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Christian Tuschner at a glance

My profile in a minute: focus areas, selected experience and ways to get in touch.

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Positioning

Technology × People × Organisation × Leadership

Business informatics professional with five years of research and practice on how organisations adopt digital technologies and AI and what this means for leadership and collaboration. 61 interviews, including 36 executives from 33 large enterprises and ten C-level managers. Sub-project lead in a teaching-innovation programme with 21 sub-projects, mission-statement development with a municipal company, DMS implementation at a bank, executive education for managers from industry and the public sector. Aim: roles in digital transformation, AI adoption and organisational change, with leadership responsibility in the medium term.

Background

Age: 33
Education: M.Sc. Wirtschaftsinformatik / Business Informatics (grade 1.7) · B.Sc. Information Management, University of Koblenz-Landau
Doctorate: Doctoral research on digital leadership and virtual teams, University of Koblenz – dissertation submitted 09/2026, defence expected December 2026Best Paper Nominee · ECIS 2022
Current: Research associate, Institute for Management (2021 to 01/2027) · Academic lead, MBA focus area “Digitalisierung” (since 2025) · MBA lecturer (since 2022)
Practice: Sub-project lead in tandem in a teaching-innovation programme with 21 sub-projects (subject-matter design, AI integration, budget and hiring decided jointly) · Mission-statement development with Koblenz-Touristik GmbH, four workshops, presented to the management and the Lord Mayor · DMS roll-out and set-up of a scanning team in a cooperative bank
Abroad: DAAD research fellowship, University of Rwanda, Kigali (2023): three and a half weeks of field research on site
Languages: German (native) · English (fluent)
Location: Hackenheim near Bad Kreuznach, Germany · within easy reach: Rhein-Main, Rhein-Neckar, Palatinate, Koblenz
AI experience: From research, teaching and my own use, including LLM-based chatbots with an API connection in the GameLOAP project. My contribution to AI adoption is the organisational side, meaning benefits, limits and acceptance, not a technical rollout track record.
Available: From February 2027. My position at the University of Koblenz ends on 31 January 2027. Looking for roles around digital transformation, AI adoption and organisational change – on site, hybrid or remote

Core strengths

Analytical skillsDigital leadershipAI adoption from the organisational sideProject steeringCommunication with top managementReducing complexityTeaching and explainingUnderstanding and applying technology

Technology

Generative AI (ChatGPT, Claude)LLM APIsMicrosoft 365 and TeamsMiro and ConceptboardExcel/VBAMAXQDA

Potential fields of contribution

Digital TransformationAI Transformation / AdoptionStrategy & InnovationOrganisational ChangeOrganisational DevelopmentDigital WorkplaceFuture of WorkTransformation Office / PMO

Evidence

36Interviews with leadership experts

10Interviews with C-level managers

25Interviews with technology experts

4published and accepted papers

300Students per module (up to), especially business administration and Digital Business Management

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https://tuschner.io/en/recruiter · christian@tuschner.io · https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-tuschner/

Questions about the profile

Prepared answers to the most common questions – each with a link to the relevant section.

What leadership experience does Christian bring?

My experience includes sub-project leadership, team coordination and the academic lead of an MBA focus area. Research on leadership is a further area of focus.

Experience

What practical AI experience does he have?

In GameLOAP, I helped deliver AI-supported learning formats with LLM integration. I also use generative AI in research and teaching.

GameLOAP Tools

Which kinds of roles is his profile relevant for?

My focus is digital transformation, AI adoption and organisational change. The role profile shows the experience relevant to each area.

Role profile

What experience does he have outside academia?

At a cooperative bank, I contributed to a document management system implementation and helped establish a scanning team. With Koblenz-Touristik GmbH, I helped develop the corporate mission statement in four workshops and analysed the results. I also spent eleven years writing for a local newspaper’s sports desk.

Volksbank Koblenz-Touristik Full experience

What is the status of his doctorate?

Doctoral research (Dr. rer. pol., business informatics) at the University of Koblenz – dissertation submitted in September 2026, defence expected in December 2026. I do not pre-empt unpublished results.

Doctoral research

How can I contact Christian?

By email or on LinkedIn – both directly here:

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Role profile

Which experience is relevant to your role?

Choose a focus area to see my contribution and open the detailed examples.

Digital Transformation AI Adoption Organisational Change

Digital Transformation

Processes, responsibilities and implementation change with the technology – that is where I start.

My contributions

Project team memberDMS implementation at a cooperative bankSet-up of the scanning team, filing structures, onboarding of new staff.Open the detailed description
Sub-project lead (in tandem)GameLOAPAI-supported learning formats from concept to delivery; budget steered jointly.Open the detailed description
Workshops and analysisMission statement, Koblenz-Touristik GmbHReflected vision, mission, values and key themes with staff – including digitalisation as a new key theme.Open the detailed description

ScopeScope: member of a project team at a bank, lead of a sub-project in tandem at the university, co-facilitation and analysis for a tourism company.

AI Adoption

Adoption is decided by application, skills and organisational embedding – not by the technology.

My contributions

Sub-project lead (in tandem)GameLOAPOnline educational escape rooms with LLM integration via API, in live teaching.Open the detailed description
ResearchAI in leadership25 expert interviews on the possibilities and limits of AI, VR/AR and metaverse for 24 leadership functions.Open the detailed description
TeachingMBA module on digitalisation, change management and leadershipHow organisations introduce AI and what changes for leaders and teams.Open the detailed description

ScopeScope: design and use of AI-supported applications in teaching, research on AI in leadership work, and teaching in executive education.

Organisational Change

Change succeeds when collaboration, leadership and responsibilities are shaped alongside the technology – not just the technology itself.

My contributions

ResearchLeading virtual teams36 interviews with executives, 37 challenges of virtual teams (Springer, first author).Open the detailed description
Academic leadMBA focus area “Digitalisierung”Module alignment and teaching on change management and leadership.Open the detailed description
Workshops and analysisMission statement, Koblenz-Touristik GmbHCo-facilitated four staff workshops and analysed the results on vision, mission, values and key themes.Open the detailed description

ScopeScope: workshop facilitation and analysis, academic lead of an MBA focus area and research with 36 executives; in addition, three and a half weeks of field research in Kigali as international experience.

Interested in a conversation?

I am available from February 2027. I welcome conversations about roles in digital transformation, AI adoption and organisational change – on site, hybrid or remote. You can reach me by email or on LinkedIn.

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