Leadership and Management

Cross-Disciplinary Integration

In my role as a technical leader, I focus on:

• Fostering a sense of purpose by clear accountability, ownership and aligned milestones

• Guiding teams (of 5 to 12 people) through complex technical decisions

• Maintaining balance between innovation and deliverability by bridging tech and business

• Fostering experimental mindsets while ensuring pragmatic reliable outcomes

Sustainable Solutions

While embracing cutting-edge tools like computational design and machine learning, I maintain that tools should serve creativity, not constrain it. My approach emphasizes:

• Strategic integration of advanced technologies

• Balance between automated and human-driven processes

• Continuous evaluation and adaptation of methodologies

• Open-minded exploration of new approaches

Stakeholder Management

It is crucial to have all stakeholders speak the same language. Besides achievable realistic goals, alignment is fundamentally deciding whether a project has the possibility to succeed or whether it fails. Some key factor include:

• Building and maintaining alignment across diverse stakeholder groups and across different hierarchy levels

• Managing expectations through clear communication

• Developing realistic timelines and deliverables

• Maintaining team motivation during uncertain times

Struggles and Crisis Management

Leading teams as well as projects through difficult times requires the ability to stabilize and set achievable, yet motivating goals to reinstate a sense of purpose and ownership with the team. Some of my key considerations include: 

• Physical presence, demonstration of integrity and openness

• Rapid assessment and realistic goal-setting

• Protection of key team assets and capabilities

• Clear prioritization and timeline management

• Balancing immediate needs with long-term sustainability