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Mobility Innovation in Europe – Studies & Action Plan
What does it take for mobility startups to truly scale across Europe? Together with the European Startup Prize, we explored this question through a data-driven lens – and turned our findings into actionable political recommendations at the EU level.
Compact Program on Future Skills
Preparing employees at the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) for the future – that’s what it’s all about.
Through a customized training program, we equip participants with essential future skills such as agile working, change competence, and self-directed communication. The aim is not only to strengthen individual capabilities, but also to promote a modern and attractive work culture.
OKR Coach Training Program
To sustainably anchor working with the Objectives & Key Results (OKR) framework in organizations, internal experts are needed to guide and steer the process. The OKR Coach Training imparts methodological expertise and practical coaching skills, enabling organizations to work independently with OKRs over the long term.
Development of a Nationwide Building Expert Center
The building sector plays a key role in the energy transition. With a new nationwide Building Expert Center, dena is creating a platform for knowledge, quality, and networking – targeting around 5 million professionals in real estate and urban development.
Developing a Sustainability Strategy for a Municipal Hospital
A good sustainability strategy is measured by how effectively it’s implemented. Prioritizing through a materiality analysis, setting up digitally connected operational structures, and clearly defined roles are key to success.
Customer Centricity Training Program
Customer centricity is not a project but a mindset—especially in a multinational corporation with diverse brands. Europe’s leading automotive group introduced a company-wide tool for applying Customer Journeys and Personas to foster a shared understanding of customer needs and drive innovation across all brands.
OKR Rollout at Evangelische Bank
Strategic clarity and flexible goal adjustment are not a contradiction – with the right framework, both can go hand in hand. Evangelische Bank introduced the OKR system to actively engage employees, strengthen ownership, and sustainably establish an agile organizational culture.
Developing Health-Promoting, Cross-Generational Leadership Formats for mkk
Healthy leadership is a key driver of performance, motivation, and employee retention – especially in the space between traditional leadership approaches and the expectations of younger generations. This project focused on empowering leaders to establish health-promoting, cross-generational leadership within the organization, and to co-develop innovative, needs-based solutions.
Cultural Analysis & Transformation Journey
Future readiness requires cultural clarity. The Evangelische Bank set out to understand how prepared its organization – including its subsidiaries – was for transformation. The result: a data-driven cultural assessment, a collaboratively developed action plan, and the beginning of a long-term transformation journey.
Organizational Development for Tafel Deutschland
With over 60,000 volunteers, Tafel is one of the largest civil society movements in Germany. To ensure the organization remains effective in the future, a comprehensive development process was initiated, focusing on structure, collaboration, digitization, and recruiting new volunteers.
Team Retreat – Team Development
Strong teams don’t just happen – they grow through intentional work on collaboration, shared goals, and team spirit.
In this summer retreat, we supported our client in defining team goals, reflecting on working methods, and strengthening cohesion in a sustainable way.
Stakeholder Analysis for the Climate-Neutral Building Forum
Research alone doesn’t change buildings – real impact happens when knowledge is put into practice. The Climate-Neutral Building Forum (GeFo) by dena aims to accelerate this transfer and align more closely with the real needs of the building sector.
Building Agile Product Teams in Organizations
User-centered product development starts with structure: How are teams composed? What processes foster focus and learning? How is research integrated without feeling like an add-on? In this project, we supported organizations from startups, mid-sized companies, DAX corporations, and ministries in designing scalable agile team structures for product development – and embedding them for lasting impact.
Developing a Materiality Analysis
A robust materiality analysis is a strategic compass for targeted, impactful action.
Team Retreats & Team Development
Whether leadership teams, project groups, or cross-functional networks—when people step out of daily routines and into inspiring spaces, new perspectives arise. Our retreats enable teams to build clarity, connection, and collaboration through formats that go beyond the usual office setting but can be directly applied to everyday work.
Leadership in Agile Product Development
Agile teams need clarity, direction, and psychological safety—that is, leadership. But leadership in agile environments works differently: less control, more enablement. In this program, we supported leaders in developing the mindset and skills to empower agile product teams—fostering self-organization, ownership, and real impact.
Evaluating the Logistics Structures of Tafel NRW
Under the motto “Saving food. Helping people.”, the Tafel organizations in North Rhine-Westphalia provide surplus, high-quality food to over 500,000 people living in poverty. The state association, Tafel Nordrhein-Westfalen e. V., based in Neuss, represents and supports more than 173 local Tafel branches with over 500 distribution points. Around 12,000 volunteers work on-site – from collecting donations to distributing food. To ensure this vital support continues, the logistics infrastructure must be reliable, efficient, and digitally future-ready.
Leading with OKRs
At Evangelische Bank, leadership teams are empowered to use Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) to guide their teams effectively and shape the organization’s strategic direction.
The focus is on promoting agile, self-directed working while strengthening psychological safety and resilience within teams.
Strategy Workshops for the Head Office of the BAGFW
In a changing society, charitable welfare organizations also need clear strategic direction. The head office of the BAGFW has refined its role—together with the leading associations of charitable welfare in Germany.
Axpa-Connext – A Digital Peer Support Platform for People Living with Ankylosing Spondylitis
Living with ankylosing spondylitis (Morbus Bechterew) raises many questions – about symptoms, treatments, medication, or everyday life. With Axpa-Connext, the German Ankylosing Spondylitis Association (DVMB) created a secure digital space for people affected to share experiences, ask questions, and support one another – confidentially, independently of location, and with trust.
Networking Platform for Volunteers and Staff at Tafel Deutschland
Every day, 75,000 people contribute to the Tafel mission – 94% of them on a voluntary basis. They are the heart of one of Germany’s largest social movements. To strengthen their impact and improve collaboration, a digital platform was created that enables nationwide exchange, knowledge sharing, and mutual support.
Introduction of OKRs in a German Foundation
Goals inspire—when they are tangible, understandable, and jointly owned. As part of a pilot project, the foundation began implementing OKRs as a modern goal management system—taking leadership and collaboration to the next level.
The Osmosis Logic of Leadership
Leadership is personal – and at the same time, a collective process. In our coaching formats, we support leaders in strengthening their individual impact while developing a shared language and mindset for good leadership through peer exchange.
Individually or together – you choose the format that best supports your next step as a leader.
Strategic Guiding Framework & Target System for Sustainability
A hospital group aimed to strategically embed sustainability—without jeopardizing its core business. Together, we developed a new guiding framework, clear objectives, and a digital management structure that enables measurable impact and cross-functional collaboration.
OKR Roll-Out in the “Planning and Consulting” Division of dena
Strategic alignment and agile goal setting for around 80 employees. Growth and complexity require clear goals and flexible structures. The “Planning and Consulting” division of dena has introduced OKRs—a goal system that strengthens strategic orientation and agile collaboration.
Agile Sustainability Approach for Leaders & Managers
Embedding sustainability effectively in organizations takes more than goals – it takes people who can shape structures, inspire teams, and lead change. That’s where this hands-on training format from our ASAP Academy comes in.
