Julia works as a Strategy and Project Facilitator at Eurowings
Digital and as a writer for Evolve Magazine for Consciousness and Culture.

Over the past eleven years at the Lufthansa Group, she has worked
across organisational development, change, communication and strategy.
Throughout her career, she has been drawn to opportunities to build something
new, bring cross-functional teams together and lead without formal authority.

1. What do you love most about the work you do today？
What I love most is bringing people together to create meaningful collaboration - across hierarchies, organizations, backgrounds, nationalities and areas of expertise.
I love creating spaces where people can contribute, grow and shine - where they feel encouraged to bring their ideas and unique strengths to the table.
And honestly, I do this everywhere: in my professional work and in life itself. I don't really separate the two. At the heart of it is my love for people and my joy of contributing to something bigger: to a re-definition what work is and what work could become.

2. Was there a particular decision, turning point or experience that significantly shaped your career?
One important turning point was my decision to leave my rooftop apartment overlooking Frankfurt and move with my family to the forest of the volcanic Eifel.
It may not sound like an obvious career move, but it profoundly changed the way I work and live.
Being close to nature gives me energy, strength and inspiration. It has taught me to trust the process, allow things to unfold and let go of the need to control every outcome.
Over time, I realised how much the spaces we create around ourselves influence the spaces we create for others. The more room I give myself to pause, stay curious and reconnect with what matters, the more room I can create for others to contribute and for new possibilities to emerge.

3. What does New Work mean to you personally? Has the way you think about work changed over the years?
To me New Work means to break out rigid role-definitions disciplinary boundaries. It's about doing our jobs differently - making them uniquely ours by allowing ourselves to bring more of who we are into what we do.
I believe we've created compartments that are almost watertight, separating roles, responsibilities and even parts of ourselves in ways that no longer serve us or the whole. New Work means stepping beyond these boundaries - not by rejecting what exists, but with full appreciation for where we are and what has brought us here. With clear words and soft hearts.
It means meeting each other as human beings, not just as business partners, while still respecting the realities and needs of business. I fully embrace the business world and its demands, but I believe we can put the human first in everything we do.
For me, New Work means bringing heart back to business. And we don't have to wait for permission or a new job title to begin. Everyone can start right where they are.
That's how new possibilities and collaborations emerge, connecting competencies, roles and ideas in unexpected ways. It takes courage to step beyond familiar patterns, but it's worth it.
 
4. What does “Love What You Do” mean to you - especially during the more demanding or difficult phases of working life?
For me, it means doing my work with love. And with the intention to serve something bigger than myself.
Loving what you do also means continuously creating the conditions for people, ideas and myself to grow. Growth is part of our nature, but it's not always comfortable. It can involve uncertainty, discomfort and difficult emotions along the way.So it also means being gentle and forgiving with myself and others.
And it means letting go of activities and commitments that no longer reflect what truly matters to me or what I want to contribute. Sometimes, the difficulties we experience come from filling our lives with too many things. It's about putting first things first - and creating a certain degree of emptiness in which things can really unfold.
We often fear emptiness, but I've come to see it as something precious: a space in which things can grow. 
That’s why I continuously create space for it in everyday life.

5. What does a good work bag need to do for your real working life? And what do you usually carry with you?
For me, a good work bag needs to combine beauty and functionality.
I usually carry my laptop, at least a liter of water, some nuts and dried mango, so it needs to have enough space without becoming uncomfortable to carry. That's why I love having the option to wear it as a backpack, especially when I'm on the move.
And of course, I want it to be something I genuinely enjoy carrying - something that feels like me.