As managing partner of Ahoi Innovationen GmbH in Hamburg, communications scientist and former online editor-in-chief Christiane Brandes-Visbeck advises medium-sized companies and public-sector organizations at the intersection of digitization, HR and communications. The enthusiastic traditional sailor acts as an impulse generator for innovations and pilot in a wide variety of change processes. As author of the reference books “Network beats Hierarchy” and “Fit for New Work”, she is regularly invited for lectures, panel discussions, workshops and podcasts on topics related to leadership, new work and diversity as well as content strategy and future narratives. Christiane teaches ” “Team and Strategy”” at HAWK in Hildesheim and is involved in the Advisory Board of the Female Business organization “nushu” and the “Social Media Week” Hamburg. With great passion, the co-founder of the initiatives “Zukunftsnarrative” and “Frauen* für Demokratie” is committed to sustainable, people-oriented life and business.