Benjamin Talin – the “5 Premium Speakers Questions”
Benjamin Talin, CEO and founder of MoreThanDigital and the 361 Group. Also Futurist, Government and Economic Development Consultant and Published Digital Transformation Specialist. Furthermore author, industry influencer, thought leader, lecturer and international keynote speaker.
Early on, the digital multi-talent set his course for progress, innovation and digital transformation. While other teenagers his age had ideas, he founded his first company. Today, the entrepreneur is the founder of several companies, start-ups that deal with digitalization and innovation. Always with the passion to develop new technologies and structures.
Benjamin Talin in the Premium Speakers interview:
1. WHAT ARE THE CORE SUBJECTS OF YOUR KEYNOTE SPEECHES?
My core topics deal with the changes we are all facing. Since I have been an entrepreneur myself since I was 13, I have often dealt with change. Technology of course holds a great fascination, but in the end it’s always about the question “How could it be done better/simpler?
So many of my topics are related to the future, to digital but also to social changes as well as to the practical side of digital transformation. Since I myself have already published a paper on digital transformation together with Roland Sullivan, I also try to convey concrete steps on how everyone can come up with ideas, innovation and cultural change.
As the founder of the initiative MoreThanDigital.info, it is of course very important to me to present the topics to as many people as possible. I focus especially on the 99% of people who are not specialists and try to prepare the future topics as simply as possible to give everyone a chance to understand the topics.
As you can see, the topics range from entrepreneurship and innovation to start-up culture (and fails), change management, Hich-Tech and the famous digital transformation.
2. WHICH AUDIANCE OR WHICH BRANCH DO YOU REACH WITH YOUR SPEECH?
Funnily enough, that’s very broad. I’m often called into government circles to speak specifically on issues of economic development and the future of social, education etc.. I also speak in front of students to pass on the fascination (but also reality) of the start-up world to them. But between schools, universities or ministries there are many events all over the world on different topics, which bring me in as a “connector”. NGO events as well as internationally known professional events approach me to prepare and communicate the topics of the future for the audience. A bigger portion is also company interal events where I explain management but also sometimes whole companies important details of the digital transformation and innovatin.
3. WHY ARE YOU A PREMIUM SPEAKER? WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INSIGHTS FROM?
I started sharing my knowledge early on. As a young entrepreneur, I was often on the road at events and also at university as a speaker or lecturer. After dozens, if not hundreds, of appearances I now talk about a wide range of topics and the fascination of knowledge transfer does not let me go.
4. WHAT WILL BE IN THE FUTURE? DOES „TIME“ PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN YOUR WORK?
I think especially in government circles I’m a little “desperate” about time. I am someone who brings about a lot of change but also sees how much is changing. I would even go so far as to say that there is no industry or area that is not surrounded by rapid change and we need a major rethink. Speed and the associated adaptability (aka agility) are a new commodity that must be cultivated.
5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE MOTTO? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE YOUR LISTENERS ON THE WAY?
Just do it and if you fall on your muzzle, just get up again. All successful people just got up once more than the losers.