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Our conversations range from quantum computing to Montessori education, and from legal design to the chocolate industry — just to name a few. Entrepreneurship is about creating resilient organizational systems that drive social impact. This can be found across all areas of society, whether commercial or not. Here’s to our remarkable guests — you will find a chronology of all our salons and published content to date:

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Save the Date:
March 13, 2025
Munich

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Beyond binaries – The almost hidden acceleration of quantum computinG

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DIFFERENCE & REPETITION – THE TWO FORCES WHICH INFORM OUR DECISION MAKING

12

Restart as a Human – How we can become less of a machine

Kristina Kalisch

Founder, becomehuman, Munich.

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Co-Living, Co-Working, Co-Creating – Urban Living in the Countryside

PATRIC F.C. MEier

Co-Founder, KoDorf, Munich/Wiesenburg.

Katrin Frische

Co-Founder, KoDorf, Munich/Wiesenburg.

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Time to broaden the idea of talent

Christian Mangold

CFO, auticon GmbH, Munich.

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Creative Leadership of tomorrow. What is the response of the next generation to the future of intergenerational collaboration?

Carl Tokujiro Mirwald
& GUESTS

Pedagogical Headmaster, Montessori Secondary School, Munich.

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What are the tough quEstions on AI ethics and why they matter for business

Luciana Ledesma

Founder, AI Dragons, Maastricht.

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CAN YOU CHANGE THE WORLD BY EATING A CHOCOLATE BAR? An Evening with Tony’s Chocolonely

Arjen Klinkenberg

Art Director, Tony’s Chocolonely, Amsterdam.

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Can you change the game without disregarding its rules? On creating unexpected space within a corporation

Christoph Kraller

CEO, Südostbayernbahn (SOB), Mühldorf.

5

Creating social change through play

Sven Schröder

National Director, Right to Play Germany, Munich.

4

Reinventing Tradition and creating lasting impact

Guya Merkle

CEO, VIERI GmbH, Berlin.

3

Future of Work

Milan Guenther

Partner, Enterprise Design Associate, Paris.

Sascha Kubiak

Partner, Dark Horse, Berlin.

2

People, Planet, Profit

Simon Stadler

CEO, Polarstern GmbH, Munich.

1

Managing Creative Talent

Ewa Maciejewski

Head of Programme Management, University of St. Gallen MBA, St. Gallen.

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Creation

Alexander M. Schmid

Der Vereinfacher, Autor, Salonier, Berater, Wien.

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Es ist die Aufgabe der Zebras, jetzt Impulse zu setzen

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Wir müssen aufpassen, dass wir kein zu romantisches Bild von Unternehmertum entwickeln

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Eines hat bei uns Bestand: niemand behauptet, zu wissen, wie es geht

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Beyond binaries – The almost hidden acceleration of quantum computinG

14

DIFFERENCE & REPETITION – THE TWO FORCES WHICH INFORM OUR DECISION MAKING

12

Restart as a Human – How we can become less of a machine

Kristina Kalisch

Founder, becomehuman, Munich.

11

Co-Living, Co-Working, Co-Creating – Urban Living in the Countryside

PATRIC F.C. MEier

Co-Founder, KoDorf, Munich/Wiesenburg.

Katrin Frische

Co-Founder, KoDorf, Munich/Wiesenburg.

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Time to broaden the idea of talent

Christian Mangold

CFO, auticon GmbH, Munich.

9

Creative Leadership of tomorrow. What is the response of the next generation to the future of intergenerational collaboration?

Carl Tokujiro Mirwald
& GUESTS

Pedagogical Headmaster, Montessori Secondary School, Munich.

8

What are the tough quEstions on AI ethics and why they matter for business

Luciana Ledesma

Founder, AI Dragons, Maastricht.

7

CAN YOU CHANGE THE WORLD BY EATING A CHOCOLATE BAR? An Evening with Tony’s Chocolonely

Arjen Klinkenberg

Art Director, Tony’s Chocolonely, Amsterdam.

6

Can you change the game without disregarding its rules? On creating unexpected space within a corporation

Christoph Kraller

CEO, Südostbayernbahn (SOB), Mühldorf.

5

Creating social change through play

Sven Schröder

National Director, Right to Play Germany, Munich.

4

Reinventing Tradition and creating lasting impact

Guya Merkle

CEO, VIERI GmbH, Berlin.

3

Future of Work

Milan Guenther

Partner, Enterprise Design Associate, Paris.

Sascha Kubiak

Partner, Dark Horse, Berlin.

2

People, Planet, Profit

Simon Stadler

CEO, Polarstern GmbH, Munich.

1

Managing Creative Talent

Ewa Maciejewski

Head of Programme Management, University of St. Gallen MBA, St. Gallen.

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Creation

Alexander M. Schmid

Der Vereinfacher, Autor, Salonier, Berater, Wien.

Expression of gratitude

A Big, heartfelt thank you!

