Philipp Diekhöener

Philipp Diekhöener

Philipp Kristian is a trust futurist, millennial innovation strategist, TEDx speaker and author of The Trust Economy. A nomad and trailblazer who’s on the road some 300 days a year, he works with some of the best and largest names in business on building a more trusted future. Named a WEF Global Shaper, KAIROS Global Fellow and St. Gallen Symposium Leader of Tomorrow, he is the definitive millennial voice on trust and innovation in the digital age. Philipp believes we have no future without trust. Trust drives behaviour, behaviour drives decisions, and decisions create our future. Philipp’s keynotes explore the future of work, business and everyday life. He speaks about digital transformation, disruptive innovation, smart cities, transformational technologies and start-up ecosystems. He distils the complexity of our hyper-connected digital age into simple, pragmatic directions – deep-diving into the role of ethics, artificial intelligence and sustainability in shaping this progress. Balancing universal human insight with global trends and sector-specific context, he creates sharp strategy that resonates. His inputs invigorate and inspire audiences to apply a fresh perspective. This makes him go-to speaker on the future of trust and the digital innovation economy. Each of his keynote topics is connected to a venture in his own portfolio that walks the talk. Tackling the future entrepreneurially, they share the vision to build a happier, healthier and wealthier humanity. With each confirmed booking, Philipp also supports Mangrove reforestation and carbon offsetting projects in the Bay of Bengal. He is the co-founder and partner of Oxytocin Group & DDX (formerly Greater Than X), a strategy practice on data and trust-driven transformation and the impact of breakthrough technologies like Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence (AI) on established industries. Advisory clients include Daimler Financial Services, SES, Standard Chartered, The Boston Consulting Group (BrightHouse) and Singapore Life. He is also Founding Partner of DD Die Denkfabrik in Asia, an award-winning German innovation foundry established in 1976 working with clients such as Airbus, Daimler, BMW and many more. He is the Author of The Trust Economy: How Digital Technology is Transforming Trust and Driving Social and Business Innovation (Marshall Cavendish 2017, reprinted 2018), explaining how technology is transforming who, what and how we trust, and why every company needs a trust strategy. It also introduces a new method for effective trust-building in the digital age. Philipp has covered over a dozen industries across 20+ countries including Bhutan and the Maldives. He has been booked alongside Brené Brown, Sir Ken Robinson, Niall Fergusson and Ban Ki Moon and addressed Deloitte, Facebook, Economist Intelligence Unit, Microsoft, MunichRe, P&G, Turner, Zillow and many more. Fortune 500s, industry associations and institutions turn to him as one of the hardest-hitting voices on the Trust Economy and how we will live, work and play in the future.