About Me
<p>Silke is passionate about people, learning, coaching and training, and about helping to inspire individuals, teams and organizations in all walks of life, giving them the knowledge and tools to make a difference. </p><p>As an Accredited Kanban Trainer, Kanban Coaching Professional, Kanban Product Professional, Enterprise Agile Coach, certified Scrum Master (PSM 1+2) and Certified Product Owner, Silke has a successful track record in corporate culture change and transformation through all levels of organization.</p><p>Silke is also a certified seminar facilitator, trainer and coach for intercultural competencies, communication and teambuilding as well as certified as a personal coach (NLP-Master). She has published the – so far – first three books about intercultural communication in New Zealand. </p><p>This broadens her understanding of “culture” and has seen Silke training and coaching in Oceania and Europe, in small and large organizations, government and private organizations. Silke keeps close ties to the European Kanban and Agile community to share different ways of thinking and learn from each other.</p><p>Overall, Silke has 20+ years of professional experience in many IT- and finance-related projects, and also as a salesperson in investment and retail banking, management consultant, business analyst and test consultant.</p><p>Silke is an active member of the local agile and kanban community and is the founder of the New Zealand<span style="color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.meetup.com/Kanban-New-Zealand-Limited-WIP-Society-Meetup-Group/" style="font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Kanban</a><span style="color: rgb(96, 96, 96); font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> </span>Meetup. You can also book her for Okaloa Flowlab workshops: teamflow, workflow, competence and / or multi-team simulations (in-person in New Zealand or virtually).</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; font-family: Montserrat, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 30px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-break: break-word; color: rgb(96, 96, 96);"> </p>
Upcoming Classes
- Flow Manager15-Jun-2026
- Team Kanban Practitioner08-Jun-2026
- Scrum Better with Kanban16-Apr-2026
- Kanban for Design and Innovation (KDI)16-Apr-2026
- Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI)13-Apr-2026
- Kanban for Design and Innovation (KDI)13-Apr-2026
- Kanban System Design18-Feb-2026
- Scrum Better with Kanban12-Feb-2026
- Team Kanban Practitioner05-Feb-2026
- Flow Manager04-Feb-2026
Classes Taken
- Kanban for Design and Innovation (KDI) 28-Sep-2022
- Delivering Maximal Value (KPP II) 11-May-2022
- Discovering Customer Value (KPP I) 09-May-2022
- Change Leadership Masterclass (CLM) 13-Sep-2021
- Kanban Coaching (KC) 20-Jul-2020
- Kanban Maturity Model (KMM) 13-Jul-2020
- Kanban Train the Trainer (TTT) 21-Oct-2019
- Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI) 10-Jun-2019
- Kanban System Design 23-Aug-2018
Classes Taught
- Flow Manager22-Oct-2025
- Kanban for Design and Innovation (KDI)15-Sep-2025
- Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI)14-Mar-2025
- Kanban System Design28-Feb-2025
- Kanban System Design29-Nov-2024
- Kanban for Design and Innovation (KDI)29-Aug-2024
- Kanban for Design and Innovation (KDI)23-Aug-2024
- Kanban System Design09-Jul-2024
- Team Kanban Practitioner16-Apr-2024
- Team Kanban Practitioner14-Mar-2024
- Kanban System Design16-Feb-2024
- Scrum Better with Kanban01-Nov-2023
- Kanban for Design and Innovation (KDI)21-Oct-2023
- Kanban for Design and Innovation (KDI)18-Oct-2023
- Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI)29-Sep-2023
- Kanban System Design15-Sep-2023
- Scrum Better with Kanban04-Sep-2023
- Scrum Better with Kanban21-Aug-2023
- Team Kanban Practitioner25-Jul-2023
- Team Kanban Practitioner10-May-2023
- Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI)12-Apr-2023
- Kanban System Design05-Apr-2023
- Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI)10-Mar-2023
- Kanban System Design13-Feb-2023
- Team Kanban Practitioner03-Dec-2022
- Team Kanban Practitioner21-Nov-2022
- Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI)28-Oct-2022
- Kanban System Design07-Oct-2022
- Team Kanban Practitioner01-Oct-2022
- Team Kanban Practitioner12-Sep-2022
- Team Kanban Practitioner27-Jul-2022
- Team Kanban Practitioner07-Jun-2022
- Team Kanban Practitioner30-Apr-2022
- Team Kanban Practitioner19-Mar-2022
- Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI)18-Dec-2021
- Kanban System Design04-Dec-2021
- Team Kanban Practitioner06-Nov-2021
- Kanban System Design01-Oct-2021
- Team Kanban Practitioner28-Aug-2021
- Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI)13-Jul-2021
- Team Kanban Practitioner07-Jul-2021
- Team Kanban Practitioner29-Jun-2021
- Kanban System Design10-Jun-2021
- Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI)20-Feb-2021
- Team Kanban Practitioner13-Feb-2021
- Kanban System Design21-Jan-2021
- Kanban Systems Improvement (KSI)19-Sep-2020
- Kanban System Design18-Jun-2020
- Team Kanban Practitioner04-May-2020
- Team Kanban Practitioner02-May-2020
- Team Kanban Practitioner27-Jan-2020






