Speaking
Keynotes & Workshops
Selected appearances on AI, operating models, and systems innovation.
Featured keynote
7 Years of Change: Corporate, Startup, Exit, Climate to AI
What if reinvention isn’t a crisis – but a strategy? Friederike von Waldenfels has lived by an unconventional rhythm: every seven years, a conscious reset. From corporate life to co-founding and exiting Swisscommerce, from climate tech with Forestrock to navigating the age of AI – each chapter a deliberate leap into the unknown. She shares the hard-won lessons from a life of bold transitions: what it really takes to let go, rebuild, and lead with purpose across radically different worlds.
AI Workshops for Boards
Three formats for executive and foundation boards that want to lead AI — not just approve it.
Why is AI more than just a tool?
How AI transforms business models, organisations and incentive systems — and what that means for your role as a board.
Outcome: A shared language in the boardroom — and clarity on where AI touches your strategy.
Build it yourself — with Lovable or Claude
30 minutes of introduction, then hands-on: as a board, experience for yourself what it means to build apps and agents today.
Outcome: Every board member has built a working prototype — and judges AI initiatives from experience, not slides.
Stress-test your business model
A focused workshop around two sentences: “In 24 months, our business looks like this: …” and “We are most exposed at: …”
Outcome: A prioritised map of your AI exposure — and the two or three moves that matter now.
All formats in German or English, on site or remote, for boards of 4–12 people.
I know the board perspective from the inside — and how hard it is to make AI concrete there. My board experience →
Recordings
Example Speeches & Workshops
- Inspiration Speech·Board meeting of a 4,000-employee company
- Input Referat·AI strategy for a major retailer
- Workshop Facilitation·Leadership off-site on operating-model design
- Panel Moderation·Climate-tech & venture-building forum
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Topics include AI operating models, scaling science-driven ventures, systems innovation, and climate-tech moonshots.