Jasmin Wölke facilitates workshops and strategy offsites in Aachen, in German and English. As a neutral facilitator she keeps the discussion on topic, so the day ends with decisions instead of full flipcharts that belong to nobody.
Workshops in a city that lives on development
Aachen is a city of engineering and research. FEV works on drivetrains and vehicle technology, Grünenthal researches active substances, and around RWTH and FH Aachen spin-offs emerge that meet the Mittelstand at the digitalHUB. Workshops here often have an unusual mix in the room: specialists with doctorates, project leads from industry and founders who want to decide quickly. That gradient is the real challenge. One side wants to clarify the data first, the other has long been ready to prioritise. Jasmin gives both sides a place in the agenda: shared picture first, then options, then decision. Nobody feels steamrolled and nobody feels held back.
Why the boss should not facilitate her own workshop
When a leader facilitates their own strategy workshop, two things happen. The group says what goes down well at the top, and the leader only half listens because they are steering the process at the same time. An external facilitator solves both. Jasmin knows the corporate side from years at Bosch, SAP and Volkswagen and knows how decisions are really made in large organisations. She asks the question when an objection hangs in the room and nobody voices it. At the SAP Tech Leadership Forum, a corporate reference on digital transformation, she has hosted formats for years in which leaders work with each other instead of reading slides at each other.
Rooms, agenda and outcome
For offsites, conference hotels in the city centre and near the campus work well; larger formats fit rooms at the RWTH Aachen Campus or the Eurogress. Jasmin builds the agenda with the client: goal of the day, three core questions at most, methods that fit the group, and a final block in which tasks get names and deadlines. After the workshop you receive a short results document instead of a photo log without context. For morning starts she plans the journey from Ludwigsburg with an overnight stay. What facilitation generally costs is explained on what does an event host cost.
Enquiry for your workshop in Aachen
Send goal, participant group, date and venue through the contact form. More about the format is on the hub workshop facilitation, other formats on the Aachen city page.