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Keynote talks for your leadership team or event
Practice from transformation projects since 2000 – to the point in 45 minutes
Your leadership team needs fresh impulses, not death by PowerPoint. The keynote condenses experience from transformation projects in industry: clear, practical and tailored to your situation. Afterwards, your participants know where the levers are and what the next step could be.
- New perspectives for your leadership team
- Practice, not theory – from projects in production, development and indirect areas
- A shared starting point for change in your company
Format: 45-minute keynote, followed by questions and discussion – on site or online
What the keynote is good for
An impulse that keeps working in your company.
Leadership conference
New perspectives for your managers – with concrete approaches for everyday work.
Project kick-off
A shared understanding before the project picks up speed.
Strategy retreat
An outside view that opens up the discussion in your leadership team.
Customer or association event
Practical knowledge for your guests – well-founded and easy to follow.
Five topics
From our four fields of expertise
Each keynote comes from one of our fields of expertise. We tailor content and examples to your industry and your question.
01 · Operational Excellence
The most successful production system in the world – Lean Management
Halve lead time without working more
Most of the time is lost between the process steps, not within them. Key elements of the Lean Management system belong in every company’s toolbox.
Agenda: 45 minutes, followed by questions and discussion
- The most successful production system in the world: origins and principles (10 min)
- Where time is really lost: lead time and value creation (15 min)
- Case example: value stream analysis (10 min)
- First steps for production and indirect areas (10 min)
02 · Collaborative Excellence
From hierarchy to network
Team success and leadership in the new world of work
Top performance does not come from more control, but from clear goals, transparency on the shop floor, trust, and transactional and transformational leadership across departments.
Agenda: 45 minutes, followed by questions and discussion
- Where the world of work is heading: from hierarchy to network (10 min)
- The success factors of high-performing teams (10 min)
- What modern leadership contributes (15 min)
- Collaboration in a decentralised network (10 min)
03 · Project Excellence
Collaboration logic with the Performance-U and hybrid project management
Maximum efficiency and radically shorter lead times in projects
Classic planning and agile control are not mutually exclusive – they need each other. A value stream focus enables optimal collaboration in cross-functional teams.
Agenda: 45 minutes, followed by questions and discussion
- Why projects are late despite a plan (5 min)
- Hybrid project management: plan long-term, steer short-term (15 min)
- Collaboration logic with the Performance-U: synchronising the project and line cascade (15 min)
- Case example: shorter lead times in product development (10 min)
04 · Transformation & Culture
The evolution of organisational and leadership models
Which organisation will carry the future?
Hierarchy, value stream and agile organisation: every organisational model was the answer to the challenges of its time. Understanding where it comes from shows which model will work tomorrow.
Agenda: 45 minutes, followed by questions and discussion
- Hierarchy and Taylorism: the model of industrialisation (10 min)
- Matrix and process organisation: answers to growing complexity (10 min)
- Network and agile organisation: leadership without rigid lines (15 min)
- What this means for your company today (10 min)
05 · Transformation & Culture
Making transformation work
Project architecture, design and interventions of successful change projects
Change works where people see meaning in it. Methods come second. The worldview determines the direction of the social system.
Agenda: 45 minutes, followed by questions and discussion
- Why many change projects fizzle out (5 min)
- Project architecture and design of successful transformations (15 min)
- Interventions that work: purpose, mindset and tools (15 min)
- The pattern of successful change projects – a case example (10 min)
Which topic suits your event?
In a short call, we clarify the occasion, participants and goal – and suggest the right keynote.
Format
Compact, practical, tailored to you
45-minute keynote plus Q&A
The keynote lasts 45 minutes. Afterwards there is room for questions and discussion – also in a small group with your leadership team.
On site or online
At your company, at your event or as an online keynote. In German, English or French.
Tailored to your situation
In a preliminary call, we clarify the occasion, participants and goal. We discuss scope and setting in the call.
Agenda and technical set-up
Well prepared in two hours
Typical schedule
- Arrival and technical set-up – 30 minutes
- Introduction – 10 minutes
- Keynote – 45 minutes
- Questions and discussion – 30 minutes
What we need on site
- Projector with screen or LED wall
- Laptop connection (HDMI or USB-C)
- Lectern or high table
- Flipchart with paper
Your speaker
Weert Jacobsen-Kramer
Psychologist (Diplom) · Systemic consultant · Lean expert · Agile expert · Change management expert · Mental coach · Author
During his psychology studies, he specialised in systems theory and management cybernetics. As a sailor, he took part in the 30th America’s Cup in 2000 – a school for high performance in a team.
Since 2000, he has been leading Lean, Agile and transformation projects with TEAMTHINK in the automotive, aviation, electrical machinery and mechanical and plant engineering industries – in EMEA, APAC and the AMERICAS. He speaks German, English, French and Spanish.
Behind every keynote is the knowledge of the TEAMTHINK consulting team: colleagues he regularly works with on projects.
Your topic is not listed?
We tailor the keynote to your question.
Tell us in a short call what your event is about. We will suggest a suitable topic.