Unlearn
The ground we stand on is shifting. Over the coming years, instability in the economy, politics, and society will continue to increase. A high degree of adaptability is essential to successfully navigate this fragile world.
Unlearn supports your organization in developing the structures and capabilities you need for this shifting environment. This includes identifying and unlearning those patterns that once were part of your success – but now block necessary change.
OUR SERVICES
ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
We support you in evolving your organization where it matters most. Ideally, organizational development and strategy are tightly interlinked. This makes sure you prioritize the allocation of your attention and resources. For us, transforming structures and processes always goes hand in hand with developing your culture. That is why every one of our projects activates the problem-solving intelligence of your leaders and employees.
Strategy and transformation process for a public bank. Advisory support to the Executive Board in designing a complex process architecture. Multi-year support for the organization during the implementation of the new strategy process. Parallel coaching of the first and second management levels, with a particular focus on unlearning unproductive cultural patterns. In collaboration with covolution.
Support for a mid-sized outdoor company in designing and introducing a new working time model. Facilitation of a representative group in developing the final model and introducing it into the organization. Design of an organization-wide dialogue to further develop the corporate culture. Close collaboration with the executive management and the first leadership level.
Multi-year support for the IT organization within an international construction group. Joint development and introduction of a new leadership model for the rapidly growing IT function, aimed at sustainably increasing team ownership and accountability. Support during the implementation of the new organizational model. Team coaching to enable the required role shifts within the leadership team.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
The performance of leadership teams is driven first and foremost by stable, resilient relationships within the management group. Achieving this requires repeated, positive experiences of working together. That is why we deliberately interlink leadership development and organizational development. Whenever your leadership team successfully works on the organization, your company benefits twice. In addition, we support your leaders individually through coaching on key development topics.
Leadership development in a large corporate IT organization. Multi-year support for the executive management as well as the first and second leadership levels during a major group-wide restructuring. Support for the functional and cultural integration of Asian and Central European leadership teams. Accompanying individual coaching for leaders, with a particular focus on leading under pressure. In collaboration with Detego.
Advisory for a rapidly growing e-commerce start-up. Support for the founder and the first leadership level on topics of organizational and leadership development. Focus on enabling a more strategic, long-term orientation of the leadership team and its development in line with the company’s growth objectives. Individual coaching.
Advisory support for the extended leadership team of a large cooperative bank in addressing the cultural impact of an existential corporate crisis. Support for leaders in defining and prioritizing key organizational development measures. Design of scalable workshop formats for all employees. In collaboration with covolution.
SELECTED CLIENTS
We primarily work with executive boards,
managing directors, and the first leadership level.
Over the past ten years, we have advised
large corporations, mid-sized companies, and start-ups.
SELECTED ENGAGEMENTS:
apoBank
Beiersdorf
BMW
Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales
DLG
ITERGO
isb
Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
Leonhard Weiss
Maier Sports
Phineo
Schwan Stabilo Group
SPD Rheinland-Pfalz
TBS
VAUDE
WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
HANNO BURMESTER
Hanno Burmester runs his own business since 2009. Since 2013, he has primarily advised companies in the insurance, banking, and consumer goods sectors, as well as organizations in the public sector. Hanno has published several books on fundamental change in people and organizations.
Before becoming self-employed, Hanno worked in federal political institutions and as a journalist. After 20 years in Berlin and a period in Barcelona, he currently lives in Munich with his husband.
PARTNERS
Unlearn works in long-standing partnerships with outstanding boutique consulting firms. This allows us to assemble project teams tailored precisely to your capability needs. Through these trusted collaborations, we have reliably delivered projects with seven-figure budgets for many years.
COVOLUTION
Covolution specializes in the design and facilitation of innovative strategy and transformation processes. Together, we have supported, among other engagements, a strategy and transformation process at a banking institution and led a project for a large financial services provider.
covolution.eu
DETEGO
The Hamburg-based consulting firm has been supporting organizational change initiatives across all industries for more than 20 years. For several years, we have been working closely with the senior leadership of a large corporate IT organization.
detego.eu
ANNE HAKER
Anne Haker has been supporting transformation processes for many years, particularly in mid-sized companies and large corporations. Together, we have delivered projects at the headquarters of a large corporate group, and a municipal water utility.
annehaker.de