This training is intended as a comprehensive introduction to the basics of Lean management. The essential contents and principles of Lean are explained, as well as the actual application—in the field of producing, as well as in the administrative field. This is possible because it is about the mindset for "Lean" thinking as well as some tools that are suitable for production and the office. In addition to theory, practical examples and transfer tasks also help to ensure that the course knowledge acquired is ready to apply.

Lean Management – Die Grundlagen

The Basics of Lean Management

In this advanced training, basic knowledge of Lean Management is required and then expanded upon. Participants learn about obstacles they may encounter when implementing Lean Management, as well as active measures for employee development. This helps to support even more intensive customer service and a leaner value stream. 

Lean Management für Fortgeschrittene

Lean Management Advanced Course

Big Data, Cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI)—you've probably heard these terms before. But are you able to explain the meaning behind these trend words? Unless you're a data scientist or an AI developer, you may have a hard time understanding the world of data and related technologies. This is exactly where this e⁠-⁠training comes in: You will learn about important topics surrounding Big Data, with no prior knowledge needed. It is not about how you can handle Big Data yourself—but a basic overview of what Big Data actually is, the opportunities and challenges associated with it, and which methods and tools data experts use to create added value from Big Data.

Big Data – Die Welt der Daten verstehen

Big Data—Understanding the World of Data 

This training provides an overview of common agile techniques. It should serve as a basis for the participants to decide whether and how these techniques can be integrated into their personal daily work. The focus is not on explaining the entire agile methodology, but rather on what you can pick out and implement relatively easily—even in non-agile work. The learning focus is on the application of agile techniques and tips for implementing them. The three themes are: collaboration, communication, and time management. 

Agile Tool-Box für den Arbeitsalltag

Agile Toolbox for Everyday Work

This course provides an overview of some Agile techniques that can be useful for designing and running meetings and workshops. While the emphasis is not on the entire Agile methodology, you will learn techniques that can be helpful in preparing for a meeting or workshop, execution, and follow-up, as well as tips for implementing what you've learned.

Agile Tool-Box für Workshops und Meetings

Agile Toolbox for Workshops and Meetings

Do you ever wonder what exactly your company's goals are and how your work can help achieve them? Would you like to be informed transparently about corporate values, vision and strategy, so that you, for your part, can work better and more purposefully? Would you like more effective and clear communication within your team and between different departments? If so, it is worth taking a look at “OKR”, an agile leadership and time management framework. The "O" in OKR stands for Objectives, the goals you set for yourself, your team or your company using the OKR methodology. Behind the "K" and the "R" are the Key Results, the key competencies you need to achieve your goals. By thoughtfully and clearly naming objectives and key results, the OKR method creates a clear and transparent focus on what is most important right now and helps organizations achieve a small number of specific goals in a precisely defined way. Does that sound good? Then take a look at our e⁠-⁠training. 

Die Grundlagen der OKR-Methode

Basics of the OKR-Method 

Innovation and the testing of new developments are closely connected. In this e⁠-⁠training course, we will show you methods for prototyping, how to use them in the most needs-based way with relatively little effort, and how to gain important insights from them at an early stage and thus save on costs.

Innovation – Prototypen bedarfsgerecht entwickeln und testen

Innovation—Needs-Based Development and Testing of Prototypes

Innovations must always have a place within a company. At the beginning of this e⁠-⁠training course, we will explain which phases characterize innovation processes. We will also take a closer look at a range of possible approaches to innovation development. There is a wealth of different approaches and methods for achieving different goals. In this e⁠-⁠training course, we will look at some of them in detail and show you which goals managers and innovation teams can achieve with them, as well as how they actually work.

Innovation – Methoden für den Innovationsprozess

Innovation—Methods for the Innovation Process

Innovative thinking can be learned. Developing an innovative mindset and promoting it in team members follows certain prerequisites and comes with some hidden stumbling blocks. In this e⁠-⁠training course, you will find out how you and your team can overcome what works against innovation and how to get mentally prepared for innovation.

Innovation – Ein innovatives Mindset fördern

Innovation—Promoting an Innovative Mindset

"Understanding Digitalization" takes participants on a journey into the digital world, showing that digitalization is not just about converting physical products and applications into digital products and applications. Conversely, it is above all about the data that is generated in the process. As traditional companies disappear and new companies are emerge, professions are changing. Even doctors may be replaced by digital technologies. The presenter introduces the new power of customers and the need for customer centricity as another significant change. Finally, through transfer tasks, participants are encouraged to examine their own professional environment for digital challenges and potential to resolve.

