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Whether it’s systemic or cultural change, organizational development, or regenerative transformation, our Diver*innen share their insights and experiences on both small and large stages. You can book them for inspiring talks, in-depth workshops, hands-on masterclasses, or engaging interviews and panel discussions.
Frederik knows and values that structure and New Work don’t have to be a contradiction. At TheDive, he focuses on how self-organization can be implemented in companies so that it truly works and is genuinely helpful. Finding the right balance between mind and heart is always important to him. He has applied this approach throughout his previous roles as both an internal and external organizational developer—and, true Berliner style, was part of a startup’s founding team. His academic background is in business administration, unusually with a focus on happiness research.
Sample Talk Titles:
- How to Fail Your Agile Transformation in 10 Easy Follow-Along Steps
- A Pragmatic Path to Better Collaboration – For More Impact and Joy
- What to Do When People Get in the Way? Why High Ropes Courses and Bowling Don’t Help
References:
- Author of the book The Loop Approach – How to Transform Your Organization from the Inside Out
- Podcast Celebrate Organizations – #26 | Self-Organized Work
- Podcast New Work Chat – #157 Nadja Nardini & Frederik Fleischmann: Transforming Organizations from Within with the Loop Approach
- Podcast AgileUS – #03 Roles, Tensions, and Co.: A Journey Through the Loop Approach with Frederik
- Podcast Kultur wandeln – #73 Transforming an Organization from the Inside Out – The Loop Approach
Nathalie is the driving force when it comes to creating a work culture that is healthy, vibrant, and productive. With her passion for people and structures, she not only actively shapes internal processes at TheDive but also ensures that our organization keeps moving—iteratively, curiously, and with a clear focus on sustainable development. As a people-focused HR professional, Nathalie brings practical tools and perspectives that are both inspiring and immediately actionable. With her honest and approachable style, she gives insights into the working world of the Diver*innen, who see themselves as a living laboratory. She shares her HR experiences and shows how a new world of work can be designed in a truly lively way.
Sample Talk Topics:
- What does HR look like in self-organized organizations?
- What are the light and shadow sides of self-organization?
- How do we maintain and promote (mental) health in organizations?
- Human and machine – how can true collaboration succeed? And how can I, in my HR role, initiate and guide successful AI integration?
References:
- Speaker at the Resilience Congress 2024 – "Organizational Resilience: When Everyone Thinks of Themselves, Does It Serve Everyone?"
- Panelist at the Sustainability Network Meeting – "Female Empowerment in Organizations"
- Workshop at the Federal Association of HR Managers – "Holistic Transformation Design: Discover the 4-Quadrant Model"
- Impulse at the Sustainability Network Meeting – “Which Organizations Does the World Need? Opportunities and Challenges on the Path to a Life-Serving Company”
Dr. Simon Berkler is the Co-Founder of TheDive and has been active as an entrepreneur and organizational consultant for over 20 years. He is a trained systemic and integral organizational developer with extensive experience supporting medium and large companies through their transformation processes. At TheDive, he focuses on how a life-serving evolution of the economic system can succeed. As co-developer and author of the Stellar Approach, Simon is an expert in regenerative innovation and systemic economic change. He is a frequent podcast guest and sought-after keynote speaker on these topics.
References:
- Der Stellar Approach: Wie deine Organisation zum regenerativen Wandel der Wirtschaft beiträgt (Campus, 2024) – link: https://www.campus.de/buecher-campus-verlag/business/management-unternehmensfuehrung/der_stellar_approach-17969.html
- "Wie verändert der Wandel in Unternehmen unsere gesamte Wirtschaft, Simon Berkler?" (Murakamy Podcast, 07/2025) – link: https://murakamy.com/blog/podcast-112-loop-stellar-dive-simon-berkler
- VUCA reicht nicht mehr (Human Resources Manager, 03/2025) – link: https://www.humanresourcesmanager.de/magazin/performance/
- Mal ehrlich, Simon Berkler (Changement Magazin, 03/2025) – link: https://changement-magazin.de/changement-abonnement-vorzugspreis/
- Die Wirtschaft der Zukunft: Regeneratives Wirtschaften in der Praxis – vom Was zum Wie (Forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften, 03/2025) – link: https://www.forum-csr.net/News/18232/Regeneratives-Wirtschaften.html
- Systemisch nachhaltig werden (personalmagazin - neues lernen, 01/2025) – link: https://shop.haufe.de/prod/personalmagazin-neues-lernen?srsltid=AfmBOorQhx1j2MTQGwRIoxBBxhxYNXZDB-Pd24qs3jpXdUTw5rpIEFZq
- Ein Blick in die regenerative Zukunft – Warum wir über Nachhaltigkeit hinaus denken sollten und was Organisationen dazu beitragen können, in “Triple Transformation: New Work, Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit: Konzepte – Erfahrungen – Zukunftsperspektiven”, herausgegeben von Ole Wintermann und Cornelia Daheim (Erich Schmidt Verlag, 2024) – link: https://www.esv.info/978-3-503-23932-0?utm_source=Buch+/+Datenbank+/+Zeitschrift&utm_medium=LinkedIn&utm_campaign=Triple+Transformation:+New+Work,+Digitalisierung+und+Nachhaltigkeit
- Podcast Campus Beats – “Der Stellar Approach” (2024) – link: https://www.campus.de/podcast/campus-beats/staffel-10.html#c6312
- Die Nachhaltigkeitstransformation gelingt nur beidhändig (Haufe Sustainability, 2024) – link: https://www.haufe.de/sustainability/debatte/nachhaltigkeitstransformation-gelingt-nur-beidhaendig_575768_623544.html
- Podcast Regenerativ & Digital – “Regeneratives Wirtschaften ist kein Number Crunching sondern eine Innovationsaufgabe” (2024) – link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-007-the-dive-regeneratives-wirtschaften-ist/id1731158578?i=1000656447614&l=ar
- Warum Regeneratives Wirtschaften das wichtigste Thema für die Organisationsentwicklung ist (Artikel, 2021) – link: https://www.thedive.com/de/blog/warum-regeneratives-wirtschaften-das-wichtigste-thema-fuer-die-organisationsentwicklung-ist
- Podcast "EY Transformation Tacheles" – “Eine Wirtschaft, die dem Leben dient” (2021)
- Response-Ability: Über den Umgang mit Verantwortung in einer komplexen Welt (Neue Narrative, 2019) – link: https://medium.com/neue-narrative/response-ability-%C3%BCber-den-umgang-mit-verantwortung-in-einer-komplexen-welt-e64fed01f7b3
- Podcast "SHIFT" – “Wie sieht eine lebensdienliche Wirtschaft aus?” (2019) – link: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1kHV2Pazpw4iXsXyHAmmod
LinkedIn – link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonberkler/
Ella Lagé worked for many years as a Service Designer in innovation projects with large corporations, focusing on permanently changing habitual ways of working. Today, at TheDive, she explores what people in organizations need to experience sustainability as something positive, and to embark on this journey with courage, creativity, and perseverance. In 2024, she co-authored the book “Der Stellar Approach: Wie deine Organisation zum regenerativen Wandel der Wirtschaft beiträgt” together with Dr. Simon Berkler.
