27th Global Forum
Program
Sunday, 26 May, 2024
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Optional City Tour
Recommended Self-Organized “Hop on Hop Off” Bus Tours of Berlin
Venue
We recommend a bus-tour with City-Circle.
Starting point: Friedrichtrasse corner Unter den Linden (5 minutes walk from the hotel). Tickets (24 hour tour) can be purchased directly at the hotel.
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
“Warm Up” Session
Why Do So Many Think Berlin is So “Special” and What Does It Mean to Be a “Berliner”?
All are welcome!
Venue
NH Collection Mitte Friedrichstrasse Hotel
Meeting Room 'ROM' 1st Floor
Panel
Christina Müschen
DHL Group (Germany)
Ingeborg Diebold-Molster
People, leadership snd organizational development with corporations, start ups & scale ups, executive coach, entrepreneur, and facilitator (Germany)
Michael Diebold
Founder and Chief Executive Officer at midge medical GmbH
Thorsten Helmert
Interim Management & Business Consultant (Germany)
Francis Bidault
Professor Emeritus at ESMT, Managing Director Startup Sim (Germany / France)
Konstantin Mihov
Group Transformation Executive, Continental (Germany)
Eva Schulz-Kamm
Principal at AvS Advisors (Germany)
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Welcome Reception and Registration
with Refreshments and finger food
Venue
NH Collection Mitte Friedrichstrasse Hotel
All are welcome!
Monday, 27 May, 2024 at ESCP Berlin
Themes of the Day: Strategic Transformations - “Purpose, Hope, and Future Forward”
6:00 AM - 7:30 AM
Breakfast at the Hotel
Venue
NH Hotel Friedrichstrasse
7:30 AM
Bus Transfer
Venue
From Hotel (NH) to ESCP (Campus)
8:30 - 9:00 AM
Welcome Coffee
Venue
ESCP Campus
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Session 1:
Welcome and Introduction
Venue
Lecture Hall 5
Speaker
Yury Boshyk
Global Executive Learning, Member of the Global Forum Organizing Team
(Canada)
Kai Uwe Bindseil
Head of Division Healthcare, Industry, Infrastructure at Berlin Partner for Business and Technology (Gerrmany)
Frank Jacob
Rector, and Professor, ESCP Business School Berlin (Germany)
Sven Scheid
Director Executive Education, ESCP Business School Berlin (Germany)
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
Session 2:
The Wider Context of Transformations: Critical Issues Facing Us All
Venue
Lecture Hall 5
Moderator
Yury Boshyk
Global Executive Learning, Member of the Global Forum Organizing Team
(Canada)
A Reason for Optimism During a Time of Continual Transition: Humility, Pragmatism and Hope
This interactive session will focus on approaches to create stability, leadership and growth for nation states and key industries in a time of continual transition
Speaker
Brad Benson
Board Member, Strategic Advisor, Executive Coach, formerly VP, Intel
(USA)
Global Issues Business Confronting Executives and Governments
Penny Naas
Board Member, Advisor, Member of the Trade Experettes Organization, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council
(USA)
“A World of Hope and Joy”: How to Accelerate Learning, Collaboration and Transformation
Gunnar George
Managing Director of Compassion Communication, and author (Sweden)
Discussant
Michael Hagemann
VP Change & Transformation Engagement & Enablement, DHL Group, (Germany)
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Break
Venue
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Session 3:
Transforming to and with AI--What Transformation Are You Really In?
AI revolutionizes business operations--welcome to the VUCA world of exponential changes: if innovations took years, with AI we are in hyper-speed (months). This in turn has a big impact on leadership, and how to lead in turbulent times. Choosing the right digital Strategy and AI tools becomes imperative to Transformation. Business Driven Action Learning (learning by doing) is the best approach for guiding leaders
Venue
Lecture Hall 5
Moderator
Michellana Jester
Learning Experience Designer, MIT Sloan School, Global Forum Organizing Team member, and Senior Partner, Global Executive Learning (USA)
Wolfgang Braun
Digital Board Advisor, CEO and Founder, meta m&a, VP MIT Alumni Club (Germany)
Jim Myrick
CTO Serious Fun (USA)
12:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Lunch
Venue
Forum
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Session 4:
Format: “Galleria Walk”
Interactive World Tour by and with Global Forum Participants:
Present and Future Issues of Regional Concern
Venue
Lecture Hall 5
Asia & Australia
Ross Bell
Founder and Managing Director, Influence for Change (i4C) (Australia)
Mika Honjo
Lecturer in Life-Long Learning, Takushoku University (Japan)
North America
Penny Naas
Board Member, Advisor, Member of the Trade Experettes Organization
(USA)
Brad Benson
Board Member, Strategic Advisor, Executive Coach, formerly VP, Intel
(USA)
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Session 5:
Insights from Innovators and About Innovation
Venue
Lecture Hall 5
Panel
Where There is Hope, There is Creativity
Hoping is an integral part of being human. Without hope, tasks such as innovating become difficult if not impossible. Why bother if there is no hope for a successful future? Hope is important for innovation at work because creativity requires challenging the status quo and a willingness to try and possibly fail. It requires some level of internal, sustaining force that pushes individuals to persevere in the face of challenges inherent to creative work.
Please note: Drew will also lead a brief workshop on “Demystifying AI: Creating Your Own ChatGPT Bot for Experiential and Action Learning Programs. Time to be announced.
Drew Boyd
Professor of Marketing and Innovation, University of Cincinnati Carl H. Lindner College of Business, Author, Innovation Specialist and Consultant (USA)
Starting innovation from individual passion – introducing the effectuating intrapreneur!
Innovation is accepted as a fundamental task for companies to stay relevant. At the same time, there are many ways to organize for and around innovation. One particularly interesting source of innovation is the idea potential among employees. But how to engage employees in a way that acknowledges the company context, and gives them room to unleash entrepreneurial potential? We will explore what we have learnt from expert entrepreneurs and how this translates into effectively inviting employees to drive innovation activity as intrapreneurs.
René Mauer
Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, ESCP Business School Berlin, and one of the founders of Effectuation Intelligence, a cornerstone of entrepreneurship theory and as a cocreative practice to foster innovation in many areas (Germany)
Discussant
George Boak
Associate Professor in Leadership and Innovation, York Business School, Co-editor of the international journal, Action Learning: Research and Practice (UK)
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Break
Venue
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Session 6:
Leadership Transformation in Family-Owned Small and Medium-Size Enterprises (SMEs)
Venue
Lecture Hall 5
Presenter
Lisa Sachau
CEO, Kibek (Germany)
Eva Schulz-Kamm
Principal at AvS Advisors (Germany)
Are We Really Preparing Our Leaders for the Future?
Sabine Weishaupt
Chapter Head, Future Leadership Design, Deutsche Telekom (Germany)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Session 7:
Lessons Learned from Leading Transformations
Panel
Venue
Lecture Hall 5
Presenter
“Stay in the Room”
Nicolas Helary
Managing Director and CFO, at Pintsch, formerly Member of the Managing Board and Managing Director CFO, Vossloh Cogifer (France-Germany)
“Staying Ambidextrous, Adaptable and Agile”
Andreas Fritz
President, Asia Pacific Ceratizit Group, formerly Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing, Seco Tools (Italy)
"One Team, One Language, One Process”:
How We Implement Large-Scale Transformations at Continental
Konstantin Mihov
Group Transformation Executive, Continental (Germany)
Reflections on Experiences of Leading and Implementing Transformations
Tiziana Keller
Founder and Managing Partner, TKVALUE Consulting, , assisting multinationals (Roche, Essilor Luxottica, LVMH), formerly member of the boards of Pierre Fabre. (France)
Forget Top-Down: Transformation Experiences by Building the Future from the Middle Out
Alasdair Philip
Founding Partner, Magnifor, and the Risk Leadership Society (USA)
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Bus Transfer to Bertelsmann (Unter den Linden 1)
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Global Forum/Gen. Robert “Lex” Dilworth Award for Outstanding Contributions
Ceremony
European Launch of Recently Published Books by Global Forum Members
Codevelopment Action Learning for Business, Cocreate. Accelerate. Grow - by Maxime Paquet, Nathalie Sabourin, Nathalie Lafranchise, Ron Cheshire
Aha. Wow Yes. How to Accelerate Learning, Collaboration and Transformation - by Gunnar George
The Leadership Theatre: Stories to challenge, inspire and heal - by Rose Pillay
Dinner at Bertelsmann.
Venue
Bar / Restaurant
Venue
Walking Return to hotel (5 minutes)
Tuesday, 28 May, 2024 at Bertelsmann
Theme for the Day: Leadership & Learning
7:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Breakfast Hotel
Venue
NH Collection Mitte Friedrichstrasse Hotel
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Walk from the hotel to Bertelsmann (15 minutes)
Venue
Bertelsmann | Unter den Linden 1
8:30 - 9:00 AM
Welcome Coffee
Venue
Winter Garden
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Session 8:
Debrief of the Previous Day’s Sessions
Venue
Plenary
Facilitator
Michellana Jester
Learning Experience Designer, Senior Lecturer, Global Economics and Management Group MIT Sloan School, Member of the Global Forum Organizing Team, and Global Executive Learning (USA)
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Session 9:
Towards a World of Hope and Empathy
Venue
Plenary
Speaker
The Dark Side of Disruption and the Future of Business Learning
Joachim Klocke
Bertelsmann University (Germany)
A collective effort to transform fear into peace – there is hope!
