My path into Systems Engineering.

I was a fortunate kid to understand one simple truth: If you want change, you have to initiate change yourself. Change is also needed for an abstract idea to become concrete reality. With this concept filling my head I gradually and progressively started evolving my way from simple design+build projects to higher solutions.

Life can be understood as a conglomerate of coupled mechanisms we all interact with. These mechanisms can be called institutions (schools, universities, authorities, corporate) or markets (for money and shares, work, housing, partners, goods, social interaction, attention) or sometimes even right out systems (IT, financial, vehicle bus, mechanical, diagnosing, warranty costs, model). No matter the label, each mechanism or system is unique in its own way, while still obeying general laws of system interaction with its environment, which is us.

Once you understand the general laws of interaction and the corresponding inner system processes – then you can figuratively conquer and steer every system there is. It has always been my desire to be capable of mastering any system challenge or task with reliable, reusable and successful methods. No matter the size or complexity ahead.

Observing the process of change, monitoring its temporal stability and tracking the vector inbetween, identifying „what went into“ a process and how it affects the required output is exciting to me. I clearly see critical patterns underlying the specific system which helps grow a detailed understanding of questionable performances in projects and programs. Knowing thy jungle and thy troop can only always improve your understanding of necessary steps to take towards your goal.

It doesn’t really matter where, how or when you wish to apply my system knowledge to gain insights and power over your small issues, complex jungle projects or even unexpected life challenges.
Throw it at me, I can handle it. The last time I had to grasp a completely new system – was the CMS of wordpress hrmpf.

What about the Gorilla Leader style.

Over decades I molded myself into a Gorilla Leader without aiming for it. Back when I was a juvenile systemic thinker, I liked coming up with new ideas and projects to challenge myself. Turns out I was a beacon for troops that wanted to join the mission and create with me.

These troop members were seeking caring guidance without oppression and a safe place to express themselves. They were proud of their own achievements and growth resulting from our collaboration. I was quickly accepted for my leadership contributions to our common mission and enjoyed filling that role.

System Gorilla Leadership cares for the project and the troop! The Gorilla word for Manager might even translate to „caring, but really very strong patriarch“ 🙂 At least in modern business psychology the term „Transformational Leadership“ is used to denote a beneficial style of caring for both a project and the people behind it. If you don’t know this management style, then please read about it an spread the word! Many people like to work in a transformational environment.

Remote Transformational Leadership.

To work remotely (not physically available in a collaborating team) shares countless similarities with Transformational Leadership style.
Especially offering and building a high level of trust between the interacting troop members.

I look back on years of highly satisfactional experiences with Remote Leadership strategies in project settings which

• have open boundaries (across time zones, countries, corporations, fields of expertise)
• span interests (stakeholders, ways of communication, distributed goal achievement)
• have variable dynamics and need scalable leadership.

Trust is a base component in every and any high performance jungle project. The focus of my leadership is to provide a reliable role model in order to achieve excellent performance via trust! It doesn’t matter, if this is done in person or remote, as long as the channels for genuine communication are receptive on all sides.