Dr. Martin Schwemmle

(He / Him)
Teaching Faculty HPI d-school
Copyright: Bianca Gericke

Coach (external)

I am the founder and CEO of The Future Company, a keynote speaker, author, and award-winning researcher. Specializing in Future Skills, purpose, new work, and transformation, I make individuals and organizations future-ready.

I have co-authored several business books, including Future Skills Navigator and Sinnovate Your Life, and have an extensive experience in executive and student education and innovation coaching. Working with large organizations across industries, I use rigorous theory to create practical impact—for a better future.

Key Facts

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Experience (Academic)

  • Research Assistant, University of Mannheim, Chair of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Christian Homburg
  • Senior Researcher, Hasso-Plattner-Institute, Potsdam, and Design Thinking Research Program Potsdam–Stanford

Experience (Non-Academic)

  • Founder & CEO, agentur einstein
  • Freelance Trainer, TATA Interactive Systems (TOPSIM Business Simulations)

Teaching

  • Wayfinder: Career and Self-Development

Publications

Sinnovate Your Life: Mit Methode zu mehr Sinn im Leben, 2024, Campus (with Klaudia Thal).

Future Skills Navigator: Upskilling Human Kind for a Better Future, 2024, TFC Publishers (with Arndt Pechstein).

Future Skills Navigator: Ein neues Menschsein für die Welt von morgen, 2023, Vahlen (with Arndt Pechstein).

Produktdesign – Eine empirische Untersuchung zu Definition, Messung und Auswirkungen auf das Verhalten von Konsumenten, 2016, SpringerGabler. Bronnbacher Positionen: Beiträge zur Kulturellen Bildung, 2016, Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft (Ed. with Hellen Gross and Theresa Krukies).

Integriertes Management mit der Balanced Scorecard, 2008, Kohlhammer (with Peter Michell-Auli). The impact of design thinking and its underlying theoretical mechanisms: A review of the literature (2024), Creativity and Innovation Management (with Selina Mayer).

Value creation in post-pandemic retailing: a conceptual framework and implications (2023), Journal of Business Economics (with Monika Imschloß). Manage or Being Managed? Towards A Dual Perspective On Boundary Management in Digital Innovation Teams (2022), ECIS (with Selina Mayer).

New Product Design – Concept, Measurement, and Consequences (2015), Journal of Marketing (with Christian Homburg and Christina Kuehnl).