Strategy & Leadership
For executives and divisional leaders who need to set priorities under uncertainty and lead change. Sascha Martens combines critical sparring with responsibility in implementation.
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We assess relevant developments, question assumptions and compare options with your leadership team.
Together, we prioritise investment in the existing business and new opportunities – and decide what to defer or stop.
A well-founded direction with priorities, resource commitments and criteria your team can use to assess new developments.
We clarify the customer problem, willingness to pay and commercial logic of a new offering.
We test critical assumptions through customer conversations, prototypes and focused pilots – including AI applications. Results guide the next investment.
Tested assumptions about demand, commercial viability and feasibility, plus an approach your team can use to assess further ideas.
We work through conflicting priorities, unclear authority and disagreements with your leadership team.
New agreements are tested in daily work and adjusted based on feedback.
Clear decision-making authority and leadership routines that help your team raise obstacles earlier, take responsibility and learn from results.
Team & organisational development
Heiko Bischoff works with the teams involved on waiting times, unclear handovers and rework. Adjusted working routines are tested directly in daily practice.
We assess the benefit through lead times, avoidable effort and the reliability of agreed results.
How we work
We start with a focused, effective step. Results determine how to continue.
Assess options and assumptions. Decide what to pursue, test or stop.
Clarify responsibilities, capacity and dependencies. Agree a firm next step.
Review results and effort. Hand over proven routines and determine the next adjustment.
AI supports research, counterarguments and prototypes. We check sources and conclusions; decision-making authority and accountability remain with the agreed individuals.
Executive Sparring
A confidential space for strategic decisions and leadership questions. We test your assumptions, discuss counterarguments and record next steps – in a single session or on an ongoing basis.
Operational project tasks or a time-limited role are agreed separately.
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Partner · Strategy & Leadership
I build companies and new lines of business – since 2013 as a founder and long-standing managing director. Together with my partners, I built leading the next gen. I understand entrepreneurial responsibility as well as collaboration within large organisations.
I address conflicting objectives openly and combine an outside perspective with personal responsibility in the project. What matters to me is that your team understands decisions, supports them and can continue the work independently.
Surfing gives me a way to explore balance, timing and dealing with uncertainty. If you wish, we can use experiences on the water for personal reflection.
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Tell us what you are working on. Together, we will establish what contribution you need and whether we are the right partner.
The first conversation is free of charge and without obligation.