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PIONEERS’N’
LEGENDS
«THE SPIRIT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP».
A PIONEERING SPIRIT, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND INNOVATION
"Pioneers’n’Legends – The Spirit of Entrepreneurial Leadership" is an exclusive series of events initiated by the Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Zurich University of Applied Sciences in partnership with the Büro Züri of Zürcher Kantonalbank. Driven by entrepreneurial spirit and passion, we are turning the old fire station at Dübendorf air base into a place of inspired exchange for entrepreneurial innovators and founders.
OUR PIONEERS’N’LEGENDS
Pioneers’n’Legends
The keynote speakers are pioneers and legends in their respective fields. They are prepared to share their wealth of experience and provide new impulses and ways of thinking with people interested in founding a company, entrepreneurial innovators, and start-up founders.
PnL EVENT
The topic of each evening event is related to the overall theme, "Entrepreneurial Leadership." In a keynote speech, the speakers talk about their insights and experiences concerning a specific focus topic. This is followed by a Q&A session.
PnL MASTERCLASS
The PnL Masterclass offers a supplement and consolidation to the PnL Events and takes place as a workshop of several days on selected topics related to "Entrepreneurial Leadership".
UPCOMING SPEAKERS
PnL MASTERCLASS (online)
KERSTIN HUMBERG &
ADRIAN MÜLLER
(June/July 2021)
Positive Leadership for Startups - Mastering turbulent Times
Particularly in times of great uncertainty and change, everyday management in start-ups can become a human test of strength. But usually we have more leeway than we realize. A fascinating key lies in Positive Psychology, the science of successful living and working. As soon as we have understood how the brain and mind work, numerous possibilities open up to organize our daily work routine in such a way that we feel more efficient and motivated. Based on central findings from psychology, behavioural economics and brain research, former McKinsey consultant Dr. Kerstin Humberg and ZHAW Prof. Dr. Adrian W. Müller show which factors influence our inner strength and how we can train it in times of corona. Selected examples and interventions illustrate the importance of emotional agility for effective leadership and self-management in the new working environment. In addition to the opportunity to reflect on personal drivers of happiness and success, this PnL Masterclass provides numerous techniques and tips in the form of "Life Hacks" for more optimism and resilience in everyday leadership.
Dr. Kerstin Humberg on LinkedIn
Prof. Dr. Adrian W. Müller on LinkedIn
Focus topic: Positive Leadership for Startups
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PAST SPEAKERS
PnL TALKS
MONA MIJTHAB
(03.03.2021)
Mona is a social entrepreneur, international speaker and designer with passion for circular product and service design and social innovation. Mona is the founder of Mosan, a social enterprise improving the living conditions in low-income communities with access to safe and modern sanitation. Mosan currently offers its services in Mayan communities in Guatemala. Mona enjoys solving complex challenges. Her background in industrial design allows her to find unconventional solutions. She enjoys working closely with people, combining creativity, smart design with social and cultural know-how. Mona has more than 6 years’ experience in teaching and facilitation of large and diverse groups, she is a lecturer and core team member of the MAS Strategic Design higher education program at ZHdK, where she develops and leads several courses, curricula and university partnerships. Since 2014 Mona is a member of the IDIN network at MIT d.lab, where she works in research projects and facilitates workshops and innovation processes worldwide (e.g. in Kenya, Tanzania, Morocco, Colombia, and Guatemala). In 2021 Mona will present Mosan at the World Expo in Dubai, you will find her in the pavilion “The Good Place”.
Mona Mijthab on LinkedIn
Focus topic: From human-centered to planet-centered Design
Key Insights & Video of the event
PnL TALKS
(online)
RAPHAEL GIELGEN
(25.11.2020)
Do you know the one from your company that some people think is crazy? Raphael Gielgen is one of these colleagues. His irrepressible curiosity, his restless search for explanations, and his desire to turn everything upside down make him uncomfortable at times - and when he returns to the office after a long journey, he talks about things that sound more like virtual utopia than lived reality. He visits more than 100 companies a year, the world is his workplace, the future his field of research. His task is to travel the world and meet the protagonists of a new era. He documents the findings and experiences on a "panorama" - a map of the trends and patterns of a new world.
Raphael Gielgen on LinkedIn
Focus topic: The Future of Work
Key Insights & Video of the event
PnL TALKS
(online)
TOBIAS REIN
(24.08.2020)
Tobias Rein is one of the founders of the travel platform GetYourGuide. Born in Uster, he attended school at the cantonal school in Wetzikon before he started studying electrical engineering at the ETH. He broke off his subsequent PhD under Professor Lothar Thiele after a year and plunged into the adventure of young enterprise. Together with ETH students Johannes Reck, Tao Tao, Martin Sieber and Pascal Mathis, Tobias founded the start-up GetYourGuide.
