In the spotlight:
Christian Buchholz
Innovation, change & sustainability
As a three-time founder and management trainer, he supports companies worldwide in radical transformations and inspires new perspectives with his keynotes
In the spotlight:
Christian Buchholz
Innovation, change & sustainability
As a three-time founder and management trainer, he supports companies worldwide in radical transformations and inspires new perspectives with his keynotes
INNOVATION, CHANGE & SUSTAINABILITY
He is Chairman of the “verrocchio Institute for Innovation Competence”, management trainer and publisher of the bestseller “Das große Handbuch Innovation”. Christian has worked in 23 countries and accompanied a large number of companies through radical transformation processes. As a three-time founder, he knows the challenges of start-ups and the mindset of large corporations.
It encourages a change of perspective, creates clarity and arouses curiosity about the changes of the future.
Lecture languages: German / English
Website: www.christian-buchholz.com
LECTURES, MODERATIONS & DEEP DIVE
Keynote movie videos: Here is a selection of Christian Buchholz’s presentations. Simply click on the title for a short video presentation:
Who is CHRISTIAN BUCHHOLZ
Christian Buchholz is an experienced entrepreneur, management trainer, speaker and management consultant. With many years of experience in various industries and having founded four of his own companies, he knows the challenges of start-ups as well as the mindset of large corporations. Having worked in 21 different countries, he has extensive and unique experience with different companies, cultures and industries.
Christian Buchholz is currently devoting all his passion to his long-standing company, educando GmbH. There he supports clients with an international team in the development of a powerful innovation and corporate culture. As founder of the verrocchio Institute, he also heads an international innovation think tank that has set itself the goal of collecting, enriching and passing on innovation knowledge worldwide.
The institute’s best-known product is the award-winning Innovation Coach training course and the Florence Innovation Project, the world’s largest collection of innovation methods. Christian Buchholz is constantly in contact with the people who are innovating and changing our world, be it in Düsseldorf, Silicon Valley, Dubai, New Delhi or New Zealand. In his lectures and workshops, he shares new insights, methods and experiences that help to change attitudes and behavior. His books and articles on his favorite topic of innovation as well as his regular newsletter are read by many hundreds of thousands of people.
Christian Buchholz is an absolute expert when it comes to innovation, leadership and change.
Subject areas:
1. understanding AI – shaping the future: How artificial intelligence is changing our world
Artificial intelligence is changing the way we work, make decisions and manage companies. But while many are talking about the potential of AI, the central question remains: how do we use AI sensibly and profitably?
This inspiring presentation takes participants on a journey through the development of AI, shows potentials and how the use of AI is becoming a real innovation factor. Participants will learn:
- What AI can really do today – and what is still a dream of the future.
- How companies use AI profitably to increase innovation and efficiency.
- Why the focus remains on people and how we can work smartly with AI.
- Best practices and concrete tips that show how AI can make everyday life easier This presentation provides participants with orientation, practical impulses from real estate financing and motivates them to consciously use the possibilities of AI.
2. think bigger: how artificial intelligence can become a business turbo for your company
Artificial intelligence is not the future – it is here now. But while many companies are still hesitating, the pioneers are already harnessing the full power of AI to accelerate innovation, optimize processes and open up completely new business models.
This inspiring keynote will show why AI is not just another tech tool, but the biggest business booster of our time. Participants will learn:
- How AI makes your company faster, smarter and more innovative – with concrete practical examples.
- Why AI is not a replacement for humans, but a success booster – if used correctly
- Which immediately implementable strategies you can use to ignite the AI turbo for your company.
- How AI and sustainability together ensure future-proof growth – and which companies are already leading the way.
3. shaping tomorrow – how companies are mastering change
Keynote with a focus on transformation and opportunities:
Artificial intelligence & digitalization, sustainability & innovation – these are powerful tasks that challenge all companies – and often overwhelm them. Do you also feel like a captain on stormy seas right now – the course unclear, the crew uncertain? Many companies are currently trapped in the stagnation of excessive demands. But it is precisely in times of change that the greatest opportunities lie. Companies that manage to use innovation in a targeted manner, promote agility and make courageous decisions will not only survive, but will actively shape the future.
This keynote will provide orientation, inspiration and practical ideas on how companies can meet the challenges of tomorrow with innovative strength. Using concrete examples and proven methods, you will learn how successful companies navigate change, overcome blockages and develop sustainable strategies for the future.
- Understanding change: Why companies should not react to change, but actively shape it.
- Overcoming innovation blocks: Practical strategies to move from overwhelm to action.
- Using new technologies sensibly: How AI and sustainable innovations ensure corporate success.
- Building future skills: What skills and mindsets leaders and teams need today to be successful tomorrow.
THINK DIFFERENT! - HOW INNOVATIONS ARE CREATED
From problem to solution. What we can learn from great innovators.
This is what the presentation is about:
Innovations are essential for companies to survive, and the ability to develop new ideas is becoming increasingly important for employees. Many professional challenges require extraordinary ideas and cannot be solved with standard concepts. The ability to think outside the box is required, but we are often unable to develop new ideas in difficult situations. Christian Buchholz shows that everyone has the ability to find creative solutions and explains effective methods in his presentation that can be used to train your own lateral thinking skills. Participants will hear exciting stories of people who have changed our world with their ideas. He talks about how they can learn these skills themselves and put them into practice in their own everyday lives. Many tools and concrete examples away from the often-cited stories of Apple and Google make the presentation an exciting and entertaining experience.
SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION - SUSTAINABILITY AS A DRIVER OF IDEAS
How we are changing the world with sustainable innovations
NOW! - THE FUTURE LIES IN THE MOMENT
How a clear focus helps to deal with complexity and change.
THINK NEW!
This is what the presentation is about:
Sustainability is no longer just a short-term media event, but an important topic for the future that will have a major impact on our everyday lives and on cooperation within companies in the coming years. However, people often only talk about the costs and not about the opportunities that a radical sustainability orientation offers. The question is no longer whether our economy needs to become more sustainable, but when we will no longer be able to make this decision ourselves.
Christian Buchholz talks about the opportunities and possibilities of sustainability. The participants learn that acting sustainably means much more than buying electric cars and separating waste. The presentation provides clarity on an important topic for the future and shows concrete examples of sustainable innovation projects that are also a great economic success. It makes you want to start sustainable projects in your own company and thereby not only secure the future viability of the company, but also send a signal for the survival of our planet.
THINK SMART!
Change in times of artificial intelligence (AI) and New Work
This is what the presentation is about:
The digital transformation is changing everything. Every day anew. And it is changing the way we communicate: The flood of information, entertainment and advertising messages is intensifying the battle for attention. Your target groups, your customers and your employees are constantly distracted by smartphones, tablets, emails and social media. The information superhighway also has a fast lane. Use the power tools of radio strategists to stand out in the digital jungle.
LECTURE | WEBINAR: THE BEST VIRTUAL CLASSROOM
Lecture or webinar for teachers of all school types
It is currently difficult to say whether the corona crisis is here to stay. But one thing is certain: virtual teaching will play an increasingly important role alongside face-to-face teaching in the future, even without a lockdown. It is therefore important for all teachers to acquire the necessary skills to be able to offer high-quality lessons in terms of technology, methodology and didactics that are fun for the students and strengthen the classroom community – even in virtual space. Because you can do that if you know how!
The format:
In his webinar THE BEST VIRTUAL TEACHING, Christian Buchholz shares his many years of experience of working virtually in learning situations, gives an insight into methods and tools and motivates people to be more courageous and confident when using the (for many new) technologies. In addition to an interactive and exciting 90-minute impulse, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and exchange ideas with each other.
Current Lunch & Learn sessions with Christian Buchholz
Time for professionals! Out of the silos? Doing instead of hesitating!
Artificial intelligence & digitalization, sustainability & innovation – these are four mighty tasks that challenge us all – and often overwhelm us. Do you also feel like a captain on a stormy sea right now – the course unclear, the crew uncertain? Many companies are currently trapped in the stagnation of excessive demands. But it doesn’t help! In 2025, we are launching our new virtual Lunch & Learn series “Time for professionals” with a keynote speech by Christian Buchholz – for you as decision-makers, managers, HR and event managers.
Keynote: Christian Buchholz
Gourmet Insights: AI – The secret ingredient for success in the digital era
One question scares many of us: does AI mean the end of human creativity? At this Lunch & Learn, we’ll do it like the show with the mouse: we’ll try out practical AI tools like ChatGPT together with you and be amazed.
Keynotes: Christoph Burkhardt, Katharina Aguilar, Christian Buchholz
Sustainable business as a model for success – How companies can become more relevant and win new customers through sustainability
We hear it every day, unfiltered, from phone calls with ALL industries: The economy is facing a major transformation. No industry will be able to manage without sustainable business models in the near future. For many entrepreneurs, however, sustainability is primarily a cost factor. And they are unsure how and where to start.
Keynotes: Fritz Lietsch, Christian Buchholz
Expert moderation and soul food: Tom Friedländer
Sustainable Innovation.
Katharina and Christian are the concentrated power of innovation – and that’s what our world needs today. Never before have we been confronted with new challenges that need to be solved so quickly. New ideas are in demand every day; the status quo is being put to the test. But where will these ideas come from in the future? And how can we help answer the complex but pressing question of sustainability? But above all, how can we create the right terrain, the right setting, the right SPACE for innovation?
Keynotes: Katharina Aguilar and Christian Buchholz
Soulfood: Tom Friedländer
REFERENCES & CUSTOMER TESTIMONIALS
I am totally thrilled! Just the right mix of information, exciting “anecdotes” and practical examples that you need to implement successful innovation in your own company. I took away so many suggestions and ideas that I’m really keen to try them out and apply them asap.
We asked Christian Buchholz to speak at ROLAND Rechtsschutz’s annual management conference. With a keen eye, he analyzes the prerequisites for innovation and the success factors of change. He not only describes the dangers posed by new players in attractive markets, but also promotes the power of well-managed change. He does all this in an easily understandable, likeable, credible and down-to-earth way, drawing on years of experience and finding numerous convincing examples for his subject. An inspiration that lasts.
As your expert for innovation and change processes, I make your audience think. Thinking about thinking differently. I show how people can free themselves from the constraints of established thought structures and change the world.
Time for new ideas!
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