{"id":118671,"date":"2025-12-03T12:24:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=118671"},"modified":"2026-03-16T13:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:28:16","slug":"hedi-schaefer","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/premium-speakers.com\/en\/speaker-presenter\/hedi-schaefer\/","title":{"rendered":"Hedi Schaefer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>G100<\/strong> <strong>Germany Country Chair<\/strong> <strong>\u2013 Entrepreneurship &amp; Sustainable Businesses<\/strong> <strong>\u2022<\/strong> <strong>BRAINZ 500 Global Award \u2022 TEDx Speaker \u2022 Fortune 500 Trusted <strong>\u2022<\/strong> <strong><strong>CEO Impact Boutique App<\/strong> <\/strong>\u2022 Herbert Gr\u00f6nemeyer \u2022 Bestselling Author<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hedi Schaefer is a speaker, author and innovation strategist. She began her career in the international music and arts world \u2013 including working in the management of Herbert Gr\u00f6nemeyer and as personal assistant to Christoph Schlingensief \u2013 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Transformation does not begin externally, it begins within us&#8221;<\/strong> is one of Hedi Schaefer&#8217;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With over 15 years of experience working with Fortune 500 companies, NGOs and start-ups, Hedi reveals what change really means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Change is chaotic. Innovation shines on the outside, but on the inside it is turbulent. Transformation is a mixture of both. 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Her listeners rediscover how to come into harmony with themselves and gratefully take home a concrete plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hedi-schaefer-top-keynotes\">Hedi Schaefer Top Keynotes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The 3Cs of Change\u2122 &#8211; Becoming the change yourself<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prototype Your Life &#8211; Innovation as a principle of life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From Fear to Flow &#8211; Self-leadership in times of pressure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conscious Design Thinking &#8211; The new era of innovation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why organisers book Hedi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Award-winning framework + immediately implementable tools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inspiring story, strong stage presence, high audience engagement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bookable internationally in German and English<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tangible impact: energy, clarity and a concrete implementation plan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;I want to empower people not only to manage change, but to be the change themselves.&#8221;<\/strong> &#8211; Hedi Schaefer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hedi Schaefer is a member of <strong>G100 Germany Country Chair \u2013 Entrepreneurship &amp; Sustainable Businesses<\/strong> \u2013 a prestigious and influential group of the 100 most powerful female leaders in the world with a vision for the future. 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