About Me
<p>Silke is passionate about people, learning, coaching and training, and about helping to inspire individuals, teams and organizations in all walks of life, giving them the knowledge and tools to make a difference. </p><p>As an Accredited Kanban Trainer, Kanban Coaching Professional, Kanban Product Professional, Enterprise Agile Coach, certified Scrum Master (PSM 1+2) and Certified Product Owner, Silke has a successful track record in corporate culture change and transformation through all levels of organization.</p><p>Silke is also a certified seminar facilitator, trainer and coach for intercultural competencies, communication and teambuilding as well as certified as a personal coach (NLP-Master). She has published the – so far – first three books about intercultural communication in New Zealand. </p><p>This broadens her understanding of “culture” and has seen Silke training and coaching in Oceania and Europe, in small and large organizations, government and private organizations. Silke keeps close ties to the European Kanban and Agile community to share different ways of thinking and learn from each other.</p><p>Overall, Silke has 20+ years of professional experience in many IT- and finance-related projects, and also as a salesperson in investment and retail banking, management consultant, business analyst and test consultant.</p><p>Silke is an active member of the local agile and kanban community and is the founder of the New Zealand<span style="color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Kanban-New-Zealand-Limited-WIP-Society-Meetup-Gr…; style="font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Kanban</a><span style="color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span>Meetup. You can also book her for Okaloa Flowlab workshops: teamflow, workflow, competence and / or multi-team simulations (in-person in New Zealand or virtually).</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(96, 96, 96);"> </p>
<p>Silke is passionate about people, learning, coaching and training, and about helping to inspire individuals, teams and organizations in all walks of life, giving them the knowledge and tools to make a difference. </p><p>As an Accredited Kanban Trainer, Kanban Coaching Professional, Kanban Product Professional, Enterprise Agile Coach, certified Scrum Master (PSM 1+2) and Certified Product Owner, Silke has a successful track record in corporate culture change and transformation through all levels of organization.</p><p>Silke is also a certified seminar facilitator, trainer and coach for intercultural competencies, communication and teambuilding as well as certified as a personal coach (NLP-Master). She has published the – so far – first three books about intercultural communication in New Zealand. </p><p>This broadens her understanding of “culture” and has seen Silke training and coaching in Oceania and Europe, in small and large organizations, government and private organizations. Silke keeps close ties to the European Kanban and Agile community to share different ways of thinking and learn from each other.</p><p>Overall, Silke has 20+ years of professional experience in many IT- and finance-related projects, and also as a salesperson in investment and retail banking, management consultant, business analyst and test consultant.</p><p>Silke is an active member of the local agile and kanban community and is the founder of the New Zealand<span style="color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Kanban-New-Zealand-Limited-WIP-Society-Meetup-Gr…; style="font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Kanban</a><span style="color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span>Meetup. You can also book her for Okaloa Flowlab workshops: teamflow, workflow, competence and / or multi-team simulations (in-person in New Zealand or virtually).</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(96, 96, 96);"> </p>
Upcoming Classes
No Upcoming Classes
Classes Taken
- Kanban for Design and Innovation (KDI) 28-Sep-2022
- Kanban Product Professional II (KPP2) 11-May-2022
- Kanban Product Professional I (KPP |) 09-May-2022
- Change Leadership Masterclass (CLM) 13-Sep-2021
- Kanban Coaching (KC) 20-Jul-2020
- Kanban Maturity Model (KMM) 13-Jul-2020
- Kanban Train the Trainer (TTT) 21-Oct-2019
- Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI) 10-Jun-2019
- Kanban System Design (KSD) 23-Aug-2018
Classes Taught
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)10-Jun-2023
- Kanban System Design (KSD)03-Apr-2023
- Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI)10-Mar-2023
- Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI)06-Mar-2023
- Kanban System Design (KSD)17-Feb-2023
- Kanban System Design (KSD)13-Feb-2023
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)11-Feb-2023
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)11-Feb-2023
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)23-Jan-2023
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)03-Dec-2022
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)21-Nov-2022
- Kanban System Design (KSD)19-Nov-2022
- Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI)28-Oct-2022
- Kanban System Design (KSD)07-Oct-2022
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)01-Oct-2022
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)12-Sep-2022
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)27-Jul-2022
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)07-Jun-2022
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)30-Apr-2022
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)19-Mar-2022
- Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI)18-Dec-2021
- Kanban System Design (KSD)04-Dec-2021
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)06-Nov-2021
- Kanban System Design (KSD)01-Oct-2021
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)28-Aug-2021
- Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI)13-Jul-2021
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)07-Jul-2021
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)29-Jun-2021
- Kanban System Design (KSD)10-Jun-2021
- Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI)20-Feb-2021
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)13-Feb-2021
- Kanban System Design (KSD)21-Jan-2021
- Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI)19-Sep-2020
- Kanban System Design (KSD)18-Jun-2020
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)04-May-2020
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)02-May-2020
- Team Kanban Practitioner (TKP)27-Jan-2020
Other Trainings Taken
Courses Offered
Courses / Year | 2025 | 20245 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
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KPP |
Offered Trainings
Courses / Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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INTR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TKP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
KSD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
KSI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |