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About

Strategy was my first love. Long before clients, decks or workshops — there were books. Piles of them. Eventually, towers.

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At university and during my early years at TBWA\ Berlin, I discovered something fundamental: understanding people isn’t a skill — it’s a superpower in business.

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I’m obsessed with culture — consumer culture, internet culture, aesthetic culture. Anything that reveals what people seek, avoid, desire or admire.

I see brands as holistic, emotional systems — forces that shape the whole organisation which impact how we feel, dream, trust, choose, live and love.

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Behind my strategic mind is a human who embraces complexity: curious, sometimes chaotic, precise in the right moments — always searching for the point where meaning turns into emotion.

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Over the last 15 years, I’ve worked with teams across the US, Europe and the Middle East — Apple, Netflix, Airbnb, Google, Zalando and many more.

My work moves between strategy, culture and creativity — helping organisations see themselves and their own signature clearly, confidently, beautifully.

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This is the world I work from: books, beauty, objects, intimacy, clarity. A studio built on what drives me most: radical curiosity — and the courage to follow it.

What others say

Jens Urbaniak — CEO DrSmile

“When Gilbert joined us, he made an impact from day one. He sharpened our brand, clarified our narrative and brought both analytical depth and creative perspective. A rare combination — and a pleasure to work with.”

Services

Storylistening

Customer insights via qualitative research · interviews & interpretation

Before storytelling comes storylistening: I uncover the language, tensions and desires your customers actually live by — using qualitative methods from social research (e.g., in-depth interviews). Output can include insight themes, narratives, friction points, decision drivers and a “voice of customer” map.
Fee: from € 3,500

Clarity Session

Strategic direction & decision clarity · 3h intensive

A focused working session where I help founders or leadership teams gain fast clarity on what matters most.
Fee: from € 1,200

Brand Sparring Program

Brand as operating system · 4–6 sessions

A deeper strategic partnership where I help turn your brand into a compass that guides decisions, behaviour and expression.
Fee: from € 6,000

Executive Sparring

Leadership & communication · 1:1

One-to-one strategic thinking for founders and CMOs who need an external mind with sharpness, empathy and cultural range.
Fee: from € 3,000

Team Immersion

Brand as culture · 1–2 days

A collaborative deep dive into the essence of your brand with your entire team.
Fee: on request

Brand as a Mirror

Reflection & alignment · 90 min

A quiet, focused session for strategic reflection and realignment.
Fee: € 1,000

Support for agencies

Temporary brand & comms support — Director level

Need senior strategic firepower on a project — fast? I can step in to represent your team in client meetings, sharpen briefs, build global campaign thinking and steer complex brand work with clarity and confidence.
Fee: on request

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Storylistening Customer insights via qualitative research · interviews & interpretation
Before storytelling comes storylistening: I uncover the language, tensions and desires your customers actually live by — using qualitative methods from social research (e.g., in-depth interviews). Output can include insight themes, narratives, friction points, decision drivers and a “voice of customer” map.

Fee: from € 3,500
Clarity Session Strategic direction & decision clarity · 3h intensive
A focused working session where I help founders or leadership teams gain fast clarity on what matters most.

Fee: from € 1,200
Brand Sparring Program Brand as operating system · 4–6 sessions
A deeper strategic partnership where I help turn your brand into a compass that guides decisions, behaviour and expression.

Fee: from € 6,000
Executive Sparring Leadership & communication · 1:1
One-to-one strategic thinking for founders and CMOs who need an external mind with sharpness, empathy and cultural range.

Fee: from € 3,000
Team Immersion Brand as culture · 1–2 days
A collaborative deep dive into the essence of your brand with your entire team.

Fee: on request
Brand as a Mirror Reflection & alignment · 90 min
A quiet, focused session for strategic reflection and realignment.

Fee: € 1,000
Support for agencies Temporary brand & comms support — Director level
Need senior strategic firepower on a project — fast? I can step in to represent your team in client meetings, sharpen briefs, build global campaign thinking and steer complex brand work with clarity and confidence.

Fee: on request

Get in touch

Great work starts with a conversation.
Let’s have one.

Studio

Selected case studies are available in person — my studio is in central Berlin. The espresso is always on. Take a look at some photos to get a better picture.

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