Udo Braeu

Competences

• Since 2013 working as an inde­pen­dent senior con­sul­tant and exe­cu­tive coach in the field of per­so­na­lity, orga­ni­sa­tio­nal and cor­po­rate cul­ture deve­lo­p­ment with a focus on tech­no­logy trans­for­ma­tion projects.
• Systemic Coaching (ISO 17024) — Professional Training at the E.S.B.A.
• Psychosocial coun­sellor (LSB)
• Centre for English Studies & Internship, San Francisco, California
• Further trai­ning in media­tion, core com­pe­tence change, men­tal coa­ching, manage­ment dia­gno­stics & com­pe­tence analyses

Professional back­ground

• After stu­dy­ing com­pu­ter sci­ence at the Technical University of Vienna, pro­fes­sio­nal expe­ri­ence as an orga­ni­sa­tio­nal ana­lyst at ERSTE Bank and CSC, then pro­ject mana­ger, divi­sion mana­ger, mana­ging direc­tor and many years as a board mem­ber at Meierhofer AG Munich (health­care IT), curr­ently on the super­vi­sory board.
• In the course of his work as a senior con­sul­tant, seve­ral for­mats of the nar­ra­tive approach were tes­ted and fur­ther deve­lo­ped in the con­text of pro­jects, work­shops, cri­sis and media­tion meetings.
• This resul­ted in a book publi­ca­tion: “Waymarks in Possibility Land: How the nar­ra­tive approach makes peo­ple and com­pa­nies more agile.”
• Teaching coach at the E.S.B.A — European Systemic Business Academy
• Lectures and trai­nings in the field of self-manage­ment and leadership
• Since early 2025, Udo Bräu has been working inten­si­vely with AI sys­tems, both in his own con­sul­ting work and in cli­ent pro­jects, for exam­ple in buil­ding AI-sup­ported know­ledge bases and ope­ra­ting local lan­guage models. This prac­ti­cal expe­ri­ence forms the basis of his sup­port for AI trans­for­ma­ti­ons at ESBC. His con­tri­bu­tion lies not in the tech­ni­cal imple­men­ta­tion, but in com­bi­ning tech­ni­cal under­stan­ding with sys­te­mic con­sul­ting expertise.

Focal points around lea­der­ship deve­lo­p­ment and orga­niza­tio­nal design

Management dia­gno­stics, com­pe­tence analyses