💡 Lunch & Learn – Kill your silo! Thinking in departments prevents the future. | Keynote with Gerriet Danz

On May 16, there will be a wake-up call for everyone who really wants to make a difference. Gerriet Danz is a transformation architect and radical collaboration advocate. At the 43rd virtual Lunch & Learn, he will be giving a keynote speech entitled “Kill your silo! Those who think in departments prevent the future”, he gets to the heart of what many feel – but hardly anyone addresses:

Organizations don’t fail because of change – they fail because of coexistence!

Gerriet shows why real change can only succeed if we redraw the board – beyond divisional thinking, status boundaries and wrangling over competencies. His impulses are not a cuddly program, but a clear call for structural and cultural renewal:

• Put an end to insular thinking: How to break down rigid departmental logic and create spaces for joint action.
• System instead of guilt: Why the best people don’t make a difference if the structure works against them – and how you can change that.
• Use friction instead of avoiding it: How to turn tension into productive momentum – without wasting time on illusions of harmony.
• Sharing responsibility radically: Why True Leadership Today Means Breaking Silos and Modeling Collaboration – Every Day.
• Architecture of togetherness: How to build structures in which teams really work together – not just coexist.
• Listen! Why this is the basis for EVERY collaboration.

This keynote is not a lecture. It is an impulse. A decision. A test: How much future do you really want to allow?

Our presenter Caro Matzko will be asking Gerriet lots of clever questions – and is also looking forward to your questions in the LinkedIn chat.

Time for professionals:
Keynote: Gerriet Danz is not only one of the top speakers in team karin burger – he has also been the head and founder of “praesentarium” for more than 20 years. As creative director, he worked for BBDO, Germany’s largest advertising agency. Gerriet is a luminary in his field. In his talks, the bestselling author leads people past mental and habitual blocks.
In talks and workshops, the passionate and unconventional university lecturer and multiple founder motivates people to use creativity and innovation culture as tools for change. Inspiring, informative, entertaining – and immediately implementable. Gerriet is a magical person and one of the most creative minds we know! Simply a: SCHATZ.

Moderation Caro MatzkoThe likeable Munich native from Ulm has been presenting and writing for BR since 2002 and for TV formats on ARD alpha, arte, BR television and ARD since 2004 – hundreds of times in the field of science and research. That’s why she knows so much. This consummate professional has also been a presenter, keynote speaker and author on many business stages for many years. Anyone who meets and experiences her immediately understands why the title of her lifelines “sad girl, funny woman” really fits. Caro has spent a lot of time finding out who she was, who she would like to be, who she should be, who she is today – and what remains of this in everyday life.

Experience Gerriet Danz and Caro Matzko live in this lunchtime show:

Date: Fri, 16.05.2025
Duration: 12:00 – 13:00
Keynote speaker: Gerriet Danz
Moderation: Caro Matzko
Host: Karin Burger, Die Agentur für Redner & Online-Events
Head of technology: Thorsten Jekel, jekel & team