Projekt 3T

What Projekt 3T does

Projekt 3T GmbH is a Frankfurt/Main-based private limited company founded in 2015 by Markus Frosch as an open platform for "Workforce Design." The firm designs and runs controlled experiments, then publishes the insights, addressing the absence of ready-made blueprints for future-of-work challenges. Its thematic scope is fixed to four areas: flexible work, fluid workforce composition, human-machine collaboration, and new competencies/careers.

The company sells its work through three integrated service modules: p3T connect (expert finding and matching for workforce design engagements), p3T explore (end-to-end design, execution, and evaluation of experimentation projects), and p3T initiate (support for NGOs, associations, and individuals running non-commercial social innovation projects). The underlying technology is a facilitation and community platform rather than a proprietary software product—there is no application, no API, and no SDK; distribution sits on a WordPress-based bilingual (German/English) website, a MailChimp newsletter, and LinkedIn.

Revenue is generated on a project-by-project, professional-services basis from sponsoring corporations and institutional partners (NGOs, research institutions, political bodies). The team is small (1–10 employees), led by Managing Director Markus Frosch with Andrea Filz (Trend and People Scout) and Randolf Jessl (Communications Expert and Knowledge Manager); the broader expert network is engaged on a project basis. No pricing, revenue figures, funding rounds, or external investors are disclosed, and the company is entirely founder-controlled.

Name

Projekt 3T

Legal name

Projekt 3T GmbH

Website

https://projekt-3t.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Projekt 3T GmbH runs an open, community-led experimentation platform that designs and evaluates workforce-design projects for corporations, NGOs, research institutions, and political bodies across four future-of-work themes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workforce Design Consulting

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro industry

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Employer-Led Workforce Partnerships & Sector Strategies

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Workforce Development Initiatives

Keywords

• Workforce design
• Future of work
• HR experimentation
• Workforce transformation
• Expert matching services

Headquarters

HQ city

Frankfurt

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Project-based consulting and experimentation services: Projekt 3T generates revenue through collaboration with project partners and sponsors on workforce design experiments. The company works with corporations, associations, and political institutions on sponsored projects and co-creation arrangements. They also facilitate expert connections through their p3T connect service, which matches experts with organizations as speakers, consultants, or interim experts.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Projekt 3T operates an open platform for workforce design that designs and runs practical experiments, generates insights, and shares learnings around the future of work. It brings together corporations, NGOs, research institutions, and political bodies to co-create solutions in four themes: flexible work, fluid workforce composition, human-machine collaboration, and new competencies. Its three core services are p3T connect (expert matching), p3T explore (experiment execution and evaluation), and p3T initiate (supporting NGOs and associations on social innovation in work).

Product overview

Projekt 3T is an open platform for Workforce Design experiments, consisting of three integrated service modules. p3T connect provides expert finding and matching for experiments. p3T explore handles the execution and evaluation of workforce design experiments. p3T initiate supports non-commercial initiatives for social innovation in work. The platform brings together corporations, NGOs, research institutions, and political bodies to co-create practical solutions for workforce composition, flexible work, human-machine interaction, and new competencies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• p3T connect Expert finding and matching service that connects organizations with thought leaders, advisors, speakers, consultants, interim experts, and permanent managers for workforce design co-creation projects.
• p3T explore Experiment execution and evaluation service for workforce design and new work initiatives. Initiates, plans, executes, and evaluates controlled experiments in partnership with corporations, associations, political institutions, and academic researchers.
• p3T initiate Initiative promotion and people empowerment service supporting NGOs, associations, and individuals to launch projects enabling people to adapt to the new world of work through new skills, appropriate attitudes, and self-efficacy.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Corporations (general)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partners from corporations engage in workforce design experiments through co-creation and sponsorship arrangements. These partnerships involve analyzing challenges, designing experiments, and implementing solutions together.
• Non-governmental organisations (NGOs)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNGOs participate in workforce design experiments and social innovation projects, contributing to the platform's mission of enabling people to adapt to the new work environment.
• Research institutions and universitiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic researchers from leading universities and academies are involved in experiments based on a shared understanding of applied sciences, providing research rigor to practical workforce design initiatives.
• Political institutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolitical institutions collaborate on workforce design experiments and policy-related initiatives, including support for learning and experimentation spaces in the context of future work policies.

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Eightfold AI: Talent intelligence platform using AI for talent acquisition, development, and workforce planning — comparable to Projekt 3T in tackling workforce composition and new skills at enterprise scale, but built on proprietary technology rather than a community model.
• Kienbaum: German-headquartered management consultancy specializing in HR, talent management, and leadership — the closest direct German peer to Projekt 3T in terms of senior HR advisory focus, client base (large German corporates), and consulting-led delivery model.
• BetterUp: Tech-enabled workforce development platform combining coaching, AI, and behavioral science to develop workforce capabilities — comparable to Projekt 3T as a platform-based approach to future-of-work learning and experimentation, although delivered through technology rather than community facilitation.
• hkp/// group: Frankfurt-based HR consulting firm focused on executive compensation, performance, and talent management — comparable to Projekt 3T as a German HR-specialist advisory serving similar DAX and large-enterprise clients.

Emerging players

• Humu: People analytics and behavior-change platform that runs workforce experiments and Nudges at enterprise scale — the closest emerging-tech analog to Projekt 3T's experiment-driven approach to workforce transformation.

Broad incumbents

• Egon Zehnder: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm with practices in organization and leadership transformation — competes with Projekt 3T for senior HR decision-maker attention on workforce design and leadership topics.
• Workday: Enterprise cloud platform for HR, workforce planning, and talent management — addresses the same workforce design questions as Projekt 3T but through technology, dashboards, and embedded analytics rather than facilitated experiments.
• McKinsey People & Organizational Performance: Global consulting practice that advises large enterprises on workforce transformation, organization design, and the future of work — overlapping with Projekt 3T's themes (flexible work, fluid workforce, new competencies) and competing for the same executive sponsors.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm covering talent acquisition, leadership development, and rewards — operates a much larger 'Future of Work' research and advisory practice that competes for the same enterprise workforce design budgets as Projekt 3T.
• Deloitte Human Capital: Global HR consulting practice within Deloitte that runs workforce transformation, human capital trends research, and experimentation-style engagements — addresses the same future-of-work agenda as Projekt 3T but at vastly greater scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/p3tconnect
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/projekt-3t

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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