Discover my THREE SIGNATURE speeches - lessons froM Caroline

failing forward: Building resilience in fast-growing startups

How embracing failure drives innovation, resilience, and growth.

In the fast-paced world of scaling startups, failure isn’t just inevitable—it’s necessary. Drawing on real-world examples and insights from my work with startups and global organizations, this session explores how to harness failure as a catalyst for innovation and long-term success.

What you’ll gain from this session:

  • Redefining failure: Learn how successful leaders and teams reframe failure as an opportunity to learn and innovate.

  • Creating a failure-friendly culture: Practical steps to encourage experimentation and mitigate fear of failure in high-pressure environments.

  • Lessons from the trenches: Candid stories of what works—and what doesn’t—when scaling fast.

  • Resilience as a strategy: How to bounce back stronger from setbacks while maintaining momentum.

This talk is ideal for startup founders, leaders of fast-scaling organizations, and innovators looking to turn missteps into stepping stones.

The First 30 Days of a Transformation: Getting It Right from the Start

The make-or-break period for setting your transformation up for success.

The first 30 days of a transformation can feel like diving into uncharted waters, but this critical phase is where you lay the groundwork for everything to come. Drawing from years of experience steering transformations at organizations like UBS, ZeissMed, and Volkswagen, I’ll walk you through the essentials of getting it right from day one.

What you’ll walk away with:

  • Quick wins without the chaos: How to deliver early results while setting the stage for long-term impact.

  • Common traps to avoid: The most significant mistakes leaders make in the first 30 days and how to sidestep them.

  • Tools that work: My go-to frameworks for stakeholder mapping, risk planning, and crafting resonating communication plans.

  • Winning trust fast: Building credibility and alignment with leadership and teams in record time.

This session is perfect for leaders, project managers, and anyone navigating the high-stakes early phase of a transformation.

innovation in action: rejuvenating Creativity for innovation

Unlocking creative potential to fuel innovation and stay competitive in fast-changing markets.

Creativity is not just for designers—it's critical for transformation and growth. In this engaging talk, I dive into strategies that help teams and leaders tap into creativity to solve complex problems and innovate at scale.

I dedicated my Executive Master’s thesis on the topic of rejuvenating one’s access to dormant creativity. Here is what you will learn:

  • Practical tools for sparking creativity, like mini-C creativity checklists and self-reflection exercises.

  • Building a "failure-friendly" culture that fosters innovation and continuous improvement.

  • How startups and corporations alike can embed creativity into their organizational DNA.

  • Stories of creativity-driven transformation from global organizations and communities.

This talk is particularly compelling for companies seeking to spark entrepreneurship, tech conferences, and innovation-focused industries.