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Dipl.-Oec. Daniel Dunkhase

Daniel Dunkhase

Executive Leadership Consultant. Berlin.

I work with companies to develop and implement a shared understanding of effective leadership in the Age of AI. Anchored in business practice, based on the St. Gallen Management Model. My clients are executive leadership and HR, because leadership connects business and people. I support the integration into day-to-day leadership with leadership trainings, workshops, virtual and AI-powered formats.

My approach is rooted in six years at the Malik Management Zentrum St. Gallen, where I trained in systems-oriented management and applied it in client projects worldwide. After that, several years at a top-tier German consulting firm, followed by many years of independent practice. Over the past 25 years, I have worked with more than 5,500 leaders across 20+ countries on five continents, primarily with senior executives and the C-suite.

Today, I am updating these proven approaches for the age of AI. As a certified Master Business with AI (MBAI®) and AI Integration Expert (Hochschule Fresenius, Leaders of AI), I systematically deploy AI in my own consulting practice. What I've learned from transforming my own business feeds directly into my work with clients.

Industries I've worked across include automotive, mechanical engineering, chemicals, semiconductors, steel processing, transport and logistics, banking and insurance, retail, and IT/telecommunications.

I publish in professional journals including Wirtschaft und Management (Springer Nature). I work with CEOs and HR executives alike, from mid-sized companies to large corporations.

Qualifications, publications, and working principles.

At a Glance

Qualifications & Certifications

Dipl.-Oec. (Graduate Economist) · 6 years Malik Management Zentrum St. Gallen

Systemic consulting and coaching · Organizational development

Diagnostics: Hogan Assessment, MBTI, Reflector Big Five, Persolog

AI qualifications: Master Business with AI (MBAI®) and AI Integration Expert (Hochschule Fresenius / Leaders of AI)

Delegation Lead DACH, Association for Talent Development (ATD)

AI with Integrity

The EU AI Act establishes human-centered AI as European law. This is not just regulation. It is a competitive advantage: a clear framework builds trust with employees and customers and strengthens sustainable AI adoption in organizations.

This is also my working principle. I operate according to European values: transparency, autonomy, fairness, data protection. My tech stack prioritizes European providers wherever performant alternatives are available. The human decides. AI supports.

Human first. Rights protected. AI for good. Proudly European.

Publications

Rückgrat kann man nicht trainieren – Warum KI bei Gegenwind versagt und was das für Führung bedeutet. Wirtschaftsinformatik & Management, Springer Nature (accepted April 2026, Online First).

Was wir in der Führung verlernen müssen – Um in Zukunft weiter wirksam zu sein. Wirtschaft und Management, Springer Nature (January 2026).

Leader’s Sidekicks: Custom-GPTs als strategisches Führungsinstrument. Wirtschaftsinformatik & Management, Springer Nature (June 2025).

Gamification 2.0 mit virtueller Realität (VR). Wirtschaftsinformatik & Management, Springer Nature (2022).

All publications with summaries and DOI links →

My AI Stack: Transparent

European infrastructure (for personal and client data): Mistral (France) · Langdock (Germany) · n8n (Germany) · Aiven (Finland) · AWS Frankfurt · HubSpot EU · Microsoft Azure EU

Additional AI tools (no personal or client data): OpenAI · Anthropic · Freepik · et al.

Contact

Dunkhase Leadership Consulting

Dipl.-Oec. Daniel Dunkhase

Pohlstr. 1 · 10785 Berlin

T +49 30 2579 4150

info@dunkhase-consulting.com

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