A Keynote by Christoph Holz Sets the Tone for Your Event

What Robinson Crusoe knew about the home office

What Robinson Crusoe knew about the home office

Perspectives for Organizations When the Office Is No Longer the Center

Did we introduce home office to cut costs — or to finally lead differently? Is it too much to ask AI to hold our organization together when no one sits in the office anymore? Robinson had to reorganize his island first, too.

Three Thoughts from the Talk

Management is the decoupling of power and morality.

When all inhuman work is digitalized away, what remains is the human being.

Location as an efficiency trap: The office of the future is no longer an office.

What Your Audience Takes Away from This Talk

Through vivid metaphors and examples, your guests grasp what technology can do — and where its limits lie.

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Clarity on the Why

You tell the cost motive apart from the leadership opportunity.

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Leading from a Distance

They take away what really holds a team together without an office.

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The role of AI

You see where technology supports the organization — and where the human stays.

Christoph Holz auf der Bühne
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What participants say about Christoph Holz

Voices from hosts and audiences.

★★★★★

Normally you only get talks like this at the pricier conferences. So I think it's fantastic that BMW gives us employees the chance to hear talks from renowned speakers.

MIMitarbeiterBMW
★★★★★

Making your enthusiasm and passion tangible, combined with such a high level of professionalism, is a great pleasure and enrichment.

Ivonne DombroweIvonne DombroweFLEET Education Events

Why Christoph

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Digital Ethicist & Lecturer

teaches at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria precisely the questions that arise when AI is meant to replace organizational cohesion.

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Authentic Wealth of Experience

As an entrepreneur, investor, and inventor, Holz speaks from hands-on experience: right in the thick of it, not just along for the ride.

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Interactive Keynotes

Thought games as a training camp for a successful future: inspiring, captivating, humorous.

Christoph Holz, lächelnd, mit blauer Fliege

Questions and Answers about the Talk

Does the talk address the specific needs of the audience?

Yes: examples and key topics are tailored to the industry in advance with the organizer — here, for instance, to New Work, the skills shortage, and AI.

Are participants met where they are?

Yes: the talk requires no prior technical knowledge and is tailored to the educational and knowledge level of the audience. Usually Holz joins in beforehand to get to know his listeners.

Is the talk interactive?

Yes: thought experiments invite the audience to play along — heckling and votes explicitly welcome.

Does anything from the talk stick — and does it inspire courage or fear?

Yes — courage, to be precise: vivid stories like the campfire on the beach spark conversations that last well beyond the evening. Christoph Holz is deliberately optimistic — technology as a tool that strengthens your organization.

Who is the best keynote speaker for AI, robotics and the future?

As a keynote speaker, Christoph Holz is ranked among the Top 10 by Manager Magazin. Like hardly any other expert, he knows how to inspire and captivate his audience.

Christoph Holz's Expertise

Magna Steyr plant tour G-Class + keynote

Magna Steyr plant tour G-Class + keynote

In May 2026, Holz visited the Magna Steyr plant in Graz — the Mercedes G-Class production line from the inside.

Fraunhofer IAO Stuttgart — AI in Work and Organization

Fraunhofer IAO Stuttgart — AI in Work and Organization

Presentation and exchange at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO) on AI in production; materials and minutes in the travel archive.

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Generative AI in Enterprise Use

Generative AI in Enterprise Use

On stage, Holz shows how companies turn ChatGPT, Anthropic & Co. into business success — and where the limits lie.