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Dr. Florian Langenscheidt

Better artificial intelligenze than natural stupidity.

Florian Langenscheidt, a versatile entrepreneur, author, and member of the German Speakers Hall of Fame. As the great-great-grandson of the founder of the world-renowned language publishing house, he brings a wealth of experience. With studies in philosophy and management, he rose to the executive management level and later served as a board member at Brockhaus and Duden. In addition to successful business angel investments, he hosted talk shows, founded children's aid organizations, and authored bestsellers on the topic of happiness. Known as an "entrepreneurial jack-of-all-trades," he is involved in various advisory boards. He lives in Berlin by a lake with his five children.

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Vita

Florian Langenscheidt is an extremely versatile and socially committed entrepreneur and publicist - and in the Hall of Fame of Germany's best speakers. His great-great-grandfather founded the world-renowned foreign language publishing house in 1856.In 1985, Florian Langenscheidt joined the management of the publishing house after studying philosophy and management. In 1988 he became a member of the executive board, responsible for programme and innovation, and a little later for electronic media, at Brockhaus and Duden. From 1992, he hosted talk shows for Bavarian television, founded and managed the children's charity CHILDREN FOR A BETTER WORLD, was a successful business angel many times over, wrote several bestsellers on the subject of happiness and sits on numerous advisory boards - he is an "entrepreneurial jack-of-all-trades", as the WELT once wrote. Florian Langenscheidt is the father of five children and lives by a lake in Berlin.

Topics

Curse or blessing? Digitalisation and how we make the best of it

  • We're only at the beginning: What's still in store for us
  • Education for all - All the knowledge of mankind at the push of a button?
  • Why disruption does not stop at 200 years of success stories
  • How digitalisation affects all areas of life
  • How you can develop your personal digital strategy and make history

The art of happiness

  • Thoughts that will make you a happier person
  • Optimism - The most important renewable energy
  • Happiness is a choice
  • Become the world champion of now-first-right
  • Gratitude instead of envy
  • The small moments are the big ones!

From the best family - Learning from the most successful family businesses

  • What you can learn from the five principles of renowned family businesses
  • How to optimally manage your succession and ensure sustainable success
  • How to rekindle the founding spirit in your company again and again
  • Where dangers lurk and how to counter them

Artificial intelligence: 66 questions we humans should answer before AI does it for us.

References & Press

Commitment:

  • Spokesman of the Board of Trustees "Deutscher Gründerpreis" (German Business Founder Award)
  • Co-founder of the German Book Prize
  • Lead investor and business angel in internet companies from buecher.de to Jochen Schweizer
  • Chairman of the Board of Trustees of CHILDREN FOR A BETTER WORLD
  • Curator of Stiftung Lesen and Deutsches Museum
  • Co-founder German Children and Youth Foundation
  • Curator German Academy for Language and Poetry
  • Author for DIE ZEIT, Capital, Forbes, Welt am Sonntag, MAX, FOCUS
  • Bavarian Television (1992-2002)
  • Presenter of "nachtclub" and "Münchner Runde

Honours and prizes

  • Federal Cross of Merit on a long ribbon (2016)
  • German Donor Award (2017)
  • German Speakers Hall of Fame

Books (excerpt)

  • Langenscheidt's Handbook to Happiness
  • Dictionary of the Optimist
  • German Brand Encyclopaedia
  • Brands of the Century
  • Encyclopaedia of German Family Businesses
  • Encyclopaedia of German World Market Leaders

Publications

Cover: Alt genug, um glücklich zu sein: Wie unser Leben mit jedem Jahr besser wird

Alt genug, um glücklich zu sein: Wie unser Leben mit jedem Jahr besser wird

ISBN : 3453207335

20.00 €

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Cover: Vom Glück der Freiheit: Den Schritt in die Selbstständigkeit wagen - Mit Beiträgen 20 erfolgreicher Gründer*innen

Vom Glück der Freiheit: Den Schritt in die Selbstständigkeit wagen - Mit Beiträgen 20 erfolgreicher Gründer*innen

ISBN : 3424202584

20.00 €

Amazon: Vom Glück der Freiheit: Den Schritt in die Selbstständigkeit wagen - Mit Beiträgen 20 erfolgreicher Gründer*innen
Cover: Das kleine Wörterbuch für Optimist*innen

Das kleine Wörterbuch für Optimist*innen

ISBN : 3453605829

6.50 €

Amazon: Das kleine Wörterbuch für Optimist*innen

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Blog

Designing the digital working world of tomorrow: HR community meets in Stuttgart
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Designing the digital working world of tomorrow: HR community meets in Stuttgart

The HR management conference in Stuttgart discusses demographic challenges and solutions for skilled worker shortages. The event focuses on data-driven HR for SMEs, featuring keynotes on digitalization and innovative HR practices. Start-ups and bloggers showcase HR innovations and talent management solutions.

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Dr. Florian Langenscheidt - Digitalization: Curse or Blessing?
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Dr. Florian Langenscheidt - Digitalization: Curse or Blessing?

Florian Langenscheidt is a versatile entrepreneur and publicist, part of the best German speakers Hall of Fame. His family founded the renowned foreign language publishing house in 1856. He joined the management in 1985 after studying philosophy and management.

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Gabriele Quandt and Dr. Florian Langenscheidt receive the German Philanthropy Prize 2017.
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Gabriele Quandt and Dr. Florian Langenscheidt receive the German Philanthropy Prize 2017.

Gabriele Quandt and Dr. Florian Langenscheidt, founders of CHILDREN, are honored with the German Philanthropy Award for their efforts against child poverty. Since 1994, they have raised over 30 million euros for children in need, supporting 250 projects annually.

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