Global Studio

On March 23rd, Boma's global network hosted a virtual summit on COVID-19.

Find sessions from New Zealand, Japan, Germany, China, Canada, India, Poland, France, Portugal, Kenya, Brazil, and the United States.

As the world sets out on the path to recovery and growth, we are beginning to see a wave of innovations come forward to combat and contain the outbreak, as well as fuel social and economic recovery. Our global panel of experts and innovators in the fields of technology, health, science, design, hospitality and business will share their insights, case studies and strategies for innovation in times of crisis.

Boma Innovation Week will provide a global perspective on innovation and entrepreneurship with free virtual sessions in India, Poland, China, Brazil and New Zealand.

#BomaEducationWeek brought together a wide range of global educators and education designers for debate and discussion related to how education will change, and should change as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Watch Boma's global conversation on how to develop the digital classroom in the age of remote living, with sessions in Poland, China, New Zealand, Brazil and Germany.

On April 15, Boma's global network hosted a virtual summit on ‘Mental Health and Remote Health in a World of Social Distancing’.

Find sessions from India, Kenya, Qatar, Poland, USA, Brazil, Canada and New Zealand.

The health crisis that we have just faced has taught us how preparing for break-up scenarios and learning to manage uncertainty are key skills. Developing crisis management methods, training in the principles of cognitive psychology, as well as strategic foresight and scenario planning, making trend analyzes are necessities for a leader today.


Boma and its community of experts bring together the best skills, tools and methods to help you prepare for the disruptive scenarios that await you. What are they, how do we anticipate them, how do we learn to make the right diagnosis, and how do we act in times of crisis?

The COVID-19 pandemic and global economic downturn have demonstrated that we are not equipped to navigate the profound uncertainties and speed of change we face. Although it is difficult to predict what the new normal will look like, it is clear that our old, command & control leadership model is insufficient to deal with the complexity of our global challenges. During these unprecedented times, we need compassionate, courageous leaders; people who can keep themselves motivated, and inspire and support their teams and communities.

At #BomaLeadershipWeek, you will hear from international and local leaders in science, technology, healthcare, business, government and grassroots organizations. You will discover what governance models are needed to navigate our current crisis, and how leaders can best adapt and persevere to new challenges ahead - caused by digital disruption, climate change and economic instability.

Find sessions in India, Poland, Germany and Brazil.

How can the food we eat help build our immunity and help lessen the effects of COVID-19?

Join Boma Grow USA for the public premiere of "Health Immunity & Food" and learn about the link between our immunity and viruses - and how eating whole foods can help boost health and fight off or lessen the impacts of COVID-19 and other viruses. This is the public launch and Facebook view party of the private event held on May 19th.

Our special guests Dr. William Li of the Angiogenesis Foundation and author of "Eat to Beat Disease" and Chef/Owner of Dirt Candy & Lekka Burger Amanda Cohen will be with us to answer your questions and host commentary about ways we can all build our health to help lessen the effects of the coronavirus.

Join Stephan Balzer, Co-Founder of Boma Global, for our bi-weekly Boma Studio. Twice a month Stephan will interview one expert from our global Brain Trust on creative solutions to the most pressing challenges of our time.

Especially in uncertain times we need to rethink our traditional ways of marketing our products and services. When all our lives change drastically, our needs change too. What does it mean for your business? Let's rediscover the customers needs in the new normal with Marcus Schögel, specialist in customer-centric marketing.

We all know the saying: Knowledge is Power! This is more true than ever when it comes to data. But collecting data and understanding or assessing them correctly are two pairs of shoes.

Tech start-up founder Ghazaleh Koohestanian will talk us through the potentials and risks of big data. What can you do to secure your digital sovereignty? Why should companies use data in a way that is conscious but smart and also ethical? And how will this lead to progress and innovation?

Zweimal im Monat diskutiert Stephan Balzer gemeinsam mit einem Experten aus unserem globalen Brain Trust die aktuellsten Themen und Herausforderungen unserer Zeit.

Heutzutage gibt es eine ganze Reihe neuer Organisationsmodelle, wie Agiles oder Lean Management, Holokratie uvm., die versprechen, die Bedürfnisse der Mitarbeiter auf die Komplexität unserer Welt anzupassen. Doch allein umgesetzt, ohne die Entwicklung neuer Kompetenzen durch die Teammitglieder, scheitern diese Modelle. Der Output verbessert sich nicht, die Teammitglieder sind nicht glücklicher, und gewohnte Frustrationen kehren zurück. Bleibt "New York" also doch nur ein Buzzword?

Bitte beachten Sie, dass das Interview auf Deutsch stattfinden wird.

*Session in German*

Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky said: “The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.” Space Tech is often linked to Space Travel and Space Exploration, even nowadays with many wealthy entrepreneurs venturing in the ecosystem, and with some of them promising settlements in other planets of our solar system.

