Stephan Balzer's Recent LinkedIn Posts

I have a TED-ache 😀 And I couldn't be more grateful. TEDxBerlin 2026 is over. Two days. Two venues. Nearly 100 speakers. Over 1,200 people in the room — completely sold out. Monday at Factory Berlin: panels, workshops, fireside conversations, and ideas moving at full speed across three stages. Tuesday at the B…

At TEDxBerlin Salon: Connecting the Dots, we explored what it really means to connect the dots in AI. Together with Dr Mandeep Rai and Geeta Sidhu-Robb, I had the pleasure of moderating two sessions that brought national strategies, regional ecosystems, and individual responsibility into one shared conversation. W…

One of the peculiarities of my life: I keep meeting people who are truly moving the needle... This time: Tristan Harris. Co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology and multiple-time TED speaker, known for the Netflix documentary "The Social Dilemma," which reached over 100 million people worldwide and sharpe…

I have a TED-ache 😀 And I couldn't be more grateful. TEDxBerlin 2026 is over. Two days. Two venues. Nearly 100 speakers. Over 1,200 people in the room — completely sold out. Monday at Factory Berlin: panels, workshops, fireside conversations, and ideas moving at full speed across three stages. Tuesday at the B…

One of the peculiarities of my life: I keep meeting people who are truly moving the needle... This time: Tristan Harris. Co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology and multiple-time TED speaker, known for the Netflix documentary "The Social Dilemma," which reached over 100 million people worldwide and sharpe…

Back from Davos — and onto what’s next. Last week in Davos, I experienced a highly packed program (as some of you saw in my posts), and I came away with a strong sense that the World Economic Forum has firmly re-established itself as the nexus of geopolitical and business power. Two major themes dominated the conv…