{"id":884,"date":"2026-04-19T16:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T14:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hai2-consulting.de\/about-hai%c2%b2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:54:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:54:00","slug":"about-hai%c2%b2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hai2-consulting.de\/en\/about-hai%c2%b2\/","title":{"rendered":"About HAI\u00b2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_phoneWide\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>About <span>HAI\u00b2<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_phoneWide\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_flex_column_24_24 et_animated et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hai2-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_Hai2Consulting-371-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Siegfried Leiner, AI Strategy Consultant\" title=\"Schedule an appointment with us.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hai2-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_Hai2Consulting-371-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.hai2-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_Hai2Consulting-371-1280x854.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.hai2-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_Hai2Consulting-371-980x653.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.hai2-consulting.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260408_Hai2Consulting-371-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2560px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-492\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_phoneWide\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 class=\"font-heading text-4xl md:text-5xl text-primary-foreground mb-2\">Siegfried Leiner<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-accent text-lg font-medium mb-6\">HAI\u00b2 Consulting<\/p>\n<p>Siegfried Leiner, owner and founder, is an expert in Human-Centered AI, customer analytics, and CRM, with over 30 years of leadership experience in the software industry.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_1 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_phoneWide\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 class=\"font-heading text-3xl text-foreground mb-2\">About Me<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"352\">As an experienced executive, product manager, and consultant, I combine strategic experience and practical knowledge from management, transformation projects, and enterprise software engineering. Through this, I have learned: Technologies alone do not make the difference \u2013 it is the people who work with them and decide on their application that are crucial. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"354\" data-end=\"925\">Artificial intelligence is an extremely powerful and versatile technology that is rapidly evolving and continuously creating new application possibilities in companies. At the same time, reliable experience and established best practices are often lacking. Instead, expectations, different perspectives, and uncertainties characterize the approach to AI. My focus is therefore not on short-term solutions, but on well-founded decisions and sustainable success \u2013 especially in times of complexity, uncertainty, and constant change.   <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"927\" data-end=\"1194\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">I am convinced: innovation and ethics are not mutually exclusive. Neither are economic and systemic thinking, nor technology and humanity. Sustainable progress emerges where these aspects are considered together and responsibly connected.  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_3 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_4 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_1_5 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_phoneWide\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_0 et_pb_blurb et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_blurb_position_left et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_main_blurb_image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/siegfried-leiner-90441b1\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><span class=\"et-pb-icon\">\ue0cb<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/siegfried-leiner-90441b1\/\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn Profile<\/a><\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_5 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_1_5 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_phoneWide\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_6 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_1_5 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_phoneWide\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_7 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_1_5 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_phoneWide\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_8 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_1_5 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_phoneWide\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_4 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_9 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_phoneWide\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 class=\"font-heading text-3xl text-foreground mb-2\">My Approach<\/h2>\n<p>Many AI initiatives fail not due to technology, but due to a lack of clarity regarding objectives. HAI\u00b2 Consulting supports you in deploying AI in a way that makes your company more competitive, empowers people, and creates sustainable value. <\/p>\n<p>Where to start? What is truly worthwhile? How do we get the organization on board? For you as decision-makers in management and HR, I am   <span> <\/span><strong class=\"text-foreground\">an impulse generator, sparring partner, and process facilitator<\/strong><span> <\/span>for answering these questions.<\/p>\n<p>My focus is to contribute my specific expertise to AI transformation projects and thus help ensure their success. I work closely with a network of consulting firms and specialists. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_3 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_5 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_10 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_phoneWide\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 class=\"font-heading text-3xl text-foreground mb-2\">My Values<\/h2>\n<div class=\"flex gap-4 items-start\">\n<p class=\"text-muted-foreground text-base md:text-lg leading-relaxed\">My goal is to support companies in developing an AI strategy that aligns with their own goals and values. By advocating for the Human-Centered AI approach, I aim to contribute to a humane shaping of the future of work. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_4 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_6 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_11 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_phoneWide\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_5 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 class=\"font-heading text-3xl text-foreground mb-2\">Career Stages and Experience<\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"font-heading text-3xl text-foreground mb-2\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"font-heading text-3xl text-foreground mb-2\">Microsoft, Principal Group Program Manager<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"font-heading text-3xl text-foreground mb-2\">Industry Clouds & Solutions, 2021 - 2025<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-heading text-3xl text-foreground mb-2\">Strategic Customer Projects Data & AI, 2018 - 2020<\/li>\n<li class=\"font-heading text-3xl text-foreground mb-2\">Dynamics CRM Analytics & Customer Insights, 2015 - 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>SAP, Vice President<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Mobile Industry Applications, 2011 - 2014<\/li>\n<li>Strategic Customer Projects, 2006 - 2010<\/li>\n<li>CRM Central Product Management, 2001 - 2005<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>ORBIS<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Member of the Management Board & Head of CRM Development, 1999 - 2001<\/li>\n<li>President ORBIS America, 1997 - 2001<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_5 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_7 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_12 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_phoneWide\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_6 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 class=\"font-heading text-3xl text-foreground mb-2\">Qualifications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Human-Centered Generative AI, Stanford University, 2025 - 2026<\/li>\n<li>Consultant for Systemic Organizational Development, Transformation, and Change Management, Institute for Systemic Consulting, 2025 - 2026<\/li>\n<li>Ambassador of the Weltethos-Institut at the University of T\u00fcbingen, since 2021<\/li>\n<li>Diploma Physicist from Saarland University, 1994<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_6 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_8 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_13 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_phoneWide\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_7 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2 class=\"font-heading text-3xl text-foreground mb-2\">The <span>HAI\u00b2<\/span> methodology<\/h2>\n<div class=\"flex gap-4 items-start\">\n<p class=\"text-muted-foreground text-base md:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-4\">The <span>HAI\u00b2<\/span> Methodology is a model I developed, based on the concepts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hai2-consulting.de\/en\/methodology\/\">Human-Centered AI<\/a>, Design Thinking, and systemic organizational development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-muted-foreground text-base md:text-lg leading-relaxed mb-4\">The starting point is the understanding that the knowledge about the truly profitable application of AI lies within the organization \u2013 nowhere else. Competence in using AI tools is important, but crucial is the understanding and selection of the problems to be solved with their help. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_9 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_14 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_phoneWide\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_0 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hai2-consulting.de\/methodik\/\">Learn more about the HAI\u00b2 methodology<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_10 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_15 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_phoneWide\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider_hidden et_pb_space et_pb_divider_position_top et_pb_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_7 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section et_animated\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_11 et_pb_row et-vb-row--no-module et_flex_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_16 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_phoneWide\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_12 et_pb_row et_flex_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_17 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_phoneWide\"><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_1_wrapper\"><a class=\"et_pb_button_1 et_pb_button et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_flex_module\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hai2-consulting.de\/terminanfrage\/\">Nutzen Sie ein kostenloses Erstgespr\u00e4ch<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-884","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"dsm_author":{"name":"Regina Schleyer","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c27809496ba1ef18d4ee77f87f660b09b5a18b57bb98c420d948a16a7c0552c7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","archive_link":"https:\/\/www.hai2-consulting.de\/en\/author\/website-coach\/","biodata":""},"dsm_categories":[],"dsm_attachment_categories":[],"dsm_featured_image":null,"dsm_comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hai2-consulting.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hai2-consulting.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hai2-consulting.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hai2-consulting.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hai2-consulting.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hai2-consulting.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":992,"href":"https:\/\/www.hai2-consulting.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/884\/revisions\/992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hai2-consulting.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}