Keynotes
Keynotes by Felix Lenhard
Felix Lenhard gives keynotes for conferences, company events and leadership meetings, in English and German. Each talk is built on something I shipped and comes with a resource page for the audience.
Six talks
Build Things That Actually Work
Innovation conferences, company kick-offs
The full product framework from first insight to market traction, with the case studies behind each phase.
45–60 min
Question. Subtract. Ship.
Innovation teams, leadership offsites
For teams whose workshops produce sticky notes instead of products.
45–60 min
What 50+ Startups Taught Me About What Actually Works
Startup events, accelerators, ecosystem conferences
What separated the ventures that survived from those that didn't.
30–45 min
Experience Is What You Get After You Needed It
Founder communities, YPO and EO chapters
Five frameworks, each taken from a business failure that cost real money.
45–60 min
Impossible Is Just a Starting Point
Large audiences, opening slots
Constraints as design briefs, and how to work with them.
30–45 min
Question Everything. Build What Works.
Management summits, board offsites
How to challenge assumptions in the room and turn that into results.
30–45 min
Format
- Length
- 30 – 60 minutes
- Formats
- Keynote · keynote plus workshop · moderated session
- Language
- English or German
- Setting
- In person across Europe, or virtual
- For the audience
- Resource pages with the framework, an exercise and every source cited
- Lead time
- 8 – 12 weeks is typical; shorter is sometimes possible
- Fee
- Fixed quote in writing within 48 hours
On stage
“He knows how to bring teams together, stay focused, and turn plans into results.”
“Felix doesn’t just push ideas—he builds them into programs that move the organization forward.”
Questions
What does Felix Lenhard speak about?
Innovation, product development and getting products to market. Each of the six talks is built on my own work: more than 350 automation systems at Lenze, the global Stage-Gate process as Innovation Manager at RHI Magnesita, 12 physical products at Vulpine Creations and 50+ startups at Startup Burgenland.
Does Felix Lenhard give keynotes in German?
Yes. Every talk is available in German or English, in person across Europe or virtual.
How long is a keynote?
30 to 60 minutes. It can also run as a keynote plus workshop or as a moderated session.
What does the audience take away?
Each talk has a resource page with the framework, an exercise and every source cited.
How far ahead should we book, and what does it cost?
8–12 weeks is typical; shorter is sometimes possible. Fees are not published: send the event, the audience and the date, and you get a fixed quote in writing within 48 hours.
Booking
Ask for a date.
Send the event, the audience and the date. A fixed quote follows in writing within 48 hours.