But can SpaceTech make our life on planet Earth more sustainable? More livable?

We discuss with Elia Montanari from the European Space Agency how the space ecosystem can drive SDGs by making our economies, travels, industries, and lives more compatible with our planet's survival. We will look at real-life examples, as well as what the European Space Agency is planning to drive the Sustainable Development Agenda.

• Agnes Sinaï est journaliste environnementale. Après avoir été membre de la rédaction de la revue décroissante Entropia, elle a dirigé les publications de l'Institut Momentum, laboratoire d'idées dont elle est la fondatrice.
• Nicolas Bouzou est essayiste spécialisé dans l'économie. Ses travaux portent sur la croissance, la politique économique, l'organisation territoriale et la santé. Il est directeur d'études et enseignant en MBA au sein de l’École de Droit et de Management à l'Université Paris II Assas.
• François Gemenne est spécialiste en géopolitique de l’environnement, chercheur en science politique. Spécialiste des questions de géopolitique de l'environnement et des migrations.

A talk about art and our environment during challenging times, exploring: art, tardigrades, mycelium, sustainability, environmental issues, food systems, the power of film.

• Isao Sakai, climate justice movement in Japan | Fridays For Future
• Kenji Sekine, President | UNITED PEOPLE
• Daniel Silva, artist | A Fragmented Garden
• Jordan A. Y. Smith, Executive Creative Director | Technology, Humans and Taste

A collaborative initiative between Boma Japan and Future Food Institute Japan. We invite you to join us on a deeper dive into our food systems to gain unique and impactful insights from sustainability-focused changemakers in Japan.

Topics we’ll cover include: the joys and importance of growing our own food, developing responsible consumption habits, permaculture and youth initiatives focused on sustainability in Japan. We hope we can all learn from the discussion and come away with some actionable steps and skills to incorporate into our lives.

Are you dissatisfied with your company's innovation performance? Join us for our upcoming Boma Studio with Gabe Zichermann on Wednesday, November 4, at 6 pm CET. Gabe will give us relevant insights on how to recreate innovation culture within organizations and explains how to break down the barriers to innovation via gamification.

Join Stephan Balzer, Co-Founder of Boma Global, for our bi-weekly Boma Studio. Twice a month Stephan will interview one expert from our global Brain Trust on creative solutions to the most pressing challenges of our time.

In this webinar Anastassia Lauterbach, tech entrepreneur and multi-supervisory board member will dive deeper into the economic challenges relating to the Covid-19 crisis and how companies can prepare themselves with a future-ready mindset for post corona times. Which new technologies will evolve in the future?

Co-Founder of Boma Global, Stephan Balzer interviews Parag Khanna, Managing Partner at FutureMap, Strategic Advisor to Governments and Global Companies, Bestselling Author.

In this webinar, Stephan and Parag discuss what Europe and America can learn from how Asian democracies managed the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as how contact tracing apps can balance public welfare with personal data privacy.

The pandemic has forced us to radically rethink the future of work and look for new and better solutions. While this change poses new challenges in day-to-day business, the transition to working models such as remote work, mobile work and flexible work schedules also promises a range of advantages too.

In collaboration with everyworks, Deutsche Bahn's co-working space, Boma Germany will discuss how to rethink our working habits and how companies can gain benefits from new ways of work. Host of the day is – as always – our Boma co-founder Stephan Balzer. We are looking forward to food for thought from Martin Wezowski, Chief Designer for SAP Innovation and Technology.

Etienne Klein, physicist and philosopher of science, will speak about 3 major ruptures caused by the crisis.

Watch online on Boma France's Facebook page and on LE HUFFPOST

The use of artificial intelligence technologies is rewriting the rules of privacy and the Covid-19 pandemic has been speeding up this process.

To discuss it, we welcome into the Boma Poland Studio one of Europe's leading specialists in the field. Katarzyna Szymielewicz is a lawyer and the President of the Panoptykon Foundation, which monitors and advises on the social, legal and technological aspects of data protection and privacy.

To quote from their website: "Virtually every time we lift a finger we create new set of data that is recorded, exchanged, and collated. This is how surveillance begins, and the capacity to predict our decisions and to monitor our behavior. Step by step we are lulled by ever newer forms of surveillance."

Host: Ralph Talmont

Let's tackle the Fake News that flourished during this coronavirus epidemic with guest Tristan Mendès-France, lecturer at the University of Paris, digital specialist and expert on dynamics and conspiratorial rhetoric.

Jazz pianist Yaron Herman is the third guest in the HuffPost lecture series with Boma France during the confinement. He is the guest of the third session of the Boma France live conference cycle in partnership with Le HuffPost.

