Next Level Change – A Conversation with the Leaders Shaping Change

Prof. Dr. Christoph Schönfelder talks with leading figures from the worlds of business and academia about how transformation can truly succeed—strategically, culturally, and personally. Listen now!

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Next Level Change

Conversations That Make a Difference

Through conversations with influential figures, we create a space for honest insights into transformation, leadership, and sustainable change.

Banking sector Health Care Insurance Consulting Insurance Industry Young Entrepreneur Personal Change HR

Banking sector

Resistance to Change

Those Who Fight It Have Not Understood Leadership – with Salomon Pircek

Why Change is a Team Effort

Clear Roles and Genuine Responsibility – with Carsten Müller

Change with Attitude

How Banks Are Truly Embracing Transformation – with Michi Maaß

Change as a Strategy

Hans-Jörg Meier on Results-Oriented Transformation

Clear Leadership, Smart Transformation

Henrietta Six on Change at Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf

Cultural Shift or Loss of Control?

Stefan Hell on a New Leadership DNA in the Banking Sector

Health Care

The Island Effect

Dr. Linda Rasche on Change and Synergies in Healthcare

Human Leadership with AI

Frank Schubert on Technology, Empathy, and Real Change

Pressure for Change in Healthcare

Prof. Dr. David Matusiewicz on Shadow AI & Change

Courage and Perseverance

Simone Schwering on Transformation and the Role of AI in the Future of Healthcare

Insurance Consulting

Episodes Featuring Thomas Resch

Resistance as an Opportunity: On Emotional Leadership in Change Processes

“Command & Control Is a Thing of the Past”: On Modern Leadership in a Time of Change

“AI Is a Colleague”: On the Symbiosis of Technology and Humanity in Change Management

Insurance Industry

Real-World Insights

How to Culturally Align Two Giants – With Alina vom Bruck

AI, Collaboration & Culture

Dr. Philipp Nolte on the Transformation of the Insurance Industry

Episodes featuring Rainer Brune

Change in the Insurance Industry: Insights into Successful Change Management

Leadership Between Stability and Agility: How Leadership in the Insurance Industry Drives Change

Leadership Between Stability and Agility: How Leadership in the Insurance Industry Drives Change

Young entrepreneur

Gen Z & Change

How to Use the Next Generation as a Driving Force for Strategic Transformation with Selina Schroeter

Energy, Leadership, Change

What Really Helps Startups Scale, with Alexander Igelmann

Change Requires Stability

Why Good Leadership Starts with Ourselves, with Dr. Amelie Wiedemann

Personal Change

From the Playing Field to Change Management

Stefan Kermas on Leadership, Trust, and Responsibility

Rethinking Productivity

AI, New Work, and the Human Factor with Laura Bornmann (New Leadership Expert)

From Ice to Business

Franziska Schenk on the Dynamics of Successful Teams and Self-Efficacy in Times of Change

Failure Is Allowed

Gero Hesse on a Willingness to Experiment and Leadership in Change Processes

HR

Lars Wolfram

AI First, Rethinking HR, and Politics in Transition

Nadine Schomacker

Why HR Can No Longer Ignore Neuroinclusion

Jaklahr!

AI Isn't a Job Killer

It’s a Mirror for HR—with Stefan Berndt

Successful Transformation

3 Underestimated Leverage Points — with Uta Wilkens

Why HR Leadership Needs to Rethink Its Approach Now

with Stefan Scheller

Decision-Making Means Making Sacrifices

André Häusling on Focus and Clarity in Times of Change