Digital products, human companies

one agile sync is our vision of an organizational culture where all used communications, methods, formats and tools successfully interlock for a common purpose & shared values.

And of course with a constant smoothly change.

Agile Coaching

To react reasonably to changes in complex environments we accompany individuals, teams and organizations in understanding and applying agile methods and the values behind.

Agile Product Consulting

Full spectrum Product Owning (Scrum/Kanban/etc.) including clarification and harmonization of requirements, stakeholder management, backlog work, sprints support & product shipping.

Agile Process Inspection

Iteratively & incrementally we visualize your existing processes, make blockages visible and support their removal with the goal of establishing self-learning processes.

Agile Organizational Development & Coaching

Julia Hinkel

I accompany organizations, teams and individuals in their change processes using over 15 years of professional experience in the implementation of agile methods, self-learning processes and effective collaboration.

My goal is to make organizations fit for current and future needs of their customers and other stakeholders. On- the-job training, coaching and accompanying individuals for internal knowledge building and sparring in challenging everyday situations are currently my focus.

Julia: Featured Work

Individual coaching / on-the-job training for internal (prospective and experienced) Agile coaches in the context of a reorganization.

I provided the Scrum Masters and Product Owner with daily business support, training and facilitation to ensure they were fit to support their teams, for cross team decision making and challenging situations.
(scaling Prop Tech, 80 EMPL, remote, multinational Teams, language: English)

With team kick-off, training sessions and workshops I accompanied an internal coach team to support them with tools and ideas on their journey to more self-organization.
(Media Company, 15,000 EMPL, Berlin & remote, language: German

In the role of Scrum Master I helped three development teams to apply the process framework Scrum, to understand the principles and values behind it and to synchronize with the other teams in the organization. My focus was on making blockages visible and removing them, regular communication with relevant stakeholders and workshops and trainings on agile topics.
(Online Marketing Company, 150 EMPL, Berlin, language: English)

I supported different teams in a large energy company in tackling new digital challenges. A significant part of my work involved coaching team leaders and decision-makers in achieving their goals and focusing on their tasks.

Energy Company, 30,000 EMPL, hybrid, language: German)

I supported an IT team and the business unit in the further development/adaptation of existing (agile) processes in a volatile environment as an Agile Coach with the following focus:

  • Meeting-check and successive adjustments
  • Facilitation of existing team meetings (daily, retro, refinement, review, etc.)
  • Visualization of vision, team goals and current projects as a basis for prioritization
  • Role clarification in the team
  • Mission clarification of the team and the unit
  • Personal training of the new coaching role
  • Follow-up with regular team workshops
    (Media Company, 15,000 EMPL, remote, language: German)

Agile process inspection „from idea to customer“. To gain more clarity and better prioritization in the „idea/request to implementation“ flow, I made a process analysis and adaptation recommendations and successively tested and adapted them with the stakeholders.
(Online Marketing Company, 150 EMPL, Berlin, language: English)

I supported various teams to get to know, experience and integrate agile methodologies such as dailies, work visualizations, value streams, workshops, retrospectives and other formats into their day-to-day work to be more effectively as a team and better synchronize within the organization.
(Legal Tech, 250 EMPL, Berlin, language: German)

10 years experience as project manager

I worked as project manager in the fields of key accounting, business development, conception, calculation, project implementation, process optimization and sales.

For the operation of a real estate portfolio in Germany, I set up the team and the organizational and operational structure, coordinated communication and escalation channels, and implemented a ticket system.
(Global Construction Group, Real Estate/Facility Management, 200,000 EMPL, Germany and Europe, language: German, English)

Agile Product Consultant & Management

Gunnar Hinkel

I support your agile product team as a PO or help by consulting the agile way of working. I scan complex systems, find the patterns and establish lean ways to simplify. Seamlessly I move between technology, business & domain requirements to create agile product processes what are fit for current and future customer needs.

As a product owner and manager with 13 years of experience in the digital environment (e.g. Automotive, E-Learning, Legal Tech) I proactively find ways to make stakeholders more capable and support the strategic alignment of the product vision.

Gunnar: Featured Work

In my consulting role I support the team with:

  • Design workshops to bring stakeholder from different domains together to find out the requirements.
  • The preparation of technical concepts. Actual processes are often transferred into new digital target processes. Helping the team with process analyses, new process concepts whats leads to the definition and harmonizing of new technical requirements.
  • Coaching the agile mindset and help positioning in the complex environment.
  • Help stakeholder in decision making.

Implementing agile product management in fast growing and fast changing environment. Minimizing the gap between domain think tanks and scaled business cases supported by big data, cloud technology and AI.

Full spectrum Product Owning (Scrum/Kanban) with

  • Operative focus: Set the events (Refinements, Planning, etc), create and discuss the tickets, manage the stakeholder group and clarify stories for developers
  • Strategic focus: Clarify the vision, align the portfolio, design KPI for objectives and individual key results

  • I manage and acquire requirements from business, tech and subject domain to support agile product development and scaled business cases (e.g. S.a.a.S.). I have strong skills in critical thinking, analysis and solving problems in complex environments.
  • I understand the stakeholder needs and the technical conditions to assist all involved in creating outstanding products for their businesses.

  • Examine the current development process and work with the team to develop a procedural model that makes everyone happier, provides greater stability for the company and leads to satisfied customers.
  • Creating an iterative procedure from domain idea to development user story and set up the requirements funnel.

„…I was impressed by his deep knowledge, his pragmatism and his work ethics…“

C.G. COO / Business Unit Health

„…Gunnar knows how to derive the essential needs and requirements for IT projects in a very complex environment in a structured manner…“

F.M. Head of Business Excellence

„…I had the pleasure of working with Gunnar on restructuring our product division. I can wholeheartedly recommend working with him….“

M.W. Lead Strategic Product Manager

„…Julia impresses me as a team facilitator. She manages to guide teams towards greater self-organisation and clarity, promotes responsibility and ensures quick, appropriate decisions are made….“

N.R. Lead SME Solutions

„… Julias structured approach for building an agile organization helped everyone from C- to operational level in understanding every single step we took. I feel very grateful for having had her support and can only recommend her skills to anyone who is truly interested in building agile organizations and developing agile teams…“

G.W. CEO

„…I had the good fortune to get to know Julia while we were working together on a cross-departmental project. Julia has a keen sense of the needs of a group and its individual participants. She supports her counterparts with targeted questions to sharpen their focus and then develop solutions together…“

V.S. PO IT Infrastructure

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