Since 2009, GetYourGuide has grown into one of the world's largest platforms for booking tours and activities. Over 30 million tickets have already been sold. Today GetYourGuide is headquartered in Berlin and employs more than 600 people worldwide, 50 of them in Zurich. Over 650 million dollars have already been invested in GetYourGuide. The last round was one of the largest financial injections into a European startup in the travel industry with almost 500 million dollars. It also pushed the Swiss startup into the Olympus of the rare Unicorns.
Tobias Rein on LinkedIn
Focus topic: My point of no return
Key Insights & Video of the event
PnL MASTERCLASS (online)
KERSTIN HUMBERG &
ADRIAN MÜLLER
(June/July 2020)
Positive Leadership for Startups - Mastering turbulent Times
Particularly in times of great uncertainty and change, everyday management in start-ups can become a human test of strength. But usually we have more leeway than we realize. A fascinating key lies in Positive Psychology, the science of successful living and working. As soon as we have understood how the brain and mind work, numerous possibilities open up to organize our daily work routine in such a way that we feel more efficient and motivated. Based on central findings from psychology, behavioural economics and brain research, former McKinsey consultant Dr. Kerstin Humberg and ZHAW Prof. Dr. Adrian W. Müller show which factors influence our inner strength and how we can train it in times of corona. Selected examples and interventions illustrate the importance of emotional agility for effective leadership and self-management in the new working environment. In addition to the opportunity to reflect on personal drivers of happiness and success, this PnL Masterclass provides numerous techniques and tips in the form of "Life Hacks" for more optimism and resilience in everyday leadership.
Dr. Kerstin Humberg on LinkedIn
Prof. Dr. Adrian W. Müller on LinkedIn
Focus topic: Positive Leadership for Startups
Key Insights & Video of the event
PnL TALKS
GIAN
SIMMEN (13.12.2019)
Gian Simmen became the first Olympic snowboarding champion in the halfpipe on 12 February 1998. In the pouring rain of Nagano, Japan, he surprisingly won the gold medal for Switzerland. When he travelled to Japan, he was still an unknown athlete, but in the following years he went on to influence halfpipe snowboarding considerably.
It was also thanks to him that snowboarding became socially acceptable. Gian Simmen won several World Cups during his career and was crowned World Champion in 2001 and 2002.
Despite various injuries, he fought his way back to the top again and again.
Today, he is a father of four working in marketing at Jungfrau Railways. In addition, he is a brand ambassador of various products and can be seen on Swiss TV as a snowboarding expert during competitions - and he still loves snowboarding as he did on the first day.
Gian Simmen on LinkedIn
Focus topic: What means success
Key Insights & Video of the event
PnL TALKS
KERSTIN
HUMBERG (30.10.2019)
Dr. Kerstin Humberg is the founder of Yunel, a start-up in Berlin. Since 2015, Yunel combines findings from happiness and brain research with strategic consulting to unleash human potential for positive social change.
At the same time, Kerstin leads the Positive & Social Business section at the German Society for Positive Psychology (the science of happiness and wellbeing)
Previously, Kerstin worked with McKinsey & Company, developing transformation strategies for clients in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East (2006-2014).
The former journalist is a renowned expert in social entrepreneurship and positive psychology. For her publications she has been awarded numerous prizes.
Dr. Kerstin Humberg on LinkedIn
Focus topic: Make happiness work
Key Insights & Video of the event
PnL TALKS
CHRISTIAN
REBERNIK (18.09.2019)
Christian Rebernik, born 1977, is founder and CEO of Vivy, a personal health assistant and electronic health record platform. He is a passionate entrepreneur and innovator.
A business IT graduate, he was Managing Director of N26, one of the fastest-growing banks, and CTO of Parship, Germany's largest dating agency.
Christian stands for innovation and has developed award-winning apps such as ShareTheMeal for the United Nations World Food Program. He has also helped Awin, Europe's largest performance marketing network, build on its success. Christian has been a mentor and coach for several start-ups.
With Vivy, Christian wants to help people better understand and manage their health. To this end, Vivy has created an open digital health ecosystem with over 34 health insurance companies and numerous service providers that are networked via the Vivy App.
Christian Rebernik on LinkedIn
Focus topic: The secret of entrepreneurial passion
