Transform how your teams learn, decide, and deliver

When Deutsche Bahn's digital transformation team needed to build digital competencies across their organization, they turned to us for a scalable solution. Together, we designed, developed and iterated the DB Product Owner Dojo—a hybrid learning journey of training with real world cases and coaching for anchoring and learning on the job that delivered remarkable results across 75 employees annually.

The challenge: Deutsche Bahn needed to transform their digital capabilities while maintaining their commitment to SAFe frameworks and coordination across multiple concurrent projects and initiatives.

Our approach: We designed a multi-week learning journey with AI-enhanced product discovery tools, creating a safe space for teams to experiment with real-world challenges focused on UN sustainability goals. Our dedicated coaches provided ongoing support between sessions, helping participants apply their learning directly to their day-to-day work.

Results: Participants mastered essential product discovery tools, developed compelling value propositions, and experienced practical applications of design thinking, user story mapping, and lean experimentation—all while building an internal network of product experts. One participant noted, "Product Dojo gave us both the theory and practice to immediately improve our digital products."

By 2022, the program had expanded to include AI-powered continuous customer understanding, helping Deutsche Bahn accelerate their insights and decision-making while maintaining their human-centered approach.

Zalando's Innovation Lab "The Shuttle" and a very small group of internal coaches faced the challeng of establishing a customer-centric innovation culture and a product operations model across their rapidly growing organization.

The challenge: How to scale agile practices and innovation capabilities to hundreds of teams while maintaining consistency and quality.

Our approach: Using co-creation, the Back from the Room methodology and Lean Change principles, we designed multiple learning formats—from intensive workshops to self-directed learning paths—that empowered teams to own their transformation journey.

Results: Our action-oriented teaching style and deep expertise helped Zalando's internal coaches adopt new practices, using tools like Business Model Canvas and Value Proposition Design in their daily work. The Shuttle team became equipped to map how they create value for the organization and launch a scalable learning program.

"The action-oriented teaching style and deep knowledge helped us a lot. The new thinking is now well accepted by our innovation coaches helping teams across the organization," said Bastian Gerhard, Head of Innovation and Enablement at Zalando.

The management team at MyToys needed to embrace customer-centric methodologies to stay competitive in the evolving retail landscape.

The challenge: Transform traditional management approaches into a more adaptive, design-led mindset.

Our approach: We co-created a one-day Design Thinking Dojo that introduced leaders to user-centered methods through hands-on exercises with real customer challenges.

Results: The entire management team experienced the power of design thinking in a practical context relevant to their business. "Tolles Format, toller Tag!" was the enthusiastic response, with participants highlighting how they learned new approaches while having fun. The workshop catalyzed a shift toward more customer-centric product development throughout the organization.

Kienbaum, a leading consulting firm, needed to integrate agile methodologies into their client services, ideation process, and sales approach.

The challenge: Help consultants apply agile frameworks to their unique context without losing the essence of agile values.

Our approach: Through co-design with stakeholders, we developed a custom two-day Agile Dojo that combined Scrum principles with design thinking and lean startup methods relevant to consulting work.

Results: The training equipped 40 consultants with tools they could immediately apply to client engagements. "What a great two-day session! Received many new insights on how to adapt agile to my daily work," said Alexander Hochgürtel. Other participants noted how the Dojo "enabled our energy and creativity and moved us to incredible ideas."

Swisscom needed to empower product owners to make better decisions in their digital transformation journey.

The challenge: Develop a shared product toolbox that could work across diverse teams while maintaining consistency with Swisscom's culture.

Our approach: We designed a three-day highly interactive Product Dojo learning incubator, combining hands-on exercises with real-world examples tailored to Swisscom's specific context.

Results: Product owners gained practical experience with agile and lean tools while building a network of peers and establishing a shared product culture. "Get long-lasting experiences from a highly motivated and highly skilled team of teachers!" noted Stefan Gohr from Swisscom. The program helped accelerate Swisscom's agile transformation by creating a common language and approach to product development.

Bonprix, part of the Otto Group, wanted to integrate design thinking into their agile coaching practice to foster a more innovative culture.

The challenge: Develop internal design thinking coaches who could lead innovation initiatives throughout the organization.

Our approach: We created a Coach Dojo that taught not just design thinking methods but also how to facilitate these practices for others—using a learn-by-doing approach with real challenges.

Results: The training created a cadre of internal coaches equipped to spread design thinking practices. "Das Training war fantastisch und ich fühle mich bestens ausgerüstet Design Thinking in meine Arbeit als Agile Coach zu integrieren," said Jan Niesitka from Otto Group. Another participant described it as "Klug, kompetent, kurzweilig und überraschend anders," highlighting the effective mix of theory and practice.

Wooga, a leading mobile game developer, needed to enhance their product development processes to remain competitive in the fast-paced gaming industry.

The challenge: Integrate lean product development principles into their creative game design process without stifling innovation.

Our approach: We designed a two-day interactive workshop that adapted Scrum and lean product practices specifically for game development teams.

Results: Teams experienced how to balance creative exploration with structured development. "Stefan can create an open and creative environment, perfect to enhance creativity and constructive discussions. Working with him was a huge jump in my skills and way of seeing production," said Damien Yvray, Game Designer at Wooga. The workshop helped Wooga improve their ability to deliver engaging games while maintaining sustainable development practices.

The challenge: Forto, a leading digital freight forwarder, needed to strengthen its product organization's ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders—from development teams to executive leadership.

Our approach: We designed a tailored Product Communication Dojo consisting of three focused workshop sessions. Each built essential skills: communicating complex ideas, pitching to business stakeholders, and engaging development teams with customer problems.

Results: Twenty product professionals across Forto developed practical communication frameworks they could immediately apply in their work. Participants mastered techniques for problem framing, stakeholder management, and collaborative decision-making.

"Learning by doing in its finest! We trained our communication skills in three on-site workshops full of interaction, practice and fun. I highly recommend to product and non-product colleagues!" noted Tomasz, a senior product leader at Forto and some others left us these feedbacks:

”Engaging and Insightful Communication workshops - it was hands on, practical and I left with applicable, easy to use tools that I can improve and use in my daily work.”

“Great workshop with a lot of insights and learnings. The tools you get are immediately and easy applicable.”