Publications

Ownership becomes readable.

Case stories from practice and books that show how ownership emerges in real organizations, or doesn’t.

Blog

Station platform edge with a yellow line and the words THE GAP, below it the gap to the train, plus green hand drawings along the gap

October 15, 2026

A gap in expertise becomes a human one

A manager demands ownership from an experienced team but hands out half-thought-through instructions instead of goals and only passes on what she has grasped herself. Why ownership cannot be demanded, only made possible.

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  • Case study
Two identical doorbell plates with the name Müller one above the other on a white wall

October 12, 2026

I am doing a training I am not entitled to

An accountant ends up in a leadership program through a mix-up and, after fifteen months, himself names what he noticed early on. What the case shows about Want to, Safe to and confessions.

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  • Story
Frosted glass door with a handle and a PUSH sign, behind it the blurred silhouette of a person

October 7, 2026

I stole money from my boss

A boss tears up the dismissal of an employee who embezzled money. What leadership can give back after a breach of trust and what the person has to carry themselves.

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  • Story
Stainless steel pressure cooker with a valve and a red pressure indicator on a light countertop, plus green hand drawings on the valve and on the side of the pot

September 30, 2026

Pressure creates obedience, not ownership

High standards alone only produce obedience. Amy Edmondson’s four zones show why ownership arises only where standards and psychological safety meet.

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  • Expertise
Light staircase with four steps in sunlight, plus a green hand drawing that traces the steps one by one

September 9, 2026

Open culture, zero initiative: What is the cause?

Timothy Clark’s four stages make visible where ownership begins and why an open learning culture alone is not enough.

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  • Expertise
Open desk drawer with a stapler, a hole punch and paper clips, and in between a small wooden figure with a green hand drawing

August 27, 2026

You manage people like things

Those who manage people like things replace trust with control. Why focusing on results instead of output is what makes responsibility possible in the first place.

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  • Viewpoint

Books

Book cover: Change Storys, storytelling in change processes

Change Storys

Haufe Verlag, 2022

Storytelling in change processes.

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Book cover: 30 Minuten Second Brain

30 Minuten Second Brain

GABAL Verlag, 2023

Knowledge, to the point.

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Book cover: The Ownership Triangle (in progress)

In progress

The Ownership Triangle