Boma Santiago Circle on food waste & food donations in Chile in collaboration with Diario Sustentable

• Felipe León, founder of Diario Sustentable and Co-facilitator of the webinar.
• Anke Kessler, Organization and collaborations for the webinar, Co-facilitator of the webinar
• Guido Girardi, senator, doctor, co-author of various food laws
• Karla Flores, co-founder Fundación Retroalimenta & Volo Food Catering & Restaurant
• Verónica Soto, communications manager & Sustainability at Accor, a hotel chain concerned with minimizing waste https: // www .ntn24.com / america-latina / colombia / this-is-the-new-trend-in-haute-cuisine-of-the-hotel-world-116518
• Juan Pablo Norambuena, ing. commercial, worked 15 years in supermarkets 
• María Eugenia Torres, General Manager of the food bank, Food Network 
• Nicolás Torrealba, founder of Cofood App

The decision-making specialist explains to us why we make such poor decisions during a crisis, including the one we are currently experiencing in the face of the Covid-19 epidemic.

The “Creativity at the helm of a new era” week has been carefully curated to take the audience away from the usual ebb and flow of perspectives about life after Covid 19, and focuses on a new paradigm of creativity never before spoken.

The audience will walk away feeling more confident and passionate about creating a future of significant possibilities and realisation of need for “Beyond ordinary” creativity

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Creativity: The most important skill for Future Business Transformation

• Speaker: Dr. Rache Rutherford, Business Creativity Expert developing creative behaviors for 20 years, Co-author of more than 40 books on creativity including Creativity Uncovered; Am I clever or am I stupid?; Creative people can perform miracles
  

Uncertainties, Mysteries, and Doubts:" Expanding the Capacity for Uncertainty Can Nurture Creativity "

• Speaker: Julie Burstein, Peabody Award-winning producer, best-selling author, TED speaker, coach, consultant
  

Creativity in Humans and Machines

• Speaker: Dr. Arthur I Miller, Professor at University College London, Best Selling Author of Colliding Worlds: How Cutting-Edge Science is Redefining Contemporary Art and other books including Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time, and the Beauty That Causes Havoc. His latest book is entitled The Artist In the Machine

How to Rewire India in post-COVID times

• Speaker: Shahan Sud,  A 24-year Investment banker and columnist who writes for  The Economic Times, The Financial Express, VCCircle, Business Insider India, Hindustan Times and Dainik Jagran

Son métier, c’est d’étudier l'Humain. Et actuellement, la crise du Covid-19 et le confinement de plus d’un tiers de la planète bouleversent tout particulièrement son sujet d’étude, ses habitudes et son environnement.

We welcome Michele Wucker, the author of " Gray Rhino " to discuss and debate our ability to anticipate future crises.

What is a Gray Rhino? A gray rhino, a very likely, high impact, but overlooked threat: it is related to both the elephant in the room and the improbable and unpredictable black swan. Gray rhinos are not random surprises, but arise after a series of visible warnings and evidence.

Open conference for the public will be broadcasted online on Facebook. Q&A and debate reserved for members of the Boma club.

There is no talking about the global future without talking about the Amazon. It is about time we understand the real value of the Amazon and our global role in protecting it. Because we all are globally intertwined with the Amazon.

This edition will be a debate hosted by Boma Brazil, with award-winning humanitarian, educator and filmmaker, Sarah duPont and environmental activist and Founder of Instituto-E, Oskar Metsavaht.

What role does mentorship play in the development of innovation, inspiration, and success in our shared future? Find out in this fireside chat with Ulrich (Uli) Schmid-Maybach, President of the Maybach Foundation, hosted by Kaila Colbin, co-founder of Boma Global and founder of Boma New Zealand.

Inspired by his great grandfather’s humble origins as an orphan in 1850’s Germany, Uli formed the Maybach Foundation in 2005. Part of the Foundation’s mission is to mentor young, talented thinkers experiencing adversity to create positive social change—individuals who might go on to find new, innovative approaches to solving increasingly urgent problems, just as the young Wilhelm Maybach did. The Maybach Foundation also works to raise awareness of the benefits of mentorship.

Roberto Madruga - CEO of ConQuist, professor of MBAs, professor of HSM, Advisor and mentor of companies and careers, specialist in Employee Experience, Customer Experience and Employer Branding. Consultant with over 450 companies served.

Paul Bargetto, the founder and creative head at Warsaw’s Eldorado Theatre, talks to Ralph Talmont about his company’s experiments in the digital arena, sparked off by the necessary COVID-19 restrictions placed on live performances.

A New Yorker deeply embedded in the creative scene in Poland, Paul Bargetto had been directing live theatre for many decades when the virus changed the live performance landscape for ever. Not daunted but rather challenged by the circumstances, he and his creative team of producers and actors have been experimenting with various hybrid formats which combine elements of live performance with the peculiar framework and limitations of the digital medium.

