Yi-Cong Lu Email & Phone Number

Berlin, De

Berlin, De

Potsdam, Brandenburg, Deutschland

As Design Thinking Coach at the d.school Potsdam, I´m teaching the Design Thinking methodology and mindset to the Basic- & Advanced Track. I´m coaching interdisciplinary teams through their innovation process and helping them create user-centered solutions for partners ranging from global companies to grassroots initiatives. I´m giving lectures on topics, e.g. prototyping, facilitation of co-creation workshops, or decision-making in agile teams.

Region Stuttgart

Concadora GmbH accompanies companies with a mindfulness-based approach to develop new forms of organizational design, new approaches to leadership and cooperation as well as a new culture, and to offer meaningful in-house training with contemporary forms of learning. As a Partner, I consult Concadora in designing digitally assisted learning journeys for hybrid training, co-develop new training formats, and joining client projects as a consultant and Coach.

Berlin, Deutschland

be able e.V. works with institutions and marginalized groups to teach innovation and creativity skills and supports people in realizing their own ideas. As social designer and project lead I initiate and co-run projects ranging from short-term innovation workshops in institutions to long-term projects with different partners and stakeholder groups with the focus on training for 21-century skills, open source hardware for assistive aids, and fostering voluntary engagement for inclusion. As a core team member (2016-2021), I helped to set the strategic and organizational course and was responsible for fundraising and partnering.

Deutschland

At the Steinbeis School of Management and Innovation, I offer courses on digital innovation management for students in the Master of Business Administration.

Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland

I´m part of the Consultant Network NEXTWERK of SOCIUS, where we join forces to consult non-profit organizations and institutions in large-scale organizational transformation processes. In 2022 I joined the core team of SOCIUS to co-develop the open-source self-learning-platform SOCIUS change essentials for NGOs (https://socius.de/change-essentials/).

At various universities and educational institutions, I conduct thematic semester projects and competence training in the areas of design- & innovation processes, creative confidence, visual thinking, and rapid prototyping.As a lecturer, I motivate students and professionals to adopt a self-confident, reflective, and intrinsically motivated attitude to work. I see my role in coaching students to overcome the hurdles of their psychodynamic, creative, and methodological processes and support them to confront their processes again and again towards reality (User Research, Physical Prototyping, User Testing, Business Model Testing). Furthermore, I give mindset- method- and content-related inputs (excursions, lectures...) and create exercises and workshops to train competencies.10/2010 - 09/2013 Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle- Established and lectured the course in Design Basics, focussing on three-dimensional Thinking Processes and physical prototyping for BA and MA students.- Artistic assistant of Prof. Vincenz Warnke in the department of Industrial Design / Narrative Design.11/2013 Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle- Lecturer in the Department of Interior Design for the course: Statics & Construction10/2016 - 12/2016 Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts- Conception and lecturing of the exchange and education program digital media and virtual reality for professors and lecturers of the Tianjin Academy 11/2014 - 02/2015 Shanghai Art & Design Academy- Lecturer for Industrial Design & Design Methods for BA students during the study exchange in Germany04/2013-10/2015 Leipzig School of Design Leipzig- Lecturer for Creativity and Design Processes10/2012- 09/2021 Kompetenzzentrum Gestalter im Handwerk Halle Saale- Lecturer for complex design and innovation & creativity methods in adult education in the crafts sector.

Deutschland

Match My Maker is a collaboration platform that fosters voluntary engagement for inclusion in Germany. It matches makers and people with assistive technology needs that match creative tinkerers, people with disabilities, and people who care for others and support them to develop suitable and affordable assistive devices in inclusive teams. MatchMyMaker guides them along their innovation journey from a virtual team building to the open source documentation of their solution by providing digital matching- and collaboration tools and a hybrid learning experience with hackathon events and video tutorials. As project lead of the organization BE ABLE I co-founded the Plattform and help to set the strategic course of the platform, acquire funding, and find the right cooperation partners for the ecosystem of our service.In a team of design thinking coaches, passionate facilitators, and great people with the heart at the right place, we founded the amazing Open Health HACKademy, the hackathon and personal training program of MatchMyMaker.MatchMyMaker received several awards. Among others, as google impact challenges lighthouse project 2018.www.matchmymaker.de

Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland

I hold the Chair of Industrial Design (together with Stephan Schulz) and lead the NEO LUNA PARK project and accompany students of the Faculty of Industrial Design in the design and execution of a contemporary version of a theme park that reflects current social phenomena such as leisure, pleasure, but also work-life balance, sense of community or ecstasy. The result is a temporary exhibition for the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation.

Certificate Of Advanced Studies (Cas), Train The Trainer For Mindful Leadership

The course "Train the Trainer for Mindful Leadership" aims to enable leaders and consultants to conduct mindfulness-based leadership.

Certificate Of Advance Studies, Organisational Conflict Mediation

The aim of the basic training is to develop negotiation, coaching, and mediation skills for organizational conflict situations for people.

Professional Training, Facilitator For Collective Leadership

This Training aims to enable leaders and consultants to apply the Mindset and Principles of Collective Leadership in teams.

Professional Training, Goe! – Gemeinnützige Organisationen Entwickeln / Organizational Development In The Non Profit Sector

This training enables managers and consultants to carry out organisational development in and for NGOs. It teaches how to design.

Diplom Designer, Industrial & Product Design

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Man And Living - Interior And Product Design