“Love is what we are born with, fear is what we learn”
– Author unknown
About Jan Maisenbacher
Passionate transformation catalyser
Born in 1977 (333 ppm), father of two teenage boys (he/him)
My short biography:
- In 1995, I knew that I wanted to do my civilian service in Germany as a paramedic. Looking back, I feel that this was regenerative and self-organized teamwork at its best.
- Since 2003 I have been living in Central Switzerland after having completed a Bachelor’s degree in Media and Communication Management at Lake Constance.
- In 2009 and with the start of my career as a dadpreneur, I completed the Executive Master Business Engineering (Change Management) at the University of St. Gallen.
- In 2017, after more than 14 years of transformative project experience in Swiss start-up and SME companies, I founded my sole proprietorship wickedprojects (since 2020 MAGICPROJECTS).
- Since 2023, the services have been further expanded with MAGICVISUALS and MAGICPERSONALITIES (as well as the transformation to a personal brand).
My toolbox for new team work:
- Visual Coaching (2023)
- Dragon Dreaming (2023)
- Sociocratic meeting moderator (2022) & (un-)Certified Sociocracy Expert (2024)
- Gender reflective work with boys, fathers and men (2022)
- Jungian dream work (since 2021)
- Sociocracy 3.0 (2019)
- Liberating Structures (2018)
- Generative dialogue according to David Bohm (2018)
- Graphic Facilitation & Scribing (2015 & 2017)
- Holacracy (2015)
- The power of the circle (Baldwin & Linnea since 2014)
- Art of Hosting & Participatory Leadership (since 2012)
- Dynamic Facilitation & Wisdom Council (Jim Rough – 2011)
My personality profile (excerpt):
- GALLUP (2017) – Top 5 guiding principes:
1. Relationship Building: Empathy
2. Influencing: Maximizer
3. Influencing: Activator
4. Strategic Thinking: Ideation
5. Strategic Thinking: Futuristic - MBTI (2008): ENFJ
Added value for your team (-meeting, -project) when working with me:
- Lasting transformation breakthroughs
- Process creativity leads to better results and experiences
- Better collaboration & psychological safety
- Higher efficiency & effectiveness in implementation
- Strengthened resilience through exemplary values and regenerative paradigms
- High intercultural competence (German/Français/English)
- Generation Z compatibility
General order flow:
- Getting to know each other personally and authentically is very important to me (with first contacts I usually go to lunch first)
- Deepened knowledge & visual coaching of the challenge and solution approaches I see (free of charge for important reference projects, otherwise flat rate 300 CHF)
- Proposal phase with possible involvement of suitable network partners
- Upon acceptance of the offer, individual preparation and coordination
- After delivering each intervention, personal de-briefing and reflection (physical/virtual).
My favorite manifestos:
… one more quote:
“Miracles happen when you put more time and energy into your dreams than you put into your fear”
– Elmar Rassi