Stephan Balzer

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Stephan Balzer, 2018

Stephan Balzer (born March 5, 1966 in Berlin ) is a Berlin entrepreneur , speaker and management consultant for innovation , cultural change and digital transformation .

Live and act

Balzer studied information science and business administration with a focus on marketing at the Free University of Berlin and continued his studies at the TU Berlin in the field of media consulting with a specialization in marketing.

He started his career at Pixel Park in 1991 . In 1996 he founded the Lava agency in Hamburg, which was sold to the American company iXL in 1999 . In 1999, Balzer founded the communications agency red onion GmbH, which specializes in brand and communication consulting, event design and production as well as speaker coaching in the TED style.

His affinity for technology and innovation topics brought Balzer to TEDx . In 2009 he started the German TEDx conferences with red onion as the first license partner and was appointed TEDx ambassador for Europe by the American organization TED in 2010 . Balzer organized the TEDx conferences in Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt every year until 2019 as well as numerous smaller TEDx formats and TEDx salons.

In 2015 he entered into a partnership with Singularity University in Silicon Valley and hosted the Singularity University Germany Summit from 2016 to 2018. In addition, until 2018 he was Singularity University's ambassador for Germany and head of the first SU chapter in Berlin.

In 2018, together with Lara Stein and two other partners, he launched Boma Global, an international corporate learning network that is part of a new management curriculum for leadership , digital transformation and cultural change . Balzer heads the German branch Boma Germany.

According to absatzwirtschaft, Stephan Balzer is one of the pioneers in the German new media scene. Balzer lectures at national and international conferences and writes on the topics of cultural change, leadership and the effects of technology and innovation on society and companies. He is considered an influential voice in the pan-European innovation community.

Mandates and engagement

Stephan Balzer is an art collector and active in numerous cultural projects. Among other things, he is active as spokesman for the AG Freundeskreis at the Stiftung Zukunft Berlin . From 2000 to 2010 he was chairman of the Friends of the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz . From 2001 to 2006 he was the founding director of media.net Berlin-Brandenburg eV and co-initiated and realized the international media festival “BerlinBeta”, which from 1998 to 2001 brought together thousands of creative media professionals from all over Germany.

In 2007, he founded the Contemporary Arts Alliance Berlin together with Loretta Würtenberger and Dieter Rosenkranz. Balzer is also a co-founder of the New Responsibility Foundation in Berlin.

In 2016 he founded the non-profit organization Global Perspectives Initiative with Ingrid Hamm . As managing partner, he supports the goals for sustainable development of the United Nations as well as the issues of development cooperation and global health. Migration and Africa are other key issues.

In 2010, he co-produced the documentary project Interview Project Germany by David Lynch .

Stephan Balzer lives and works in Berlin . He is married and has one daughter.

Web links

Commons : Stephan Balzer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kress.de: Stephan Balzer I Kress heads. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
  2. ^ DIE ZEIT: Stephan Balzer: "Mixed feelings" . In: The time . October 1, 1998, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed June 23, 2019]).
  3. ↑ Horizont.net: US agency iXL takes over Hamburg agency Lava. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b c Red Speakers: Stephan Balzer | Red speaker. Retrieved June 23, 2019 (German).
  5. ↑ Cicero: Innovation Conference TED - "Anyone can explain a complex topic in 18 minutes". Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Advertise & Sell: "The TEDx is an intellectual surprise egg" | W&V. November 27, 2014, accessed June 23, 2019 .
  7. ^ Creative City Berlin: Stephan Balzer: "We have to apply pressure from below". Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
  8. ↑ TEDxBerlin: TEDxBerlin I About. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
  9. ↑ TEDxHamburg: TEDxHamburg I About. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
  10. ↑ TEDxFrankfurt: TEDxFrankfurt I About. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
  11. ^ Singularity University Germany Summit: press release. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
  12. ^ WirtschaftsWoche / Matthias Hohensee: Stephan Balzer I Singularity University. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
  13. ^ Berlin Valley I Corinna Visser: Stephan Balzer on SingularityU: "We have to say goodbye to what we have learned". March 22, 2017, accessed on June 23, 2019 (German).
  14. ↑ Singularity University Germany Summit I Blog: Stephan Balzer I About. Retrieved June 23, 2019 (UK English).
  15. ↑ Press portal: Boma Global - New executive education network for corporate management of the future starts in Germany. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
  16. ^ Boma Germany GmbH: Boma Germany - About Us. Retrieved June 23, 2019 (American English).
  17. ↑ Marketing: Singularity: Machines will be more intelligent than people. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Homepage: Stephan Balzer | Keynote speaker, host and moderator. Accessed November 5, 2019 (German).
  19. ↑ Infoshare: Stephan Balzer: Goodbye Linear Thinking, 2017. June 27, 2017, accessed on June 23, 2019 (English).
  20. ↑ Stephan Balzer I Next Industry Magazine: All signs for change . Ed .: Vogel Communications Group. ( next-industry.de [PDF]).
  21. ↑ Stifterverband: Stephan Balzer: When managers don't want to learn anything more. March 6, 2019, accessed June 23, 2019 .
  22. ^ Stifterverband: Stephan Balzer: We need new business schools. December 18, 2018, accessed June 23, 2019 .
  23. ↑ NKF Summit: NKF Summit Speaker - Stephan Balzer, CEO red onion. In: NKF Summit. Retrieved June 23, 2019 (German).
  24. ^ AG Freundeskreis: Spokesman for the AG Freundeskreis. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
  25. ↑ Die Welt I Anja Popovic: Four casual entrepreneurs invite you to a birthday party . May 15, 2006 ( welt.de [accessed June 23, 2019]).
  26. ^ Die Welt I Martin Köhler: Sharp business . November 21, 2000 ( welt.de [accessed June 23, 2019]).
  27. ^ Daily newspaper I Holger Wicht: Tired, but not exhausted . In: The daily newspaper: taz . August 24, 1998, ISSN  0931-9085 , p. 24 ( taz.de [accessed June 23, 2019]).
  28. ^ CAA - Contemporary Arts Alliance Berlin: CAA Berlin. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
  29. ^ Project Future Berlin: Contemporary Arts Alliance Berlin | Project future. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
  30. ↑ kress.de: Stephan Balzer I Kress heads. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
  31. ↑ Global Perspectives Initiative: Founder and Advisory Board. Retrieved June 23, 2019 (German).
  32. ↑ Der Tagesspiegel: "Millions in Motion". Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
  33. ^ Berliner Morgenpost: Stephan Balzer from Berlin works with David Lynch. In: https://www.morgenpost.de/berlin/haben/article104248424/Internet-Projekt-Berliner-Stephan-Balzer-arbeit-mit-David-Lynch-z together.html . Axel Springer Verlag, June 16, 2010, accessed on October 21, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Balzer, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur, speaker and management consultant
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin