Dr. Nicolas Burkhardt

Permanent reflection is the key in disruptive competition.

Dr. Nicolas Burkhardt, management consultant, author, and keynote speaker, is an expert in innovation, change, and leadership. With academic degrees in communication, media, financial economics, and general management, as well as international experience in the corporate world, he was awarded the "Digital Transformation" prize by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for his work. His humorous and interactive presentations make complex topics such as digitalization and the modern work environment easy to understand. As the founder of HR Garage and numerous corporate start-ups, he provides impulses for the business world.

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Dr. Nicolas Burkhardt

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Dr. Nicolas Burkhardt is a management consultant, author, keynote speaker and business influencer with over 30,000 followers. He completed his academic education in Germany, Iceland and Switzerland as well as on the renowned MBA program at Henley Business School in the UK. He holds degrees in communications, media, financial economics and general management. During his many years in industry, he was responsible for international transformation and innovation projects in the corporate world and was awarded the prize for “Digital Transformation” by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, among others. His professorship focused on innovation, change and leadership in SMEs. This triad also sets the guidelines for his consulting firm Kopfspringer. Nicolas Burhkardt is the founder of HR Garage and numerous corporate start-ups. In humorous and interactive presentations, he manages to make complex topics such as digitalization, innovation and the modern working world easy to understand.

Topics

Innovation - Exploring the edge of the plate

  • Understand all buzzwords and recognize connections
  • Reflect on your own company boundaries and expand them strategically
  • Anchoring innovative ideas and business models with lasting value

Digitalization hype - pseudo-giant or mega-dwarf?

  • overcome the fear of change with a digital mindset
  • Get to know global use cases and apply them to your own business
  • Understanding digitalization as an opportunity and driving transformation with agility

New way of working - leading in the new world of work

  • Uncover prevailing absurdities and successfully counteract them
  • Activate the personal innovator gene with reflection
  • Breaking up encrusted organizations through transformational leadership

References & Press

Excerpt from the client list
Audi, Leibniz Association, Canon, Schweikert IT, Sparkasse, VNR Verlag, Westnetz, Deutsche Bank, DGFP, DHL, Innogy, RWE, ECE, Interseroh, Lanxess, Nespresso, Dillinger Hütte, Postbank, BVMW, ANWR Group, Storck, TÜV Süd, Vodafone, Kostal, Fraport, Cisco Systems, Rheinmetall, Kühlmann, Schüco, Stepstone, Lanxess, BMW, Volkswagen, Fujitsu, Haufe, German Mining Museum

 

events

  • Digitalization roadshow with Innovation Alliance
  • HR Garage: Partner format with the HAUFE Group to shape the future of HR for SMEs and corporations
  • RoundTable Innovation: innovation meeting since 2011 for SMEs and corporations
  • Smart Nugget: recurring Innovation & Leadership column in business network LinkedIn
  • Wirtschaftswoche Quantensprung Award: Co-initiator of an award for disruptive business models
  • Tellerrand Tour: YouTube column on extraordinary perspectives on innovation & Co.

Awards

  • Bronnbach art and culture scholarship
  • Doctoral scholarship from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
  • Award for digital transformation in large companies from the state of NRW
  • TOP Consultant 2018 in the field of strategy and innovation

StartupCon:

Speaker and mentor at Europe's largest one-day congress for start-ups, investors and corporates

Publications

Cover: Disruptive Technologien im Mittelstand: Prozessreifegradmanagement der Produktentwicklung (Management und Controlling im Mittelstand)

Disruptive Technologien im Mittelstand: Prozessreifegradmanagement der Produktentwicklung (Management und Controlling im Mittelstand)

ISBN : 3658171367

44.99 €

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Cover: Das große Handbuch Innovation: 555 Methoden und Instrumente für mehr Kreativität und Innovation im Unternehmen

Das große Handbuch Innovation: 555 Methoden und Instrumente für mehr Kreativität und Innovation im Unternehmen

ISBN : 9783800656837

99.00 €

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Cover: Chefsache Diversity Management

Chefsache Diversity Management

ISBN : 3658126558

29.99 €

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Cover: Good Job!: Neue Impulse für eine absurde Arbeitswelt

Good Job!: Neue Impulse für eine absurde Arbeitswelt

ISBN : 3800656531

19.80 €

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Blog

Science fiction as a driver of innovation
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Science fiction as a driver of innovation

The text discusses the influence of science fiction on technological progress and innovation, citing examples from popular series like Star Trek and discussing the potential societal impacts of digitization. It emphasizes the importance of using science fiction as a source of inspiration for innovative ideas and exploring new possibilities for the future.

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