Speaker & Topic:

Digital technologies have accelerated the pace of change demanding a mindset shift. 

How can we future-proof ourselves to navigate that accelerating change?

Immerse yourself in a range of new insights that will help you as an individual, as a team and as an organization to navigate ambiguity in order to truly thrive. 

The conversation focuses on how you can unlock your creative potential and how organizations can create an inclusive environment that values empathy and encourages risk-taking to meet the grand challenges of tomorrow. Learn how to transform your organization's culture into one that continuously sparks new ideas and gives people the mindset to responsibly innovate and confidently explore our desirable futures.

Dr. Frederik G. Pferdt is Google's Chief Innovation Evangelist and Adjunct Professor at Stanford’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. His mission is to develop the capacity to innovate in everybody and he believes creativity exists in all of us. He initiated a community of over 500 Google Innovation Evangelists and is co-founder of “The Garage” and creator of Google’s first Innovation Laboratory (CSI:Lab). 

With his award-winning approach (New Work Award), he currently serves as Innovation Advisor to the United Nations (UN) and is Innovation Coach of the German Soccer Association (DFB). The “Pope of Creativity” (Focus Magazine) is founder and sponsor with his wife Angela of Germany’s kids maker space: “Tüftelei”. Living in Santa Cruz, he draws inspiration from the playfulness and explorer mindsets of his three children.

Event Agenda:

• 6:00pm-6:30pm – Check-in and Networking

• 6:30pm-7:30pm – Talk and Q&A with Moderator

• 7:30pm-8:00pm – Closing Networking

More information and registration here.

About SAP Bay Area:

For nearly 25 years, SAP Labs Silicon Valley has been in the epicenter of global innovation and technology for SAP customers and partners. Today, as the largest non-US company in the Valley, SAP’s investment and influence continues to be exponential by forging tight relationships with top tech brands like Apple and Google, NVIDIA and Slack or early stage disruptors through SAP.iO.