About
Thomas Pöcheim

Company/ Organisation:

THOMAS PÖCHEIM RETAIL | INNOVATION | CONSULTING, Consultant for Innovation & Strategy

What is your background?

I am an experienced Country Managing Director with 35 years of experience in Consumer Electronics Retail-Business.

I am skilled in Leadership, Management, Negotiation and Sales for OmniChannel Needs, Marketing, PR, Logistics and Services.

Strong business development professional with a vision for the customer. Always looking for and open-minded to innovative and new ways of doing things differently.

More than ten years of experience in using iMindMap, Droptask and AYOA.

How did you feel the course benefited you?

I learned a lot about “generative thinking” and the associated possibilities and techniques.I have learned how to go from problem-solving to solution finding with a clear structure and apply the techniques learned.

What do you plan to do with your accreditation?

With the knowledge I have acquired, I would like to offer my customers a successful solution – from the idea through implementation to execution.

I offer the training for groups or company-internal workshops in groups or 1:1. I want to become the best AYOA trainer in German-speaking countries

About
Ton Meeuwissen

Company/ Organisation:

Business consultant, Larida Consult

What is your background?

Consultant and linking pin between ICT and business. Finds pragmatic solutions and uses strategic visual thinking and creativity to get to the core of the customers challenge.

I am able to connect people, to analyze complex problems and to communicate effectively on all levels in an organization.

Specialties

Information Management
Strategic creativity and visual thinking
Process Optimization (lean and TOC)
Ways to work smarter
Group Facilitation

How did you feel the course benefited you?

The course helped me to better understand the problems and challenges of my clients and to help them to scrutinize their thinking.

The main takeaways for myself are:

How I can improve my thinking about the quality of my thinking (metacognition)
How I can facilitate the innovation process with Ayoa
How I can deal with cognitive biases
I learned a lot from my fellow students

What do you plan to do with your accreditation?

I want to train others to use the innovation process that I learned in the course. I also add this method to my toolbox for solving problems of my clients.

About
Daniel Lança Perdigão

Daniel studied ITC with IBM, Business management at Open University and Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics. Along with a 30-year career in multinational companies, as an analyst, consultant and account manager, he has developed several start-ups in his spare time. Having delivered over 10,000 hours of innovation consultancy and training for both companies and individuals, Daniel currently manages his own company UpSideUp.pt where he is qualified as a Graphic Recorder and Visual Facilitator (IFVP and IAF), Design Thinking Specialist, Official Master Innovator (OMI), Certified Trainer (IEFP), Mind Maps® TLI Accredited Trainer (ThinkBuzan), NLP Master & Trainer (IANLP) and Business and Master Executive Management Coach (ECA).