The innovative entrepreneur Dr. Lysander Weiss, sets groundbreaking impulses in the linking and development of science and practice.

With an impressive career as a management consultant and multiple bestselling author, Dr. Lysander Weiss is one of the most sought-after drivers of impulses in the field of strategy, innovation and organisation. In his role as Senior Research Fellow at the HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management and Adjunct Professor at Woxsen University in India, he devotes himself to intensive research in the field of “strategic entrepreneurship”. His publications therefore always benefit from the latest findings from academic research as well as from extensive experience in corporate practice. His works range from academic articles to best-selling books for practical application.

With a captivating and memorable style, Dr Lysander Weiss shares his expertise not only in lectures at prestigious business schools, but also in presentations at conferences and for companies.

Lysander Weiss lecture topics

“Building the StrategyLab”: Innovation Units with Impact!

• Innovation theater and the “flaw in the system”
• A typology for understanding current innovation vehicles
• Innovation capabilities and the path from InnovationLab to StrategyLab

Whether Innovationhub, DigitalLab or Venture Builder: Everyone’s talking about innovation units. But how can companies actually use them to achieve strategic impact and build the future of their business? Based on the latest research and numerous practical examples, this presentation from Lysander Weiss will highlight the fundamental problems of many innovation units – and show how things can be done differently. 

Return on Innovation: Leveraging innovation to drive value

• Defining an innovation gap
• Innovation portfolio for targeted value creation
• Success stories & failures

Whether portfolio companies of financial investors, large listed companies or profit-oriented medium-sized companies: All of them need to increase their value as much as possible and like to rely on proven, countable optimization tools. Innovation is rarely one of them, because it is expensive, uncertain and difficult to measure. But with a systematic approach to innovation, a company’s value can be increased in a targeted way. This presentation will show you how to do this with real-world examples, proven methodology, and surprising research.

As a partner in the award-winning management consulting firm venture.idea, Lysander Weiss has worked with DAX and Fortune 500 companies as well as medium-sized businesses in over 30 industries. In his presentations, he skillfully combines stimulating findings from scientific research with surprising insights from practical experience. His speeches are not only thought-provoking, but also provide pragmatic solutions to current challenges.

In his speeches and in-depth workshops, Lysander Weiss imparts practical and scientific know-how on how companies in complex environments need to be structured today in order to be successful tomorrow. Thanks to his high level of expertise, Lysander Weiß is not only able to draw on an extensive lecture repertoire, but can also respond flexibly to the individual challenges and topics of companies, thus designing interactive and stimulating discussion rounds and jointly developing solution approaches.

Each lecture topic can be adapted to the individual needs of the company. The goal is to provide concrete impulses for implementation in your company.