Since 2023, she has been training employees from a wide range of companies in the application of the Stellar Approach at the Stellar Academy. Thanks to her design background, she places great emphasis on clarity and accessibility in her presentations, easily applicable exercises (even with large groups), and tangible examples.
References
- Co-author Der Stellar Approach: Wie deine Organisation zum regenerativen Wandel der Wirtschaft beiträgt (Campus, 2024)
- TedxTalk – "What One Person Can Do About Climate Change" (2016)
- Podcast "New Work Chat" – #262 Ella Lagé, TheDive: How Companies Can Operate Regeneratively with the Stellar Approach (2024)
- Podcast "Arbeitsphilosophen – Die Zukunft der Arbeit" – "Regenerative Economy: Utopia or Soon Reality? Ella Lagé – Consultant at TheDive" (2023)
- Lecture “Herausforderung Unternehmertum” (2022)
- Lecture at the 8th edition of the Pioneers of Change Summit (2019)
- Podcast Campus Beats – “Der Stellar Approach” (2024)
- Systemisch nachhaltig werden (personalmagazin – neues lernen, 01/2025)
LinkedIn – link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellalage/
Felix Herter works as an organizational developer and The Loop Approach® trainer at TheDive. His work focuses on helping teams and organizations make collaboration more effective based on their needs and to enhance their problem-solving capabilities. He is guided by the principle that work should empower rather than weaken people, and that organizations carry a responsibility to preserve and foster the vitality of our life-sustaining systems. His approach always seeks the right balance between preserving what works and unlocking potential for change.
As one of the architects of the award-winning pilot project for self-organized collaboration on a surgical ward called Meine Station, he is exploring innovative paths in healthcare. He is also a board member of the Netzwerk Schule im Aufbruch e.V., promoting education that empowers people to think and act in ways fit for the future.
References
- Lecture at ZP Süd 2024: “Bye-bye Benefits. Why We Prefer to Make Collaboration Effective and Joyful – and Can’t Escape Applications”
- Lectures at leadership conferences and congresses on new ways of working in healthcare
- Co-author of the book chapter “Meine Station – On the Way to the Human Hospital”
- Various awards for the “Meine Station” project at Klinikum Aschaffenburg, including the Barbara-Stamm Medal from the Bavarian State Ministry, 2nd place New Work Award 2023, 1st place BGM-Förderpreis of AOK Health 2022, as well as mentions in trade magazines such as brand eins and Die Schwester | Der Pfleger
LinkedIn – link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/felixherter/
Andreas Lerche studied economics in Mannheim, Vienna, and Münster and is a certified systemic coach. He is the author of the book “New Finance: Gestaltung zeitgemäßer Finanzprozesse in Purpose Driven Organizations” and focuses on making economic control processes in organizations more systemic, contemporary, and functional. He has developed an alternative approach to traditional controlling that promotes a holistic understanding of value creation in companies. At TheDive, Andreas supports organizations with his “New Finance approach” in transformation processes. Concepts such as the “economic weather forecast” and “value creation accounting” help organizations anticipate future developments and focus on the value-creation process.
References
- New Finance: Gestaltung zeitgemäßer Finanzprozesse in Purpose Driven Organizations (Schaeffer-Poschel, 2023)
- Controlling in Self-Organizing Organizations: More Roundabouts, Less Traffic Lights, Controller Magazin (01/2024)
- Controlling in der Selbstorganisation (Haufe Controlling, 2024)
- Lecture: “But We Still Have to Earn Money, Right? New Work and Economic Governance of Organizations”, Evangelische Akademie Tutzing (10/2024)
- Podcast Startup Insider | #139 | New Finance with Anna-Lena Kümpel (2024)
- Podcast Paperwings | #139 | What is New Finance with Danny Herzoge Braun (2024)
- New Finance – More Roundabouts, Less Traffic Lights, CHEManager, 2025
LinkedIn – link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreas-lerche-2432b4172/
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