Flavia Bleuel

Background

About Flavia Bleuel

I am passionate about human development in the field of innovation and leadership. As Head of Professional Development at the HPI I am responsible for developing new formats for human-centered innovation and digital transformation as well as inquiring into the impact of Design Thinking on organizations. I co-designed the curriculum and train-the-trainer format at the HPI School of Design Thinking and coached students and coaches from all over the world. I started as a journalist and learned how to listen to people to better understand their personal stories. I worked as researcher and lecturer for user behavior and as innovation coach at the Berlin University of the Arts and built a user research lab from scratch. I am passionate about analyzing how people deal with complex and uncertain challenges. I have been an innovation coach for 15 years combining Design Thinking, agile innovation management, Innovation Strategy, Business Model Development as well as Creative, Agile and Adaptive Leadership. I co-founded CoObeya, a freelancer Expert Network for Innovation as well as TQ.digital. I also work as a freelance user researcher. Besides I am certified in the Facial Action Coding System and offer training in the analysis of non-verbal communication e.g. for coaches and trainers or executives. I studied Communication and Media, Psychology, and Anglistic Linguistics at the Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena. More input on some projects you can find here: