Category: Interview

  • 3 Questions to Robin Nehring

    Robin is Head of Corporate Development at Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf, one of Germany’s largest savings banks. Together with his team, he develops strategies and action plans to make the company fit for the future. This covers the central bundling of innovation and digitalization activities as well as transformation management.

  • 3 Questions to Miroslav Dimitrov

    Miroslav is the Director of the SAP.iO Foundry in Berlin, their mission is to grow “a generation of revolutionary software businesses”. That is a bold mission for an incumbent, so we wanted to get to know the team behind the SAP.iO Foundry. Hello Miroslav, thanks for…

  • 4 Questions to Solveig Schulze

    Solveig Schulze is Co-Lead and Director of signals, the innovation unit of SIGNAL IDUNA. Solveig studied politics and is a member of the economic advisory board of the German political party “Die Grünen”. Her second studies were in International Business, where she could build a bridge from politics to economics.

  • 3 questions to Susanne Hahn

    Susanne Hahn is Managing Director of 1886Ventures. We talked to her about the reorientation of the former Daimler Lab 1886. In December 2020 the news came out that Daimler’s Lab1886 would be continuing in the future as the open innovation platform 1886Ventures. Who did the impulse for this come…

  • 3 Questions to Sonja Moosburger

    Sonja Moosburger is Managing Director at MediaMarktSaturn N3XT, the award winning innovation unit of Europe’s largest electronic retailer.  Hi Sonja, great to have you as our guest! MediaMarktSaturn launched its innovation unit, N3XT, in 2014. What is the primary goal of your unit and how has it evolved over the past…

  • 3 Questions to Tobias Weber

    Tobias Weber is Co-Head of the Payment Innovation Lab SPAYCE of S-Payment GmbH. We talked to him about his goals and challenges and about his perspective on the corporate innovation landscape in Germany. You’re setting up SPAYCE for Saving Banks (Sparkassen) and LBBW. What are your goals and what are…

  • 3 Questions to Ulf Brommelmeier

    Ulf Brommelmeier is Head of EWE Digital Factory at EWE AG. Here are three questions we’ve asked him for our Corporate Innovation Newsletter. The Digital Factory is located in Oldenburg. What are the reasons to stay close to the EWE AG rather than going to one of the innovation hotspots…

  • 3 Questions to Gleb Tritus

    We’ve talked to the Managing Director of Lufthansa Innovation Hub, 3rd time winner of the Digital Lab Award, about the state of Corporate Innovation Units in Germany. Did the positioning and perception of the Lufthansa Innovation Hub within the Lufthansa Group change in Corona-times? Definitely – for the better. We…

  • 3 Questions to Joerg Rheinboldt

    Joerg Rheinboldt has shaped the german innovation landscape as only few others did. For our new Corporate Innovation Newsletter, we’ve asked him about the trends he observes: In the past 10 years automotive, finance, energy, engineering and retail have been the leading industries in corporate innovation. What trends do you…

  • 3 Questions to Manuel Mandler

    You moved from being a corporate executive to a venture. Did you ever regret the move and what would you recommend your corporate colleagues? I‘ve never regretted my decision to quit my Job as a director to lead a startup. After changing my perspective and delving into the world of care…