Bridge the Gap Between Intent and Impact

Create the Impact you Aspire

While most organizations have well-formulated strategies, a staggering 67% fail due to poor execution.

In today's complex business landscape, the greatest challenge is not a lack of vision, but a failure to build the momentum required to turn intent into impact.

Dr. Cetin Nazikkol, Founder and CEO

After nearly three decades navigating the corridors of global business—from research

laboratories to boardrooms, from regional operations to executive committees—I've

discovered something profound: the difference between organizations that merely

survive and those that truly thrive isn't strategy, technology, or capital. It's the ability to

unleash the extraordinary potential that already exists within their people.

Today, I accompany leaders on their journey to unlock the transformative power

already present within their organizations. My work isn't about importing

solutions—it's about helping to discover and to activate the unique capabilities,

insights, and energy already present in teams.

Global Roles

2023 – 2024

Executive Board Member & Chief Strategy Officer thyssenkrupp Decarbon Technologies (2023 – 2024)

Chief Transformation Officer thyssenkrupp AG (2023 – 2024)

Led the APEX program—a journey of organizational renewal that touched every corner of a global industrial giant. This experience crystallized my understanding of what makes transformation succeed or fail.

Regional CEO Roles

2013 – 2023

  • Asia Pacific & Africa (2021-2023): Orchestrated growth across incredibly diverse markets, learning that success looks different in Singapore than in South Africa, yet certain principles remain universal

  • Middle East & Africa (2015-2021): Built bridges between cultures, industries,and ambitions in some of the world's most dynamic economies

  • Turkey (2013-2015): Led through economic turbulence, discovering that crisis often reveals an organization's true character—and potential

The Foundation Years

1996 – 2013

From developing innovations in R&D, sharpening business strategies, to transforming thyssenkrupp Elevator from a product to a service organization as Vice President, each role added layers to my understanding of how organizations really work—not in theory, but in practice.

Board Perspectives & Investment Activities

  • Supervisory Board Chairman – thyssenkrupp Polysius & Uhde (2023-2024)

  • Board Member – Pelagus 3D, Singapore (2023-2024)

  • Founder & Chairman – CENA Natural AS, Turkey (2020)

  • Angel Investor – Strategy Compass and Mainteny (tech startups focused on strategic planning and maintenance innovation)

The Teaching Years: Practice Meets Theory

2003 – 2013

Teaching Executive MBA students at FOM University of Applied Sciences in Germany. My courses—Managing Innovation and Change, Business Problem Solving, and Strategic Marketing—forced me to translate real-time leadership challenges into teachable insights. This parallel path of practicing and teaching became my preparation for coaching: learning to see patterns across organizations, to articulate the unspoken dynamics of change, and to guide others in discovering their own solutions.

Educational Foundation

Harvard Business School, Boston (USA) – Executive Management Program (2016)

Hogeschool Zeeland, Zeeland/Essen (NL) – Executive MBA (2001-2003)

University of Münster (GER) – Dipl. Chem., Dr. rer. nat. in Chemistry (1990-1996)

University of Toledo, Ohio (USA) – Research Fellowship (1994)

Ruhr University Bochum (GER) – Bachelor's in Chemistry (1987-1990)

Our mission

We help leaders and their teams build execution systems that create self-sustaining momentum, transforming organizations into resilient, high-performing entities capable of achieving their most ambitious goals.