Disrupting Silicon Valley - Europe’s chance | Sören Stamer | TEDxHamburg

Sören is fascinated by change – from both a technological and cultural perspective. The changes that we seek, as well as the changes that are forced on us; from sudden compelling transformations to the unintended consequences of actions that arrive almost without notice. The question that he keeps asking himself is this: If fundamental change is inevitable – and occurs at an increasingly rapid pace – how can individuals, organizations and society at large learn to cope with it?

His quest to answer this question led Sören to experiment in 2003 with principles of self-organization at CoreMedia, the company he co-founded in 1996. It led him to move to San Francisco in 2009 and prompted his return to Hamburg in 2015. Sören co-edited the book “Enterprise 2.0 – The Art of Letting Go” in 2008 and received the 2009 German Fairness Prize for his leadership. He is married and has four children.