Industry Insights presents Unlock Your Mind – Bettina von Stamm

Bettina von Stamm is going to talk about a mindset of embracing paradoxes and identifies some of the key paradoxes that need embracing.

Paradox – a situation or statement that seems impossible or is difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts or characteristics. No doubt, we live in challenging times. Times of an unprecedented rate of change and degrees of uncertainty never experienced before. Not to mention the equally unprecedented challenges to humanity and our planet. Einstein’s wisdom has it that we cannot solve a problem with the mindset that has created it. The prevailing mindset seems to be one that seeks the one right answer, and is inclined to think in ‘black and white’. With such a mindset we will never be able to address the current, and urgent, challenges. What might a different mindset look and feel like? This session explores a mindset of embracing paradoxes and identifies some of the key paradoxes that need embracing.

Dr. Bettina von Stamm is an original and visionary thinker as well as a prolific writer in the fields of sustainability and innovation. Building on her MBA and PhD from London Business School, she supports senior managers and innovation leaders in creating sustainably innovative organizations. With her deep conviction that sustainability consideration has to be the main driving force for all innovation, she started to volunteer with Katerva, a non-profit whose mission is to identify, evaluate & accelerate sustainable disruptive innovation in 2013, running its awards program since 2015. If and when the opportunity arises she loves to contribute to executive programs at prestigious universities and corporates around the world.