About me

Over the past decade, I’ve worked at the intersection of business, technology, and human development. With a degree in International Business and studies across Germany, China, Denmark, and France, I developed a strong foundation in cross-cultural collaboration, systems thinking, and global management.

In my role as a digital transformation consultant, I supported organizations in building more resilient product portfolio structures, scaling agile ways of working, and navigating the human side of change. I facilitated intercultural workshops, shaped more adaptive operating models and led change initiatives for greener and better forms of collaboration — always with an eye on how individuals and systems evolve together.

Privately, I’ve long been engaged in questions of mental health, personal development, and sustainable living — exploring how individual choices ripple through the systems we’re part of. A pivotal moment came when I read Regenerative Leadership by Giles Hutchins and Laura Storm, which helped me connect the dots between inner development, organisational evolution, and planetary wellbeing.

To deepen my capacity to support others, I completed a 9-month systemic coaching training. Today, I combine my professional background, personal convictions, and coaching training to guide people through their own journeys of regenerative change.

All my life, I’ve been coaching. My friends. My family. Acquaintances: Asking questions, trying to elicit new insights, questioning ways of living, at times traveling the world, always trying to take in new perspectives.

At the intersection between business and IT, I witnessed vast differences in perceiving the world - and little time to discuss them openly. Colleagues started their careers with passion but often headed towards frustration. That’s why I want to offer a safe space, a room to reflect on a meta-level, for individuals motivated by thoughts like:

  • I’m clear about the approach I’m taking, I want clarity regarding the prospects, the effects, the outcome on a deeper level.

  • I want to tap into my natural strengths, that brought me this far.

  • I want to make sure that I’m headed in the right direction.

  • I want to feel better while following my journey.

If you’re looking for a long lasting feeling of autonomy and content, and you’re ready to sharpen your awareness of the systems your life is embedded in, book a session now.

Vision


I believe that the complexity of both our inner and outer worlds holds deep wisdom — not just challenges to overcome, but opportunities for transformation, wellbeing, and personal evolution. When we learn to work with these patterns rather than against them, we begin to see new paths forward — for ourselves and the systems we are a part of.

Mission


My mission is to support as many people as possible in relating to life from a regenerative perspective — and to help them adjust their inner compass so they can navigate complexity with ease, integrity, and confidence.

My values


These values guide both my life and my coaching approach:

  • Creativity – as a spark for fresh thinking and adaptive responses.

  • Development – as a lifelong unfolding, not a fixed destination.

  • Resilience – as the capacity to grow through challenge and renew from within.

  • Harmony – as a dynamic alignment with life’s demands, not a static balance.

I believe the same values can inform many different paths — what matters is to engage with them meaningfully and mindfully.

Certificate

Zertifikat für Frau Lizanna Engel zum Systemischen Coach in InKonstellation, mit Kursdetails, Ausbildungsinhalten und Unterschrift.

The Systemic Coaching training is accredited by:

Logos verschiedener Weiterbildungs- und Coaches-Organisationen, darunter ICF, BDVT, dvct, ECA, DCV, DGfS und das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung.

Professional development

A few highlights on the path that’s brought me here

Systemic Coaching Training with InKonstellation (9 months)

2024

Vipassana

2023

Advisor - Digital Transformation & Operations at Thoughtworks (global technology consultancy that specialises in custom software development; long-term workplace of Agile Manifesto founders Martin Fowler and Jim Highsmith and many other impressive technologists)

2022 - 2024

2019

Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) certificate

Project Manager (at times also acting as Agile Coach and Product Owner) at relayr, IIOT scale-up company acquired by MunichRe

2019 - 2022

Participant in a Digital Nomad Program in South America (Chile, Peru, Colombia) + Intro to Programming Nanodegree by Udacity

2019

Intercultural Trainer Certification by InterCultur

2018

Interchange program Leader with CISV (Children International Summer Villages) in Germany and France

2018

Yoga Teacher Training

2020

Project Manager at neulandherzer, digital marketing agency

Studies in International Business Administration in Germany (Ingolstadt), China (Guangzhou), Denmark (Copenhagen), France (Paris)

2016 - 2019

2010 - 2016

Participant in a Village in San Francisco with CISV (Children International Summer Villages)

2002

High School in Germany (Frankfurt am Main) and China (Shanghai)

2001 - 2010