Philipp Schäfer
I empower organizations to drive meaningful change through design, technology, and strategic leadership.
25+
years digital leadership
200+
projects delivered
300+
top talents hired
I connect people and technology, business and change.
I’m passionate about framing and understanding the problem, co-creating strategies and solutions, and leading the planning and execution with world-class product, service and organisational design.
Book me for
Strategic Design & Innovation
Design
Strategy
Defining the future of your business with design.
Innovation
Consulting
How to use all the skills, ideas and answers your organisation already has.
Organizational Leadership
Design
Management
How to set-up your organisation to use the strategic power of design.
Project
Leadership
Ensuring the teams success – from planning to execution to launch.
UX/UI
Leadership
Processes, methods, tools? Yes, but it all comes down to people.
Product & Business Development
Product
Development
How to orchestrate all the involved stakeholders and ensure delivery.
Company &
Team Assessment
Can this be successful? What is good? What is missing?
Start-up
Mentoring
How to start it, launch the product and scale without loosing sanity and fun.
Before starting my independent advisory business I worked six years as Director of Design & UX at ExB, a German B2B SaaS AI/ML company that processes text on industrial scale.
Prior I co-founded and lead the Munich office for SinnerSchrader (now Accenture Song).
My four years as Managing Director and Associated Partner at IDEO, the masters of Design Thinking, deeply influenced my understanding of the strategic role design can and should play.
Before that I co-founded Razorfish in Hamburg in 1997 („everything that can be digital, will be“) after starting one of the first digital agencies in Germany for
Foto Phil Dera
Giving a talk about Machine Learning at the ZEIT KONFERENZ „Künstliche Intelligenz“ 2017 in Berlin.
My work is focused on humanising technology and creating meaningful stories.
In my leadership and entrepreneurial positions I hired and led multidisciplinary teams to develop innovative and sustainable solutions.
My job understanding was always to create and nurture the space, culture, methods and processes to enable teams to achieve their best.
Over the years I got insights into a wide range of companies, organisations, industries and markets.
Industry experience
Health & Pharma
Telecommunications
Financial Services
Automotive
High-Tech Electronics
Media & Entertainment
Travel & Tourism
Consulting & Creative Services
Leveraging over 25 years of digital leadership, I collaborate with organizations to navigate complex challenges, fostering innovation and delivering sustainable solutions that drive success.
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Remember: Design is, how it works.