Julian is one of our global thought leaders on people and organizational transformations. He coleads our People & Organizational Performance Practice in Germany and Austria. Previously, he led this work for advanced industries as well as public sector and healthcare clients in Europe.
In recent years, Julian has driven major people, organizational performance, and AI programs across industries. His work spans a broad range of people, organizational performance, and AI topics, including enterprise-wide AI strategy, the development of agentic organizations, strategic workforce planning, reskilling, and performance management. He is also the creator and editor of the HR Monitor, the world’s largest HR survey.
Examples of his recent client work include:
- developing an enterprise-wide AI strategy for a leading automotive supplier
- agentifying the recruitment process for a large defense player
- resetting learning for 300,000 employees at a major transportation organization
- helping a sovereign wealth fund launch a skilling start-up designed to prepare 500,000 young people for high-demand vocational professions
- conducting the first at-scale strategic workforce planning exercise at a renowned financial institution
- delayering and increasing the agility of a major energy regulator’s operating model.
Alongside his work at McKinsey, Julian is a professor at Roskilde University in Denmark. With approximately 30,000 academic citations, he ranks among the world’s most-cited scientists. He is also the author of The Lean PhD: Radically Improving the Efficiency, Quality and Impact of Your Research.