Katrin Kolo

Katrin Kolo

Zürich, Switzerland
GermanEnglishFrench
Can Travel ✓
Speaker

About Katrin

Born in Munich and having traveled extensively since then, I constantly dance between worlds: between structure and intuition, between body and mind, between art and business, between individual development and collective responsibility. My passion is transition – those moments in which something changes, opens up, recomposes, transforms.

What sets me apart is my diversity and the ability to draw essence from it: I combine dance intelligence with strategic thinking, cultural sensitivity with economic clarity, body knowledge with systemic analysis.

I combine experience in art, coaching, leadership, and organizational development. I studied economics and transdisciplinarity, performed on major stages as an artist , realized my own projects, managed cultural institutions, and consulted for IT teams. I developed my own method – Choreographic Thinking – to harmonize body intelligence, group awareness, and strategic clarity.

And then came the pumpfoil.
During a challenging time both professionally and personally, I broke my ankle. What began as rehab turned into a profound movement experience. Pumpfoiling is far more than a sport. It embodies everything I teach in my mentoring and consulting work: how body, mind, and environment interact, how change happens when we embody it – literally.

Today, I work as an artist, moderator, speaker, mentor, trainer, and strategist. My offerings are mutually enriching – they are the expression of my creative mindset:

The body is a thinking organ.
Movement brings us to resources that mere thought does not make accessible.
Transformation takes time, micro-steps – and sometimes a leap into the cold water.
Equality, diversity and collective intelligence are not an ideal, but the prerequisite for future viability.
And: You are not alone.

I'm happy to accompany you with the conviction that the potential is already there. It just wants to get moving.

Expertise
Focus
CultureWellbeingDevelopment
Sessions
Interactive
Facilitation
Yes - Interactive
Speaking
Available
Background
Corporate Experience
Significant
Past Clients
MunichRe, University St. Gallen, Zurich University of Applied Science
Certifications & Credentials
Diploma in Economics (Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich)
Master in Transdisciplinarity (Zurich University of the arts)
Dance Education at Stockholm Ballettakademien
Vice World Champion in Pumpfoiling 2025
Vice Swiss Champion in Pumpfoiling 2025
Lifeguard certificates issued in Switzerland for Swimming Pools and Lakes (SLRG Pool+ & See)
Availability
Schedule
WeekdaysWeeknightsWeekends
Travel
Europe, but also worldwide possible

Katrin's Offerings

Workshop

Learn to Fly – Pumpfoiling

Pumpfoiling is a new watersport trend, executed on a skateboard like board with a hydrofoil underneath. It is movement that transforms you. You fly seemingly weightlessly above the…
60 – 180 min1 – 12 ppl

Good to Know

Client Requirements
Choreographic Thinking: Empty Space size depending on nr of participants (minimum approx 50 sqm); Pumpfoiling: Access to water with a dock
Additional Notes
I am very experienced in making concepts for complete workshop-days/retreats/conferences and in moderating those.
E.g. I have created a full day for all of Zurich University of Applied Studies (~500 people) in providing the days concept, moderating the event and facilitating workshops.
If you are interested, I'd be happy to talk about cooperation for that as well.
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