Digitalisierung verstehen

Understanding Digitalization

"Agility" is the answer to ever shorter-term planning processes and ever faster change. "Leadership" must also be rethought in this context. This e⁠-⁠training puts classic leadership tools to the test. It is divided into the areas of mindset (understanding of leadership), skillset (leadership competencies) and toolset (leadership tools). For all three areas, we will examine how thinking and the respective methods and tools must change in order to continue to meet the requirements of successful leadership.

Agile Führung

Agile Leadership

The world of work is changing. Globalization and digitalization mean that old work and management strategies no longer suffice. This e⁠-⁠training course highlights the agile mindset and how it differs from the classic control mindset. Furthermore, Carol Dweck's growth mindset and fixed mindset concepts are explored to emphasize the importance of adaptability and innovation. Participants will learn how outdated mindsets pose risks in a dynamic business world and how an agile mindset enables rapid response to market developments. The course introduces the nine agile values—trust, focus, openness, courage, communication, respect, feedback, commitment, simplicity—and provides strategies for developing and maintaining an agile mindset.

Agiles Mindset entwickeln

Developing an Agile Mindset

The Kanban Board is more than a planning tool. First, learn about the Board's development in the Japanese automotive industry, and get to know the "flow idea" behind Kanban. This will enable you to use the method more creatively and purposefully. Also included you will find a case study from the manufacturing industry that helps to apply Kanban to real life. Learn about the different ways to use a Kanban board and the most important elements such as "Work in Progress Limits" and the "Pull Principle".

Kanban – die Methode

Working with the Kanban Board

Learn about the background and development of Scrum as described by Jeff Sutherland in his book "The Scrum Revolution" where Sutherland references the Toyota Principle and the Plan-Do-Check-Act Method. Additionally, get to know the basics of Scrum such as working in teams, focused work, and the division into product owner, scrum master and team. Finally, learn what the organization of a project looks like, according to scrum.

Scrum – der Überblick

Scrum—The Overview

This e⁠-⁠training was developed by design thinking practitioners. At the center is a real-life, anonymized project demonstrating how a manufacturer of garage doors developed new products and solutions using a design thinking process. Here, you will be introduced to concepts such as the problem space, the solution space, and the prerequisites needed in order to apply design thinking. In a special chapter, the Persona Concept is also presented using a practical example.

Design Thinking in der Praxis

Design Thinking

Every company wants creative employees with a neverending supply of good ideas. The phrase "Be creative!" has probably never spurred anyone on to imaginative high performance. But creativity can be encouraged and practiced. This e⁠-⁠learning introduces methods and techniques to generate creative ideas including Brainstorming and Brainwriting, the 635 Method, the Six Thinking Hats, the Walt Disney Method, and Stimulus Image Analysis. You will also receive valuable tips and "recipes" for a successful process. Additional transfer tasks help participants to integrate what they've learned into their everyday work.

Kreativitätstechniken – Methodenkoffer

Fostering Creativity—Methods for Your Toolbox

The design thinking approach helps to make products and companies competitive again by focussing on customers, openness, curiosity and innovation. Three rules will help you prepare for the design thinking process in the best possible way.

So bereitet sich dein Team auf den Design-Thinking-Prozess vor

How your team prepares for the design thinking process

Having the ability to work agilely is a crucial skill in the era of globalization and digitalization. Here, you'll find a brief introduction to the topic of agility!

Was ist Agilität?

What Is Agile Management? 

Testing with participants and continual improvement of prototypes follow some fundamental rules. They are the focus of this micro.

Goldene Regeln fürs Prototyping

Golden Rules for Prototyping

The conditions for prototyping are diverse. This micro provides initial orientation.

Wie startest du ins Prototyping? 

How Do You Start Prototyping?

With measurable, scheduled, ambitious Key Results, you and your team will succeed in achieving your goals.

Erfolg mit Key Results messbar machen

Making Success Measurable with Key Results

With OKR you learn to formulate your goals in small, flexible units, to communicate them transparently and finally to achieve them with the help of Key Results.

Mit der OKR-Methode zielorientiert arbeiten

Work Goal-Oriented with the OKR Method

Stand-up meetings are a common tool used in agile work to monitor the team's tasks and progress.

Aufgaben im Blick behalten mit Stand-up-Meetings

Use Daily Stand-Up Meetings for Task Visibility

A good product is no longer enough to inspire your customers. It's also about making every touchpoint with your customers completely relevant to their needs. We'll show you how you can succeed.

So geht Kundenfokus – erste Schritte

Customer Focus Works—First Steps

Scrum teams consist of a product owner, a development team and a scrum master. Agile teams are successful with the help of this clear distribution of tasks.

Im Scrum-Team effektiv zusammenarbeiten

Collaborate Effectively in the Scrum Team

Agile tools can significantly facilitate and structure everyday work. With helpful companions like the product backlog, the sprint backlog and the increment, you can navigate confidently through any agile project.

Mit agilen Tools den Arbeitsalltag effektiv managen

Effectively Manage Everyday Work with Agile Tools

VUCA stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. This means that stable states are no longer the norm in our world today. The world is becoming increasingly ambiguous. In this micro, we show you how to master the VUCA world.

VUCA wagen und meistern

Dare and Master the VUCA World

Scrum board, sprint, retrospective, review, product backlog... With this micro you will become an expert in scrum.

Mit Scrum innovativ und effektiv arbeiten

Work Innovatively and Effectively with Scrum

You can achieve a continuous improvement process with the PDCA cycle. Learn how you and your team can unleash new potential with Plan-Do-Check-Act!

Kontinuierliche Verbesserungen mit dem PDCA-Zyklus

Continuous Improvement with the PDCA Cycle

Description	In order to learn from mistakes and use them for our further development, we first have to find and analyze them. Here you will learn how to determine the root cause with the Ishikawa diagram.

Kernursachen finden mit dem Ishikawa-Diagramm

Finding Root Causes with the Ishikawa Diagram

Want to save time and money in your production and administrative processes? Here we show you how to use TIMWOOD to search for possible resource hogs.

Sieben Arten der Verschwendung

Seven Types of Waste

Line balancing literally balances your production line.
Here you will learn how to use it to align the times of all workstations in the process with the customer cycle to be achieved. 

Wertstrom verschlanken mit Line Balancing

Use Line Balancing to Streamline the Value Stream

Make processes and responsibilities transparent with Kanban. Learn how to use it to visualize your team's workflow.

Prozesse visualisieren mit Kanban

Visualize Processes with Kanban

The Design Thinking process helps create innovative products that are attractive to customers. By following these six steps, you can truly understand your customers' problems and develop a sustainable, effective solution.

Innovativ und kundenorientiert handeln mit Design Thinking

Acting innovatively and customer-oriented with Design Thinking

Often we hardly know which components of our data are collected or how they are used. With these tips, you can get an overview of the data protection and privacy settings on your digital devices.


Persönliche Daten schützen

Protect Personal Data

Big Data and Artificial Intelligence have become indispensable in the modern world. With this review, you will be able to recall the most important concepts around Big Data.

Big Data – ein kleiner Rückblick

Big Data—A Short Review

Common rules and values create a good basis for harmonious and effective teamwork. To develop them, a team culture workshop is suitable. 

Team Culture Workshop

This micro focuses on the nine agile values and their meaning. This makes it easier to get started with agile thinking and working. 

Die 9 agilen Werte

The Agile Values

To develop new ideas and look at them directly from different perspectives, the Walt Disney Method is a good choice. In this micro, get to know these three roles: the dreamer, the realist and the skeptic - in more detail. 

Kreativität fördern mit der Walt-Disney-Methode

Encouraging Creativity Using the Walt Disney Method

By creating personas, you give (potential) customers a face and can thus better put yourself in their shoes. 

Personas erstellen

Creating Personas

In retrospective meetings, team members look back over the past few weeks to discuss what is working well and where there is room for improvement. 

Retrospektive-Meetings

Retrospective Meetings

Planning Poker is an agile tool that helps you and your team to realistically estimate the time and effort needed for tasks. It provides a space for discussion together as a team, and ultimately helps the team come to a common denominator. This is how Planning Poker optimizes the planning of tasks and projects. 

Aufwände realistisch einschätzen mit Planning Poker

Planning Poker: Estimating Tasks Realistically

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Agility & Innovation

With the PINKTUM Master Certificates, you sharpen your skills profile and are rewarded for consistent learning. Choose from different topic clusters for your personal development. Each cluster contains a selection of thematically appropriate e-trainings that you can flexibly compile as learning paths according to your needs. Once you successfully complete ten e-trainings from a topic cluster, you will earn a Master Certificate.

German-language learning paths for the PINKTUM Master Certificates can be completed in all subject clusters without restriction. We also offer the Master Certificates in English, French and Spanish. For these language versions, however, some e-trainings in the topic clusters will only be available at a later date.