Speaker Spotlight: Christoph Steinlehner – What if building faster just means building the wrong thing faster?
Christoph Steinlehner leads an interactive workshop on finding your real risks before burning tokens and time – because speed only helps if you're running in the right direction.
We’re excited to announce Christoph Steinlehner as a workshop host at Agentic Conf Hamburg on March 22nd!
About Christoph
Christoph Steinlehner is a Product Coach & Consultant at Mapper.club with over 20 years of experience in technology, spanning product and design roles across big corporations, mid-sized industry leaders, and tiny startups. He helps individuals and organizations tackle the challenges that arise between humans and the technology they bring to life.
Christoph has been curious about how things work since childhood – starting with pens, moving on to organizations and business models. He’s looked into all sorts of industries and setups (B2B, B2B2C, B2G, B2C, and beyond). Currently based in Berlin, he grew up in rural Bavaria and spent time living in Jerusalem and Washington, DC.
You can follow Christoph on LinkedIn and his website csteinlehner.com.
The Workshop: What if building faster just means building the wrong thing faster?
AI makes execution faster than ever. But knowing which features to build? That’s the real bottleneck.
When building products and services, we face four fundamental risks: Will people even care? (Value risk.) Can they use it? (Usability risk.) Can we build it? (Feasibility risk.) And should we build it? (Business viability risk.) Speed only helps if you’re running in the right direction.
In this interactive workshop, Christoph will help you identify and de-risk assumptions in your current project. You’ll:
- Map your risks – What assumptions are you actually making in your projects right now?
- Learn the prototype taxonomy – Different types of prototypes for different risks (not everything needs code)
- Figure out where AI fits – When vibe-coding helps vs. when it’s the wrong tool
- Design experiments – In small groups, define what assumption needs testing, what the risk is, and what prototype would actually move you forward
You’ll leave with a practical framework and concrete first steps for making sure you’re building the right thing – before burning tokens and time on the wrong one.
See Christoph Live
Catch this workshop and many more sessions at Agentic Conf Hamburg on March 22, 2026 at SAE Institute Hamburg.