Dietmar Dahmen - Biography
Dietmar Dahmen conveys his message directly, clearly, and with great impact. He combines information with emotion and makes change tangible for his audience. His keynote speeches provide inspiration that is not only understood but also put into practice.
On stage, Dietmar Dahmen brings energy, pace, and powerful imagery to his presentations. He illustrates what change means for companies, where new opportunities arise, and why change requires proactive action. This isn’t about abstract visions of the future, but rather concrete developments, new technologies, and the question of how companies deal with them.
Chainsaw, superhero, or flamethrower—Dietmar Dahmen on stage.
His approach combines knowledge with impact. After all, change often has no lasting effect if it’s communicated solely on a rational level. Only when content resonates emotionally does the willingness to think anew and act differently emerge. This is exactly where Dietmar Dahmen comes in.
Dietmar Dahmen’s Presentation Topics
His “thing” is the combination of TECH and SHOW, of KNOWLEDGE and EMOTION, of INFORMATION and ENTHUSIASM! All at a world-class level!
THE FUTURE – What Really Awaits Us?
- From Smart Living to Smart Mobility
- How You Can Leverage Digital Reality for Your Business
- Four Questions That Will Steer You Toward a Successful Future
DISRUPTION and INNOVATION
- THE DISRUPTION COMPASS – What Are the Latest Technologies?
- Digital Transformation – How Do You Deal with the New?
- Successfully Navigating from ADAPTATION to DISRUPTION
- Innovation: Where Is the Way Forward?
SELLING – Emotions Win Out.
- How to Win Every Pitch with a Little Creativity
- If You Want to Win, You Need Emotions
- How to Learn to Understand Your Customers’ Minds
Marketing and Branding – Don’t Follow Trends. Set Them!
- What Does the Future of Marketing and Branding Look Like?
- How do you convince customers in the digital age?
- What’s behind big data and hyper-connectivity?
BEAUTIFUL SUCCESS – Success that creates greater value.
- How to evaluate the impact of your decisions in a new way
- The extended Maslow’s Pyramid as a practical checklist for sustainable success
- Success for people, society, technology and the planet
- How to make step-by-step decisions that go beyond personal benefit
Sustainability has long since entered the mainstream. Companies know this, but often still react too hesitantly. In his keynotes, Dietmar Dahmen shows how customers, employees, and companies can be motivated to think more sustainably and, above all, to act more consistently.
As an internationally sought-after speaker on change, the future, and disruption, he makes trends, technologies, business models, and new sales and marketing approaches easy to understand and immediately applicable. He translates complex developments into clear statements and shows what this means for companies, brands, and sales. His talks help audiences make sense of change more quickly, develop new perspectives, and identify concrete next steps.
Dietmar Dahmen works as a freelance creative consultant for primarily international companies and is a co-founder of the eco-platform “Earthback.” He is also president of the Board of Advisors at “Mediahead” in Zurich, a member of the Board of Advisors at “Summit NYC” in New York, and an expert and trainer on change, trends, forward-looking marketing, and innovation at the European Association of Communication Agencies.
Those who wish to delve deeper into specific topics can continue their learning through specially designed workshops. These combine many years of marketing expertise with a clear perspective on trends, new customer needs, and modern technologies. For special formats, Dietmar Dahmen also develops customized “Bämm” events that effectively blend content, entertainment, and engagement.
Dietmar Dahmen began his career as a strategic planner and worked in marketing for more than 20 years in Hamburg, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, and Vienna. He is the founder of the BAMM! Institute for Transformation and served as Chief Innovation Officer at “ecx.io, an IBM Company.”