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About us · Founding team

Two founders, one purpose.

We want more people to find work that fulfils them, and to found companies in the right team.

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Co-founder

Julia

Business psychologist. For twelve years, she was COO of a coworking space. Her focus: building communities in which people work well together.

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Co-founder

Steffen Raetzer

Engineer, entrepreneur and optimist. Twelve years in multinational corporations, including Procter & Gamble. In 2010, he co-founded a social enterprise for electricity from renewable energy. Since then, he has worked with businesses, start-ups, NGOs and humanitarian organisations.

INSEAD MBA, LEAN-certified. He speaks German, English and French.

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What connects us.

We have both seen how much potential organisations lose because people work in an environment that does not suit them. With innovating.work, we reverse the order: first the person, then the team, then the idea.

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