G100 Germany Country Chair – Entrepreneurship & Sustainable Businesses • BRAINZ 500 Global Award • TEDx Speaker • Fortune 500 Trusted • CEO Impact Boutique App • Herbert Grönemeyer • Bestselling Author
Hedi Schaefer is a speaker, author and innovation strategist. She began her career in the international music and arts world – including working in the management of Herbert Grönemeyer and as personal assistant to Christoph Schlingensief – before moving into the fields of design thinking, innovation and leadership. Today, she is recognised as a BRAINZ 500 Global Award honoree and speaks on TEDx and global leadership stages.
“Transformation does not begin externally, it begins within us” is one of Hedi Schaefer’s key guiding principles. She shows executives, teams and visionaries how real change can be achieved: when people first grow internally and remove barriers before shaping innovation externally.
With over 15 years of experience working with Fortune 500 companies, NGOs and start-ups, Hedi reveals what change really means:
Change is chaotic. Innovation shines on the outside, but on the inside it is turbulent. Transformation is a mixture of both. Hedi Schaefer brings clarity, depth and practicality to the chaos. Her listeners rediscover how to come into harmony with themselves and gratefully take home a concrete plan.
Hedi Schaefer Top Keynotes
- The 3Cs of Change™ – Becoming the change yourself
- Prototype Your Life – Innovation as a principle of life
- From Fear to Flow – Self-leadership in times of pressure
- Conscious Design Thinking – The new era of innovation
Why organisers book Hedi
- Award-winning framework + immediately implementable tools
- Inspiring story, strong stage presence, high audience engagement
- Bookable internationally in German and English
- Tangible impact: energy, clarity and a concrete implementation plan
“I want to empower people not only to manage change, but to be the change themselves.” – Hedi Schaefer
Hedi Schaefer is a member of G100 Germany Country Chair – Entrepreneurship & Sustainable Businesses – a prestigious and influential group of the 100 most powerful female leaders in the world with a vision for the future. Its members include Nobel Prize winners, former heads of state, ministers, businesswomen, philanthropists, investors, entrepreneurs, and leaders from business and society – all united by the common goal of creating enormous opportunities for women worldwide.