Team Launch

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From a group to a team. From "hi, what's your name?" to a tightly woven, productive unit.
That doesn't happen by itself. And it doesn't have to take long.

I guide this transition: from the first meeting all the way into real flow. Under tight constraints, with limited budget and little time, in a way that leaves people enjoying their work and putting energy into what matters.

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How I work

I work on several levels at once.
I think in systems. I see patterns before they take hold, notice where information isn't flowing, and understand how decisions, roles and dependencies shape each other, and are shaped in return.

At the same time I bring years of somatic and embodiment experience. I sense what's happening in a room even before anyone names it. Where energy is sitting. Where someone agrees but isn't really on board. Where a connection wants to form but hasn't found its way yet.

Systemic thinking and physical presence together allow me to spot friction and translation problems early and clear them before they become resistance. What the room says is data. Learning to hear it is the work.
I stay until the flow is there. And once it is, it makes sense to keep it.

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From nothing into reality, a few examples:

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Kiezburn Berlin

Starting point: a Telegram group, a vision, no plan, no concept, no budget. End result: a functioning crew, clear roles, a finished temple installation at the festival and 1,200 people watching in silence for an hour on the last day as the "7 Gates of Grief" burned down.

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The Y Radio e.V., Berlin

An ambitious project fails to reach sustainable cashflow. The funding runs out, the project collapses. The founders are already at the next Founders Fair while the team simultaneously loses jobs, homes and the stability of their community. I decided to keep working with the team for a few more weeks, so no one would fall into the void alone. The Y Radio, an online community radio association, is still broadcasting today.

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Studio U, Berlin

Starting point: an underbooked coworking space. What it became: a vibrant network of around 50 creatives and technologists that over five years realized installations at Fusion, delivered commissions for Spotify, Adidas, Springer Verlag, the Museum der Dinge and the Humboldt Forum, produced close to 50 public events, and gave rise to several independent companies.

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Tacita Dean: FILM, Tate Modern London

Tacita asked me whether I thought her concept was feasible. My answer: we'll make it work. How, we'd figure out along the way. In the end, a proud team of over 20 people had found answers to countless questions and achieved things that had never been attempted before, and FILM opened in the Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern.

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Confidentiality comes with the territory. That's the nature of the work, and often the projects that stay behind closed doors are the ones that mattered most. What I can say is that the range has been wide: team congruence and collaboration, but also system composition, business architecture, product development and market fit. That fills me with genuine joy and, yes, with pride.

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A lot of this used to emerge intuitively, from the context, from experience and feel. Over the last few years I've deliberately expanded my toolkit and developed my own frameworks that make the process more structured and more predictable. What stays constant is the core: be present, listen to what the room needs, and work from there.

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This is for you if:

• your team is just forming and you want it to actually work from the start.

• You're in an early founding phase, kicking off an accelerator batch, or taking on a creative or impact project with a mixed group of people.

• You'd rather put the energy into the work than anywhere else.

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Call or send a message. The first conversation is free and without obligation.