This interview will be of interest to all creative professionals stretching their muscles in the digital milieu, and others who are having to translate their direct contact with clients, customers and fans into a new set of formats and approaches.

While digital and sustainable innovations have been drivers for change in the retail industry for years, the Covid-19 crisis has created new challenges in the sector. With the emergence of touchless/low-touch economies how can retail respond to the emerging regulations, sanitary requirements, and the fear-fuelled, erratic consumer behavior?

Is this an opportunity for further sustainable development, or a show-stopper?

Carolina García Gómez is the CEO and CSO of Ikea in Poland. She is responsible for IKEA Retail Operations in Poland (i.e.: Turnover over 1 billion EUR, 5000 co-workers, and 6 wind farms).

Linkia Talenta is a Spanish ed-tech company, designing and executing professional training online. Due to the pandemic, they have seen a rapid increase in demand, and are in a great position to share their learnings and best practices.

Gain insights on the future of remote learning from Guillermo Ricarte, Managing Director of Linkia Talenta. Boma Poland's local partner, Filiberto Amati, will interview Guillermo on his experience conducting the company in these incredibly challenging times.

In the third fireside chat of the series hosted by Rashmi Singh, you will get insights into the beliefs, values, creativity, and courage that propelled our phenomenal panelists to be trailblazers in the world of art. This is a story of three inspirational women and their discovery to inner strength, courage, and inspiration.

Less than a decade ago, the internet was rightly celebrated for enabling democratic movements, sparking collaboration, and giving anyone with a smartphone access to infinite amounts of knowledge. But the last few months in particular have shown how hate speech, disinformation and polarization, as by-products of digital media, are increasingly threatening our democracy. What can we do to stop this negative development?

Ben Scott has made politics and communication his calling. In 2016, he was Senior Adviser at New America in Washington DC, where he led the technology policy advisory group for Hillary Clinton's US presidential campaign. He is now Executive Director at Reset.Tech. Here he aims to unite the commercial interests of big tech companies with the values ​​of robust and resilient democracies.

In the first fireside chat of the Boma Women series, Dr. Deep Bali has invited Lara Stein to share her insights into what made her successful in creating sustainable, global networks like TEDx, Singularity and Boma Global.

Lara will share how one translates passion into action, her core values, the role of diversity, and the need for radical collaboration. Lara will also share how she is contributing and encouraging the change makers of the future who are equipped with knowledge, values and skills, through Boma’s transformative learning experiences.

Dr. Divya Chander in conversation with Nathalie Cabrol, A. Dara Dotz and Dr. Shawna Pandya.

Space is humanity’s final frontier, but there are multiple ways to open it. Join Dr. Divya Chander, as she talks to women pioneering the exploration and the opening of the space frontier. Our journey will take us searching for life in extreme environments as a way to understand the form and complexity that life will take when we encounter it in the universe. We will also discuss how to create and support the infrastructure for opening space to exploration and future habitation, and how we will support humans and human health for space exploration.

The fourth fireside chat series will be hosted by Pat Mitchell, Editorial director of TEDWomen, and author of 'Becoming a Dangerous Woman', where shares her own path to power, from a childhood spent on a cotton farm in the South to her unprecedented rise in media and global affairs. An inspiring call to arms for women who are ready to dismantle the barriers they see in their own lives.

In this chat, you'll get insights into Jacqueline Novogratz’ work as founder of Acumen and the impact of social entrepreneurs all over the world in Acumen’s networks. You will also become versed in the concept of Moral Leadership and learn to redefine success and practice moral imagination in your life and enterprise, outlined in Jacqueline’s latest book 'Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World'.

In the last fireside chat hosted by Puja Brahmasmi, you will get insights on how exemplary and pioneering women combine passion with purpose and impact the world at large through their innovative breakthroughs and thinking. These champions form an iconic image of resolute pioneer women who dared to be first - challenging convention and stepping outside their expected roles to create new opportunities. Join us on March 11 to hear stories of passion, inspiration and transformation.

What makes humankind unique is how we are driven by meaning. We try to pattern meaning into everything around us. All cultural values are shaped by their own historically grown patterns. As a result, values are not predetermined, but they are the effects of what we inherited from previous generations. Some of these values and patterns even explain today’s dysfunctions like social classes and ecological threats to the planet.

This Boma Studio aims to help participants to understand their patterns of meaning in a socio-economical context and to take a look into the future of mankind. Our experts on the topic are KD Adamson, futurist and creator with focus on the dangers of global technologization, and Jeremy Lent, author of Patterns of Meaning and founder of the Liology Institute.

Do you want to engage in the diversity conversation but need to know where to ask and how to start?

Join us for a free one-hour webinar with Donald Thompson, founder and CEO of The Diversity Movement, hosted by Boma co-founder Kaila Colbin.

Hear how to go beyond the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) checkbox and develop a program where employees thrive and business outcomes are achieved.