This is dedicated to every single one of our guests so far, all of whom have generously shared their stories and questions, embracing the big conversations that define our format. We call this series a Salon for a reason—and that reason is the quality of the way we gather.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this a Salon in the best sense of the word.
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our SALONS

There will be more cheese, more wine and above all more inspirational thoughts.
We are pleased to welcome you at our upcoming salon.
Upcoming Salon

Wednesday, 30.09.2020

6:30 p.m.

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Salonier

Simon Scholl

Managing Director at Kartoffelkombinat – der Verein e.V., Munich.

An economy without prices

Complemented by your cheese and our wine

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Save the Date

28.11.2019

6:30 p.m.

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Salonier

Markus Pflitsch

Founder, CEO & Chairman, Terra Quantum AG, St. Gallen.

Beyond Binaries – The almost hidden acceleration of quantum computing

Thursday, 24.10.2024

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Save the Date

18.10.2018

6:30 p.m.

7

Save the Date

23.11.2018

6:30 p.m.

8

Save the Date

14.12.2018

6:30 p.m.

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undated

6:30 p.m.

Previous Salons

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL SALONIÈRES AND SALONIERS WHO HAVE BEEN OUR GUESTS SO FAR:

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THE NEXT SALONS

After a splendid upbeat of our new event series in autumn 2017, we are now looking forward to the next salon season in autumn 2018. More cheese, more wine and above all more inspirational thoughts.
We are pleased to welcome you at our next Salon.

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Salonière

NAÏS DÉSIRÉE GRASWALD

HR Lead Leadership Development & Performance Measurement, CARIAD, Munich.

DIFFERENCE & REPETITION – THE TWO FORCES WHICH INFORM OUR DECISION MAKING

Thursday, 21.03.2024

13

Salonière

Astrid Kohlmeier

Lawyer & Legal Designer, Munich.

What legal design can do

Thursday, 12.05.2023

13

Salonière

Astrid Kohlmeier

Lawyer & Legal Designer, Munich.

What legal design can do

Thursday, 12.05.2023

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Salonière

Kristina Kalisch

Founder, Become Human, Munich.

Restart as a Human – How we can become less of a machine

Thursday, 30.01.2020

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Salonière

KATRIN FRISCHE

Mitgründerin, KoDorf, Munich/Wiesenburg.

CO-LIVING, CO-WORKING, CO-CREATING – Urban Living in the Countryside

Thursday, 28.11.2019

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Salonier

PATRIC F.C. MEIER

Mitgründer, KoDorf, Munich/Wiesenburg.

CO-LIVING, CO-WORKING, CO-CREATING – Urban Living in the Countryside

Thursday, 28.11.2019

10

Salonier

Christian MaNgold

CFO, auticon GmbH, Munich.

Time to broaden the idea of talent

Thursday, 26.09.2019

9

Salonier

Carl Tokujiro Mirwald & GUESTS

Pedagogical Headmaster Montessori Secondary School, Munich.

Creative Leadership of tomorrow. What is the response of the next generation to the future of intergenerational collaboration?

Thursday, 04.07.2019

8

Salonière

Luciana Ledesma

Founder AI Dragons, Maastricht.

What are the tough quEstions on AI ethics and why they matter for business

Friday, 15.03.2019

7

Salonier

Arjen Klinkenberg

Art Director, Tony's Chocolonely, Amsterdam.

CAN YOU CHANGE THE WORLD BY EATING A CHOCOLATE BAR?
An Evening with Tony’s Chocolonely

Friday, 01.02.2019

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Salonier

CHristoph Kraller

CEO, Südostbayernbahn (SOB), Mühldorf.

Can you change the game without disregarding its rules? On creating unexpected space within a corporation

Thursday, 18.10.2018

5

Salonier

Sven Schröder

National Director, Right to Play Germany, Munich.

Creating social change through play

Thursday, 13.09.2018

4

Salonière

GUYA MERKLE

CEO, VIERI GmbH, Berlin.

Reinventing Tradition and creating lasting impact

Thursday, 17.05.2018

3

Salonier

Milan Guenther

Partner, Enterprise Design Associate, Paris.

Future of Work

Friday, 09.03.2018

3

Salonier

Sascha Kubiak

Partner, Dark Horse, Berlin.

FUTURE OF WORK

Friday, 09.03.2018

2

Salonier

Simon Stadler

CEO, Polarstern GmbH, Munich.

People, Planet, Profit

Friday, 12.01.2018

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Salonier

EWA Maciejewski

Head of Programme Management for University of St.Gallen MBA

Managing creative talent

Thursday, 30.11.2017

0

Salonier

Alexander M. Schmid

Der Vereinfacher, Autor, Salonier, Berater, Wien.

Creation

Friday, 13.10.2017
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JUST THE BEGINNING

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Date

15.06.2018

6:30 p.m.

Salonier

To be Announced

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