Frederik G. Pferdt
First and Former Chief Innovation Evangelist at Google, Innovation Consultant to the United Nations, and executive coach for Adidas, NASA, SAP, and the FBI. Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt’s mission as a keynote speaker is to inspire his audiences to invent their future.
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Frederik G. Pferdt Keynote Topics & Programs
Frederik G. Pferdt speaks on artificial intelligence, creativity, disruption, futurism, innovation and personal development through keynote presentations and related programs. Additional themes are also available.
Masterclass 1 – Future Rituals
In this interactive, hands-on / minds-on Masterclass, leaders identify values to craft some powerful rituals and bring them to life in new ways, building a future-ready culture – one step at a time, preparing themselves and the organization for a new normal.
Key Takeaways:
- How to identify core values in your organizational system
- How to use new rituals to help drive change
- How to lead effectively to navigate the future
Masterclass 2 – Reimagine Futures
Reimagine Futures equips you with a future mindstate in service of helping you and humanity not just survive the future but thrive in it. In this inspiring, interactive and immersive masterclass,
Dr. Frederik will:
- Help you discover and observe your current mindstate, today
- Explore implications of trends like AI, Sustainability and Mobility of tomorrow
- Show you how we better create our future, together
Masterclass 3 – Finding Your Dimension
In this transformative masterclass you identify, understand, and harness your Dimension X, empowering you to shape your future with confidence and clarity.
Key Takeaways:
- How to identify your Dimension X: Through reflective exercises and guided introspect: discover the intrinsic quality that drives your most significant achievements.
- How to map your milestones: Chart your l i f e ‘ s pivotal moments to recognize how your Dimension X has influenced your decisions and shaped your path • how to harness your superpower: Develop strategies to leverage your Dimension X in everyday decisions, transforming challenges into opportunities for growth and innovation.
Masterclass 4 – From People to Prototype
Practice Design tools and techniques for innovation, in an active hands-on – minds-on workshop experience, preparing leaders to build a more human-centered future.
Learn and apply a new toolkit to:
- Get your team to see the bigger opportunities, leading to breakthrough ideas. Create products and solutions that delight users and respond to their needs.
- Advance work rapidly by making ideas tangible.
Additional Keynote Topics
- Future Mindstate – How To Invent Tomorrow, Today
- What’s Next is How – How to Live Future Ready
- Rituals for Change
- Shaping the World’s #1 Innovation Culture – My Life at Google
- Creativity – A Human Super Power
- Shaping a Better Tomorrow, Together
Frederik G. Pferdt Biography & Credentials
Frederik G. Pferdt was the first Chief Innovation Evangelist at Google. There, his goal was “systematizing an innovative mindset,” motivating Google’s employees to explore new and radical ideas. Throughout his 12-year career with Google, Dr. Pferdt led the creation of Google’s innovation culture, which is often imitated but rarely replicated. During his speech to SAP Bay Area during their 2020 Speaker Series, Pferdt stated that his goal was to spread the innovative mindset across the globe.
In addition to SAP, Dr. Frederik built and trained communities of innovation catalysts, ambassadors, and coaches for organizations such as Adidas, UBER, the FBI, NASA, and the NBA. Dr. Frederik is a global thought leader on innovation and has been an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University’s d.school for nearly a decade, teaching graduate classes on navigating ambiguity with design.
Frederik G. Pferdt is available to be booked for corporate and private events. He is also well-known for his keynote and motivational speaking. Contact the Mollie Plotkin Group today to inquire about Frederik G. Pferdt’s fees.
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Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt is on a mission to inspire people to invent their future – the #1 human superpower to shape one’s future.
As Google’s first-ever Chief Innovation Evangelist, Dr. Frederik initiated a radically diverse community of over 500 Innovation Evangelists, trained tens of thousands of Googlers and co-founded Google’s The Garage while creating its first Innovation Laboratory. During that time, he helped leaders and teams across Alphabet/Google and beyond to discover and solve problems in new, unconventional ways, shaping one of the world’s most fabled innovation cultures.
Academic Career & Press
As an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (aka: d.school), he teaches graduate courses like: “Hacking your Innovation Mindset” and feels lucky to empower students through design so that they can invent cool things that matter in the world.
Featured as the “Pope of Creativity” and “Dr. Innovation” in over 300 international newspapers, magazines and documentaries like FastCompany, Inc. Magazine, Times Magazine, Harvard Business Manager, WirtschaftsWoche, El Tiempo, Business Today, FAZ, Asia Business Daily, Der Spiegel, Financial Times, Capital, Manager Magazine, brandeins, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Chosun Ilbo, The Telegraph, Arte TV, VOX TV and ARD.