Ingeborg Diebold-Molster
Moderator and other members of the group (Netherlands/Germany)
Natascha Brucker
Senior Trainer for Potential Development at Rock Your Life! and self-employed (Germany)
Taking Emotions into Account for Business Organizations
Bernhard Hauser
Professor of Change Management and Action Learning, University of Applied Management, author, and consultant (Germany)
We Need Neurosensitivity for Transformations
What does “neurosensitive” mean and how to understand deep-level and perceptual diversity, as well as creating safe spaces to unlock neurodiverse potential and initiating change from within.
Friederike Leibinger
Sensitivity Coaching (Germany)
Real and Collaboratiive Sustainability in Action: The DHL Group Experience
Volker Ratzmann
EVP Corporate Public Affairs, DHL Group (Germany)
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Break
Venue
Winter Garden
11:15 AM - 12:15 AM
Session 10:
New Leadership and Leadership Development Paradigms and Practices
Venue
Plenary
Speaker
What is “Eclectic” Leadership?
The development of principles for a holistic and effective leadership framework
Michael Hagemann
VP Change & Transformation Engagement & Enablement, DHL Group, (Germany)
Toyota's People Philosophy Journey: Refreshing and Strengthening Our Company Culture
Maria Cristina Iacazio
Group Chief Financial Officer, HR and Sustainability Director at Toyota Material Handling Italia, and TMHIT Group Board Member, HR Management Team Toyota, (Italy)
How changes in German industrial policy have changed leadership in a medium-sized company: Thinking about strategy, leadership and growth beyond traditional markets
Andreas Ostrowicki
Managing Partner, BGS Beta-Gamma-Service (Germany)
Coach, Facilitator or Shaman?
When angry ghosts come visit the organisation we tend to act as if feelings are tiny soap bubbles on the ocean of rationality when in fact it is the other way around. Time for the shaman to unpack his tool box!
Lars Cederholm
Organzation Psychologist, Author and Speaker (Sweden)
12:15 AM - 1:15 PM
Session 11:
Parallel Session 1
The Future of Learning and Education
Venue
Moderator
Thierry Bonetto
Founder LEARNING FUTURES (France)
Dirk Hofmann
CEO and founder of DAIN Studios (Germany)
12:15 AM - 1:15 PM
Session 11:
Parallel Session 2
The Future of Business Learning and Education
Venue
Michellana Jester
Learning Experience Designer and Senior Lecturer at MIT Sloan (USA)
Kip Meyer
Managing Director, Custom Partnerships, IESE Business School (USA - Spain)
Ewa Hansson
Global Head of Learning and Development, Certification, Ericsson GF HR Learning & Development (Sweden)
Veronique Tran
Executive Vice-President, Executive Education and Corporate Relations ESCP Business School (Germany/France)
Jan Eggert
Head of Education , Entrepreneurship Education & Deep Tech Innovation for Europe, EIT RawMaterials (Germany)
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch
Venue
Winter Garden
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Session 12:
Developing Virtual Leadership Skills through an Entrepreneurial Experiment
Plenary
Ghislaine Caulat
Founder and Director of Black Gazelle Ltd & Virtual Leadership Associates, author (Germany)
Francis Bidault
Professor Emeritus at ESMT, Managing Director Startup Sim (Germany / France)
Donata Koreń
Interim & Fractional Finance Executive & CFO | EMBA | Ex-Zalando/Big4 | SaaS (Germany)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Break
Winter Garden
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Session 13:
Leadership Lessons from Formula 1 Motor Racing
Plenary
Ken Pasternak
Author, educator, consultant, formerly with Citi Bank, EBRD, and author including co-author of “Performance at the Limit: Business Lessons from Formula 1 Motor Racing”. (Finland-USA)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Session 14:
The Future of Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion:
How do We Choose to Live and Work Together?
Plenary
Moderator
Chantal Fleuret
Member of the Global Forum Organizing Team (France)
Speaker
Stephan Schmuck
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Manager, Programme Director LGBT+ Leadership Programme, ESCP (Germany)
Christina Müschen
Associate Director Change & Transformation Management, DHL Group (Germany)
Cornelia Choe
CEO at The Leaders Alliance (Switzerland)
5:45 PM - 6:30 PM
Bus Transfer from Bertelsmann to Noack Foundry
Venue
6:30 PM
Visit to the Noack Foundry
The history of sculpture in the 20th century is closely linked to the name of Noak and the Noak foundry’s 120-year old existence.
