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Keynote SpeakerMarkus Albers

Executive Director, Founder, Author

Markus Albers is author, consultant and entrepreneur and deals with the new world of work and change through technology for many years. After completing his master’s degree in Political Science, Philosophy and Communication Science, he worked as a journalist in various – often leading – positions in major national media.... Read More

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Biography

Markus Albers is author, consultant and entrepreneur and deals with the new world of work and change through technology for many years.

After completing his master’s degree in Political Science, Philosophy and Communication Science, he worked as a journalist in various – often leading – positions in major national media. Markus Albers was editor at Welt am Sonntag and SZ Magazin, department head of Tomorrow magazine, Berlin correspondent for the British magazine Monocle and managing editor of Vanity Fair Germany. As an author he has worked for NDR television and various radio stations, as well as for renowned print titles – his texts have appeared in Brand Eins, Die Zeit, GQ, AD, Spiegel and Stern. Today he writes the column “Flight Mode” for the magazine Lufthansa Exclusive.

Since 2010, he has been co-founder and managing partner of Rethink GmbH, which develops cross-platform media content and advises companies on communication strategy and brand positioning. In 2015 he founded Neuwork, a network of experts on the subject of new work. Now he is Executive Director Consulting at C3 Creative Code and Content.

Markus Albers is a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a guest lecturer at ESCP Business School, and emeritus board member of the Future of Work department of the German Association for the Digital Economy (BVDW).

In his agency roles he has worked with clients such as Lufthansa, Volkswagen, PWC, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Bosch, Vodafone, Commerzbank, RolandBerger, Deutsche Bank, NXP, and Mazars.

His books “Meconomy”, “Rethinking Luxury” and the business bestseller “Morgen komm ich später rein” have been widely discussed and translated into five languages.

He is regularly invited as a keynote speaker and panelist on the topics of his books. Markus Albers is an experienced speaker who presents complex contexts in an understandable and entertaining way.

“Markus is a brilliant speaker who manages with ease to convey complex issues to his audience in a very simple and clear way. For me, his instructive impulses are always enriching.” Head of People and Organizational Development, Mazars in Germany
“Markus has clearly proven himself to be a thought leader of "New Work" in our DENK.bar. He enriched our lecture series with clever theses and pragmatic approaches, and commented on our questions about the world of work after Corona with great passion". Group HR Innovation & Social Sustainability, Volkswagen AG
“We were able to win Markus Albers as an external speaker for our annual management event in the Corona year 2020. Already in the preparation phase, it was fun to jointly individualize the content of his presentation to our current topics. We then experienced an outstanding speaker with an insightful presentation – and a lively discussion on the topic of New Work afterwards. Thank you very much, dear Markus." Güray Krutinat, Head of Group Communication Germany, Crédit Agricole S.A.
“For various events and target groups I had brought Markus in as a speaker and the feedback from the participants was always outstanding. Markus is inspiring but not aloof. He brings the issues to the table and breaks taboos.” Executive Partner five14 and Board Member of the Federal Association of German Management Consultants
“Markus Albers' expertise, his inspiring way of lecturing, and his concrete recommendations for action have impressively shown current challenges in our working world and how we can counteract it - not only in the Corona crisis!” Chair of Human Resource Management and Intercultural Leadership, ESCP
“Markus Albers puts his finger on some of the fundamental trends driving our working world. He encourages his audience to question conventional but dated practices.” Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
“Markus Albers’ talk was inspiring, exciting, eloquent, likable and convincing.” Personalentwicklung OTTO GmbH
“The panel discussion with Markus was very worthwhile. He has some groundbreaking thoughts on the future topology of work and workspaces.” Philip Vanhoutte, Managing Director EMEA, Plantronics GmbH

Popular Talks by Markus Albers

  • How AI changes the future of work
  • Implementing New Work in Teams and Organisations
  • 4-Day-Work-Week, Creativity and Productivity
  • Digital Fatigue
  • Tech and Society