The Association

The idea

It was clear to the founders from the very beginning: the idea of the Denkplan should be accessible to everyone. Everyone with an interest in strategy and flexible implementation should be able to participate in the use, dissemination and further development of Denkplan. Community & Sharing with collaborative shared knowledge development.. “This is why we founded the Denkplan association,” says Philipp Stalder, president of the association.

Association

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The Denkplan association brings together experts and interested parties from industry, consulting and training companies, science and other organisations or associations. We exchange information on the topics of strategy, lean portfolio, project and task management and are committed to the further development and quality assurance of the Denkplan model. Our common interest: to promote strategy work in organisations.

The Denkplan association brings together experts and interested parties from industry, consulting and training companies, science and other organisations or associations. We exchange information on the topics of strategy, lean portfolio, project and task management and are committed to the further development and quality assurance of the Denkplan model. Our common interest: to promote strategy work in organisations.

Participate

The association Denkplan is open to individuals and organisations alike. Associations can delegate representatives to the association.
Keen to join in? Then contact us by email and tell us briefly and concisely why and how you would like to support the association. We will contact you immediately and give you further information, for example on membership fees – they vary and depend on whether you register as an individual or as an organisation. Our board will then decide on your application.

Collaboration

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Workshops

Discover the power of the Denkplan method in our workshops and mini-events!

Become a DENKPLAN® consultant: Discover adaptive strategy development in our workshop! Expand your consulting services with collaborative methods and learn to visualize, concretize, and implement corporate strategies down to the team level in disruptive times.

The Denkplan Founding Team

Philipp Stalder
Consulting & Board of Directors Denkplan Association

Philipp has been rooted in digital topics since the late 90s. After helping shape the innovation process and lean portfolio management at Digitec Galaxus, Philipp is now an organizational developer, lean thinker, and partner at Smart System Guild. Philipp considers himself a process and development consultant for organizations.

As a coach, he supports companies and teams on their transformation journey, based on lean agile values and principles. His passion lies in the collaborative development of organizational systems aligned with value streams and empowering people to unfold their impact in these systems through creative and healthy work. In his consulting work, Philipp has gained experience in various industries and business fields.
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Christoph Jordi
Consulting & Board of Directors Denkplan Association

Since 2011, Christoph has been accompanying companies of all sizes and industries in strategic personnel projects with DoDifferent. Currently, in addition to employer branding, he is heavily involved with digital transformation, cultural change, and agility in HR.

His conviction: The small things make the big difference. As a creative doer, he brings spice to workshops and loves structuring complex topics. He also has board experience and has been presiding over the foundation board of a large NGO for over 15 years. Christoph was Chief Marketing Officer of the Winterthur Insurance Group for many years. At AXA Group, he was part of the Global HR Board as Group Head of Learning & Development and as Global Head of Organisation Development. His work locations: Zurich, Tokyo, Paris.
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Rainer Grau
Consulting & Board of Directors Denkplan Association

For over twenty years, Rainer Grau has been accompanying companies on their journey to act in a focused, lean, and value-oriented manner. His value system is based on principles of Lean Startup, Business Agility approaches and frameworks, Beyond Budgeting, Lean Leadership, and the pursuit of continuously developing oneself and one's own organization to create sustainable value for customers and employees.

His experience backpack contains many years of working with companies from various industries as a Distinguished Consultant and Partner at Zühlke Engineering, the transformation of Digitec Galaxus into a lean and agile company from the CEO down, the development and implementation of courses at universities of applied sciences, as well as active involvement in the agile community.
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Klaus Gottschalk
Consulting

Klaus Gottschalk is a versatile and implementation-oriented strategist with leadership experience in the context of international large and small companies. He is well-versed in strategy development, implementation, and measurement, as well as in agile project and project portfolio management.

Klaus was Chief Strategy Officer of AXA Switzerland and responsible for developing the cross-departmental corporate strategy. In his role, he accompanied international best practice initiatives as well as a large culture change program of the AXA Group, and dealt with topics such as corporate culture, organizational development, and employee development.
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Anna-Luisa Kaminski
Consulting

Anna-Luisa is an experienced project manager whose professional journey took her through Germany, France, and England before continuing her career in Switzerland. She works in business and organizational development and has guided strategy development and implementation in two large corporations.

Anna-Luisa gained professional experience as a project manager in strategy consulting, in the MedTech sector, and in retail. Her strength lies in her intercultural and agile project management, her curiosity, and her results orientation.
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Patrick Hanhart
Consulting

For years, Patrick has been using a collaborative approach in strategy development and implementation. With a business background and extensive management experience in SMEs, startups, and non-profit organizations, he brings a versatile perspective.

His international experience in marketing, sales, consulting, and general management allows him to view complex challenges holistically and develop innovative solutions. As a Senior Consultant at DoDifferent, Patrick guides organizations in collaborative strategy development, involving all relevant stakeholders. He structures complex relationships and translates them into actionable measures.
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Partner and Clients

Denkplan relies on networking and collaboration. Because these are success factors. Our partners are happy to advise you on the use of Denkplan. Get in touch with them.

DoDifferent

We are DoD!fferent.
We believe that people are the essential success factor of a company.
For our customers, we are challenging friends.
We challenge organizations with a cheeky perspective and creative ideas.
We connect employees with strategy and brand.
This is how we make companies fit for the future.

We develop ideas, strategies, concepts, and measures with you for the corporate and personnel management of the future.

Pragmatic Solutions

Our name?
Is our program.
We help you anchor healthy organizational development in everyday life, thus putting your company on the path to success.

Practical, effective, sustainable.

Our specialty?
Navigating the complex.
So that you can start “changing”.
Thoughtful, purposeful, feasible.

Our approach?
Individual and proven.
Together we set impulses to make your organization more efficient.
Sensible, step by step, goal-oriented.

SSG

Smart System Guild GmbH

Together with you, we shape your organization into an intelligent system that can quickly adapt to changes.

Our competence is the clever, sophisticated selection of methods, practices, and tools suitable for your company from the agile, lean, and also classic toolbox of organizational design.

The most important thing: the people who bring your organization to life.
This is our expertise, our experience, our passion.

Realigned Technologies GmbH

Realigned Technologies GmbH is a Denkplan technology partner and offers the Jira plugin “Denkplan Portfolio Map for Jira“. The integration of Denkplan into your Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence.

catworkx AG

catworkx is one of the largest Atlassian Platinum and Enterprise Solution Partners in the DACH region, with locations in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, specializing 100 percent in Atlassian solutions.

Selected Denkplan Customers