Sören Stamer

Blogger, Business leader, Change Agent, Entrepreneur, Explorer, Idea generator, Parent, Potential employer, Technologist, World traveler

Sören is fascinated by change — from both a technological and cultural perspective. The changes that we seek, as well as the changes that are forced on us; from sudden compelling transformations to the unintended consequences of actions that arrive almost without notice. The question that he keeps asking himself is this: If fundamental change is inevitable — and occurs at an increasingly rapid pace — how can individuals, organizations and society at large learn to cope with it? His quest to answer this question led Sören to experiment in 2003 with principles of self-organization at CoreMedia, the company he co-founded. It led him to move to San Francisco in 2009 and prompted his return to Hamburg in 2015. Sören co-edited the book “Enterprise 2.0 – The Art of Letting Go” in 2008 and received the 2009 German Fairness Prize for his leadership. He is married and has four children.

rising collective awareness. It's the most disruptive force in the world. Powerful iconic symbols drive change over night. Rising collective awareness ended the careers of Harvey Weinstein and others, grounded all 737 Max 8 and brought us more equality. Since our collective awareness is rising faster than ever before, companies like Facebook struggle with new realities around privacy, and car manufacturers around the end of ICE cars.

A wonderful way to start a conference, an open space workshop or a meeting with many people: 1. Ask everyone to find another person in the room that they don't know yet. 2. Invited them to interview each other for 5 to 10 minutes about a personal question (e.g. what was your most beautiful mistake? Who would you like to be if you weren't the one you are?) 3. Invite everyone to write the essence of the interview on a piece of paper and pin it on a wall. After 15-20 minutes the room is full of ideas, energy and joy.

Content Management, Digital Experiences, Digital Transformation, e-Commerce, Fast Learning Organizations, Self-Organzation

I met June Cohen and felt inspired. TEDster ever since.

Driving tractors, knocking things over and making kids laugh