Liminal leadership and the learning mindset for an AI driven world
Why collaborate with Katja
Engaging and inspiring keynote speeches based on her award-winning books Learning Ecosystems(2022) and The Learning Mindset (2024): Katja’s keynotes create lasting impact and are always tailored to the audience and the event’s objectives. With her energetic speaking style and natural talent for connecting with people, she is the perfect choice for events that focus on a learning mindset, innovation, and leadership
Executive Advisor on strategies that strengthen growth by building a learning mindset and liminal leadership. Katja offers insight into future trends and challenges traditional dogmas. She explores the added value of Agentic AI and brings fresh perspectives on how organisations can achieve sustainable growth via continuous improvement, supported by engaged employees.
Philanthropic work and social responsibility: Katja’s philanthropic work demonstrates her commitment, and the importance of promoting digital literacy among young people. By booking Katja for an event, you gain valuable insights and support a worthwhile cause.
Learning Amplifies Innovation and Leadership
The vital connection between learning, leadership, and innovation in the AI era.
• Embrace Liminal Leadership: To be successful, organisations need leaders who can navigate the threshold between the past and the future, guiding others effectively through the process of change.
• Cultivate Future-Ready Competencies: Real learning goes beyond formal education; it is about building the human competencies, such as imagination, curiosity, openness, and positiveness, that make us adaptable to an uncertain future.
• Drive Natural Innovation: When you combine liminal leadership with a genuine love for learning, innovation follows naturally, especially as these pillars converge with the possibilities of AI
Learning is not a schedule, it’s a state of being!
Learning Ecosystems 2nd edition
This title will be released on November 24, 2026
Learning is no longer a support function, but a strategic imperative for organizations navigating the liminal space between past realities and future possibilities.
Learning Ecosystems explains how to:
➡ Build a strategy of continuous learning and adaptability in liminal times
➡ Integrate AI and learning technologies effectively in corporate architectures
➡ Develop future-proof competencies and translate them into practical wisdom
➡ Apply value and data-driven learning models to business strategy
➡ Navigate global ethical challenges around Agentic AI and performance management
Themes include: cognitive learning ecosystems, human-AI collaboration, skills vs tasks, human competencies, learning mindset, practical wisdom, learning technologies, continuous improvement, global ethics, and liminal leadership
Featured Keynote: Curiosity and Innovation for Tomorrow
At the iconic Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, in the presence of HH Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and other distinguished guests
1. Nurture Genuine Human Competencies to thrive in uncertainty and in symbiosis with AI.
2. Develop Liminal Leadership to strengthen a learning mindset, close generation gaps, and lead in change.
3. Implement innovative strategies that leverage cognitive ecosystems to enhance human potential!
The Learning Mindset
WINNER: getAbstract International Book Award 2025 – Learning Impact
Developing a learning mindset is essential for success in a rapidly changing world of work. But how can you adopt this approach? What qualities do you need? What role do technology and neuroscience play? How can it boost innovation, problem-solving and collaboration?
The Learning Mindset has the answers. It explains what a learning mindset is, the benefits for individuals, teams and the wider organization. It also covers the competencies needed for this approach including curiosity, consilience, innovation, realism and future-readiness and shows how these traits can be developed in all people while still celebrating their individual differences.
