On the SPEED CHANGE REPEAT podcast host, Jonathan Pfaffenrot creates deep dives with some of the brightest minds on nerdy topics around entrepreneurship while geeking out on digital health, biohacking and the never-ending quest of human self-optimization and balance. Sample conversations include inventors, billionaires, founders, athletes and researchers.
In this episode, Jonathan Pfaffenrot talks to Dr. Carsten Linz, CEO of bluegain and Member of the World Economic Forum Expert Network for Digital Economy and New Leadership. Carsten is someone we’ve been looking forward to hearing for a long time, and that’s because of his vast experience when it comes to guiding large companies through their digital transformation.
/ THEMES
- Understand digital transformation as the business and leadership challenge of the digital-intelligent age.
- Learn how to leverage business model transformation to steer and orchestrate your digital transformation.
- Find out how to find the right mix for your portfolio of digital initiatives and how to strike the right balance between managing your existing business and developing new business areas and new business models for your company.
- Get to know a playbook for leaders to initiate, drive and monitor transformation in organizations at grand-scale.
/ ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
- Dr. Carsten Linz is the CEO and Founder of bluegain. Formerly Group Digital Officer at BASF and Business Development Officer at SAP, he is known for building €100 million businesses and leading large-scale transformations affecting 60,000+ employees. He is represented on various boards including Shareability’s Technology & Innovation Committee and Social Impact. A member of the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network, Dr. Linz is also author of renowned books and articles who shares his expertise in executive programs at top business schools around the world.
- Jonathan Pfaffenrot is the host of the podcast Speed – Change – Repeat, in which he goes into detail with some of the brightest minds. The interviewees include inventors, billionaires, founders, athletes and researchers. At Stellantis, he heads the Special Projects, Software & AI department. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Informatics from the Rotterdam School of Management.
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