Off-the-Record Night: Köln
An invite-only evening for agency founders and senior consultants.
Clients aren't buying raw thinking anymore. They want outcomes, faster, with less handholding. That's uncomfortable for a lot of firms — and genuinely exciting for a few.
AI hasn't changed what great consulting looks like. It's just made it much harder to hide average consulting behind process and day rates.
The gap between what most consultancies are selling and what clients actually need is wider than anyone's saying out loud.
That's what we want to talk about — honestly, and with people who are already in the middle of it.
Off-the-Record Night is a small, invite-only evening for agency founders and senior consultants rethinking how they work. New models, new delivery approaches, real opinions — in conversations that'll remain off the record.
The format
No panels, no recordings, no performing. A few short, unfiltered takes from people in the room, then open conversation. Pizza and drinks throughout. Around 2.5 hours, deliberately small.
Who's in the room
~30 founders, partners, and senior leaders from boutique and mid-sized consultancies and agencies.
People working through what modern delivery actually looks like, not just talking about it.
The agenda
17:30 — Arrival & drinks
18:00 — Welcome
18:10 — Sharp takes from the room
Robert Goesch, CEO at DUMBO
Omid Hashemi, Co-Founder at Kumo and 42DigitalSolutions
Jens Scharnetzki, Chief Product Owner & Head of Experience Design at EnBW
19:10 — Open discussion
19:30 — Drinks & conversations
20:30 — Close
Spots are limited. Guest list is curated. If you've been invited, then you're the right fit.
Please RSVP if you can make it. See you there!