ABOUT THE EXPERTS
ILKA VOGTMANN | Assholes | Others | Yourself | IDA KYMMER
Ilka from Germany, is a Creative Leader working in international ad agencies for more than 20 years. Especially as a woman in a leadership position, Ilka was always driven by being a creative leader and remaining successfully without losing empathy. Building on her award winning thesis, researching for 3 years on the dark side of leadership, she created this unique training together with Ida from Sweden: who holds an M.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies, worked as a researcher, journalist, composer and is running Espere - a platform company for brand building and professional travels, business development and organisational culture consulting.
We developed a strong passion for the preservation of ethics in business.
CEO & Founder noA** hole Leadership
CEO & Founder noA** | creagency
CCO, ECD, CD
Wächter&Wächter. Worldwide Partners.
SERVICEPLAN , \TBWA
eMBA Creative Leadership
(BA) Graphic Design
Tutor & Jury Member Design Academies
U5, GWA Jun. Agency, University Rosenheim
CEO Espere
MA Peace and Conflict Studies
Ongoing eMBA Creative Leadership
Certificated South African Wine Expert
Campaign Manager for Wina zRPA
Export Consultant
Journalist
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#dontblamemefor
@joachimbaldauf
@printkultur
@agenturneubauer
| ILKA VOGTMANN | Assholes |
Yourself
Ilka is a creative leader who combines a creative heart for unique ideas and execution with global strategies in passion and perfection for big brands. After her studies in Graphic Design in Munich 1993, Ilka worked as a Creative Director for small creative agencies, as well as for big international networks like TBWA, or SERVICEPLAN. She has been in charge as Chief Creative Officer of Wächter & Wächter Worldwide Partners for more than 7 years, and graduated in 2016 with an Executive MBA degree in Creative Leadership (Berlin School of Creative Leadership, Steinbeis University), as well as having received the Michael Conrad Outstanding Thesis Award 2016. Especially as a woman in a leadership position - working more than 20 years in advertising –, Ilka was always driven by being a creative leader and remaining successfully without losing empathy. To be driven by creativity and emotional intelligence leads to better ideas, enthusiasm of the team, sustainable success and fulfilment – this is her credo.
2018 she founded noA** - the emotional creagency, as well as
the noA** Hole Leadership offering keynotes as well as this unique Toolkit Training for Creative Leaders and creative organisations to avoid toxic culture and implement the noA** - Culture. (The no A**hole Culture) She is currently working on her first book “Butterflies of hell" – Why are you an a**hole?” The story about increase of power versus decrease of empathy - especially among “MAD MEN” ( & “MAD WOMEN").
| KEY SKILLS: CREATIVE LEADERSHIP | CREATIVE STRATEGY | CREATIVE DIRECTION | 360°
| IDA KYMMER | Others | Yourself
Ida holds and M.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies and is half way through her eMBA at Berlin School of Creative Leadership. She has worked as a researcher, journalist, composer and has been running the creative agency Evonas. Ida’s core passions are connecting different localities, quality products and services as well as supporting organisations to have developed healthy and sustainable cultures. Ida is currently local in Seoul, Warsaw, Cape Town and Paris, from where she is running Espere - a platform company for brand building and professional travels, business development and organisational culture consulting.
