (also for training purposes) for customers
• Planning and design of high-quality deep dives, trend reports and studies on relevant global trends and influencing factors
• Acquisition of new projects - internationally

Part time since January 2019; Full time from March 2023 to May 2024.

• Innovation Advisory to create innovative solutions, products and services
• Workshop Facilitation & Speaking
• Masterclasses: “Setup of innovative teams” and “Create Your solution”

Activities:

• Planning and facilitation of innovation trainings, Design Thinking workshops and Design Sprints focusing on the development of new solutions (products, services, processes).
• Creating learning programs (workshops and lectures) together with renowned training providers on the topics of innovation methods, team building and remote tools (e.g., Miro)
• Presenting the self-developed “InnovationShortcut” framework (based on Design Thinking) - among others: at the Innovation Arabia 15 conference
• Speaking on the topic of "Superpower Diversity” to increase innovation power in team collaboration
• Guest lecturer on creative education (with Design Thinking) for children at 3Duxdesign in the USA

• Product and Communication Design
• Managing a consortium of aviation companies and suppliers
• Developing an innovative concept in the aircraft cabin
• Incorporating cultural aspects into the technical concept
• Creation of the digital mock-up
• Presentation of the results to funding authorities
• Writing and illustrating a mechanical engineering glossary

• Developing a new measurement equipment together with an interdisciplinary team
• Setting the milestones and defining the workflow steps together with the team, manufacturers and stakeholder - distributed across Brazil, Mexico and Germany