Reader

Reading has been a constant companion in my life since childhood. It began, I understood from what my mother explained to me, when she read stories aloud to me at bedtime. This sparked a fascination with words, accompanying images in the book and the world that text and images described. My mother often reminded me how quickly I started reading on my own and how my curiosity seemed boundless. That early spark never faded. In fact, it grew into a lifelong habit and an important part of who I am.  I learned from my mother that as a child, I was curious all the time. The photo below shows my mother and I reading a book in our apartment at Langenæs Allé in Aarhus in Denmark. My parents and I lived here the first 3 years after I was born.

The photo below shows my father and me reading the newspaper at our summer house at Kysing Næs South of Aarhus in Denmark.

Over the years, my curiosity deepened, leading me to explore an ever‑widening range of subjects, particularly those connected to my professional interests. When I moved to Switzerland in 2006, I began dedicating even more time to reading, recognizing it as one of the most powerful ways to learn, reflect, and grow as a service provider and a human being. For me, reading does more than build knowledge - it cultivates perspective, nurtures adaptability, and strengthens my ability to support other people in creating positive change. Reading plays an essential role in professional services that I offer. The ideas, frameworks, and stories I encounter in books often inspire new ways to design learning experiences, facilitate meaningful conversations, strengthen creative thinking as well as help people and organizations navigate complexity. Each book I read adds to a growing foundation of insights that I draw upon when guiding individuals and teams toward clarity, growth, and more sustainable ways of working and living. I enjoy sharing highlights and key insights from the books I read. For example, I use Amazon, Goodreads and The StoryGraph to share takeaways from books I am reading. In 2026, I received the recognition as the # 1 top reviewer on Goodreads. Because I like reading as well as writing about and sharing what I am learning, I feel joy about this.