Am Spreebord 9, 10589 Berlin
Presentator
Herman Noack (Germany)
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Aperitifs and Dinner at
Bar Brass restaurant
The same location as Noack Foundry
10:00 PM
Bus transfer from Restaurant to hotel NH
Wednesday, 29 May, 2024 at ESCP Berlin
Themes for the Day: “Future Forward” Perspectives, Learning and Collaboration
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM
Breakfast Hotel
Venue
NH Collection Mitte Friedrichstrasse Hotel
7:30 AM - 8:30AM
Bus Transfer
Venue
From Hotel NH Friedrichstrasse - to the ESCP Campus
8:30 - 9:00 AM
Welcome Coffee
Venue
ESCP Campus
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Session 15:
Debrief of the Previous Day’s Sessions
Venue
Lecture Hall 5
Facilitator
Michellana Jester
Learning Experience Designer, MIT Sloan School, Global Forum Organizing Team member, and Senior Partner, Global Executive Learning (USA)
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Session 16:
Maximizing Executive Success: Integrating New Frontiers of Team Performance and Learning
Venue
Lecture Hall 5
Michellana Jester
Learning Experience Designer, MIT Sloan School, Global Forum Organizing Team member, and Senior Partner, Global Executive Learning (USA)
Ingeborg Diebold-Molster
Moderator and other members of the group (Netherlands/Germany)
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Break
Venue
11:00 AM - 12:00 AM
Session 17:
Wisdom Panel: Why Do I do What I Do?
Venue
Lecture Hall 5
Sharon Marshall
Executive Development and Succession, UPS (USA)
Rose Pillay
Group Senior L&D Consultant: Leadership Development, Old Mutual, formerly, Regional L&D Adviser (Africa), Founder of Panacea Hedging (South Africa)
Robert Levy
Founder and President, Brandspark (Canada)
Chantal Fleuret
Member of the Global Forum Organizing Team (France)
12:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Lunch
Venue
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Session 18:
Building Bridges: Connecting Parallel Worlds with Listening Across Generations
Venue
Lecture Hall 5
ESCP Berlin + Munich (Germany)
With the participation of University Students and Young Professionals
Ron Cheshire (Canada)
Moderator of the the Barcelona Action Group on Global Youth Development:
Valerie Binner (Sweden)
Karen Hanna (Canada)
Nicolas Helary (France)
Karl-Georg Degenhardt (Germany)
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Break
Venue
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Session 19:
How to Organize, Develop and Sustain Learning Networks and Communities of Practice
Venue
Lecture Hall 5
Moderator
Communities of Practice in Large Corporations
Sharon Marshall
Executive Development, and Succession, UPS (USA)
Maintaining Dispersed Networks on Four Continents: The Leaders Alliance
Cornelia Choe
CEO (Switzerland)
Sparking Ascent: Leveraging Silicon Valley Connections for High-Tech Success in a Changing Landscape
Julia Xu
Co-Founder of Sapiens Institution, and VP China and Asia Pacific Research Society (USA)
The Codevelopment Action Learning Group Network : Maximize ROE
Align objectives, gather participants and stakeholders, measure your results – for lasting positive impacts.
Maxime Paquet
Professor of Psychology, University of Montreal, and author (Canada)
Nathalie Sabourin
Co-founder, Co-Leadership Group, and author (Canada)
Nathalie Lafranchise
Professor, University of Quebec in Montreal, and author (Canada)
Ron Cheshire
Co-founder, Co-Leadership Group, and author (Canada)
George Boak
Associate Professor in Leadership and Innovation, York Business School, Co-editor of the international journal, Action Learning: Research and Practice (UK)
Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV)
Tom Cummings
Member Board of Directorso Tällberg Foundation, Senior Advisor, GABV Secretariat (Netherlands)
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Session 20:
Berlin Global Forum Retrospectives and Summary
Closure
Venue
Lecture Hall 5
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM
Final Closing Dinner
Venue
ESCP Forum
6:45 PM - 7:30 PM
Bus to the peer 'Nikolaiviertel'
Boarding
7:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Nikolaiviertel - Mühlendamm Ship Lock - turn around and back - pass the Berliner cathedral - Museum Island -
Friedrichstrasse - Paul-Löbe-House- House of Culture of the World (pregnant oyster) - Spreestadt -
Charlottenburg Castle - Tegeler Weg - Vattenfall and back
+ DJ and Drinks
10:30 PM
Walk from the disembarkation point to the hotel (10 min.)