#HeraeusPeople Story

Imrpovisation meets real life

My EHS career is peppered with milestones: from standing ovations during audits to being named “Rock Solid” in a global EHS role. But my greatest success at Heraeus? A training concept that made safety an interactive experience. The challenge was clear: reduce the number of accidents. How did we get there? Anything but ordinary. Together with my colleague, I developed an “Incident Management and Investigation Training” - ten modules that were rolled out globally to deal with incidents and accidents. Over a period of months at various training times. A series peppered with a good narrative and gamification. Imagine this: I present an accident, put on different hats and slip into different roles. The participants choose their interview partners, ask questions, uncover the truth layer by layer: “What happened?” - “Why don't you ask the lab technician?"

Why EHS training as an interactive experience? Because I know: People listen. People watch. But only when they participate does the knowledge really sink in. I didn't want a bored audience - I wanted to shape safety expertise. This conviction also stems from my life outside the lab: for years I organized games meetings in Kassel and found balance in the Chinese martial art of Wing Tsun. This is discipline and creativity in perfect harmony.