Moving boundaries.
Beyond the beaten track.
Alice Rombach is an international speaker, futurist, sociologist and political scientist, lecturer and journalist with over 20 years of international experience - well at home in the analog and digital world, building bridges between science, corporate and society.
Born and raised in the Black Forest in southern Germany, she has lived and worked all over Europe and beyond, giving keynotes and conducting research in German and English.
Navigating new terrains and uncertainty is not just a theoretical concept for her, but a tangible experience - whether it's covering 600 kilometers across Greenland in 26 days, pulling a sled through snow and silence or climbing the 7,126-meter Himlung Himal in Nepal, far outside my comfort zone in search of new perspectives.
She supports companies, institutions and organizations in researching megatrends, developing future scenarios and shaping (post)digital transformations with courage and creativity.
Creating futures.
Alice combines analytical precision with creativity and inspires people to break new ground in order to push boundaries. She sets visionary impulses and encourages people to question existing thinking in order to navigate into the futures with inspiration and a sense of purpose.
As a keynote speaker and panelist, she speaks to diverse audiences at conferences, festivals, media formats and corporate events worldwide. She is passionate about pushing boundaries and challenging paradigms. She combines analytical insights with storytelling to inspire innovative strategies for the future.
In addition to her consulting work, she teaches at ZHAW Zurich, MCI Innsbruck, SRH Heidelberg, Macromedia and IU University on topics such as megatrends, digitalization, sustainability, philosophy, journalism, strategic communication and futures thinking & innovation.
As a journalist and columnist, she occasionally writes for various newspapers and magazines.
Alice's goal is to set visionary impulses and question paradigms so that we can move boldly, resiliently and actively into the futures.
Moving boundaries.
Beyond the beaten track.
Moving boundaries.
Beyond the beaten track.
Future is like being on an expedition
It's not about predicting the future, but making it possible today.
New challenges require different approaches.
Keynote-Speakerin.
Impulse giver.
As a futures researcher, social scientist and journalist with many years of diverse experience, I am fundamentally open and professionally flexible to move and position myself in neighbouring or overlapping subject areas on future issues.
Creating futures.
Alice Rombach is an international speaker, at home in the in the analog and digital world. As a futurist, I see myself as a bridge builder between science, business, politics and society.
Sie spricht, schreibt und forscht zu wirtschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen Innovationen, (post)digitalen Zukünften, zukünftigen Rollen von Mensch, Technologie und Natur sowie dem Wandel der Arbeitswelt.
Alice combines analytical precision with creativity and inspires people to break new ground in order to push boundaries. She sets visionary impulses and encourages people to question existing thinking in order to navigate into the futures with inspiration and a sense of purpose.
Future is like being on an expedition
It's not about predicting the future, but making it possible today.
New challenges require different approaches.
Keynote-Speakerin.
Impulse giver.
As a futures researcher, social scientist and journalist with many years of diverse experience, I am fundamentally open and professionally flexible to move and position myself in neighbouring or overlapping subject areas on future issues.
Inspirieren.
It's not about predicting the future, but making it possible today.
Beraten.
It's not about predicting the future, but making it possible today.
New challenges require different approaches.
Beratung.
Trainieren.
It's not about predicting the future, but making it possible today.
Workshops.
Gestalten.
It's not about predicting the future, but making it possible today.
Publ. recherche.
Publications
Mountaineer. Polar Explorer.
Inspiration.
I can also be found in the mountains of this world - the Himalayas, the Andes, the Caucasus, where I climb to about 7000 meters - but also the Alps and Scandinavia. I crossed Greenland on skis with pulka sled and tent, almost 600 km, 1 month long. I am always drawn to the high mountains and the vastness of the polar regions. I am fascinated by the clarity, the power and the new dimensions of time and space as if on a future expedition.
Our future expedition
I look forward to meeting you. Please feel free to contact me and let's get to know each other.
My non-fiction book.
Anthropocene.
The future of humanity, technology and culture in the age of global crises.
Published in november 2024 by Schmetterling-Verlag.
I would be happy to come to you for readings, talks or other events.
In media.
Magazines. Print.
Podcasts.
Videos.
"Sehr inspirierender Vortrag und tolle Impuls-Workshops, vielen herzlichen Dank."
R+V-Versicherung AG,
"Wir möchten uns ganz herzlich bei Dir für den inspirierenden Vortrag bedanken. Es hat uns nachhaltig beflügelt und am nächsten Tag unseren Innovation-Workshop sehr bereichert."
BASF – Coatings GmbH – Innovation Manager – Global Sustainability,
"Danke nochmals herzlich für Ihr anregendes Referat."
procure.ch – Schweizer Verband für Einkauf und Supply Management,
"Vielen Dank nochmals die wirklich inspirierende Keynote zur Eröffnung unseres Innovation Days 2023."
Business Metropole Ruhr GmbH – Head of Innovations & Knowledge Transfer,
"Alice, durch Dich haben wir wirklich eine neue Art des Zukunftsdenkens gelernt. Das hat uns unglaublich neue, wertvolle Perspektiven und Tools für unsere Forschung eröffnet."
meccanica feminale 22 – Frühjahrshochschule,
Teilnehmerinnen - Zukunftsszenarien MobilitätOur future expedition
Auf zu neuen Zukunftshorizonten.
Ich freue mich darauf, Ihnen als Zukunftsexpertin neues Wissen, Ausblicke und Inspiration zu geben!
Selection of projects
Sound knowledge of the future with impulses for action for enthusiasm for the future.
Zukünftig: Innovation und Nachhaltigkeit
The future of humans, machine and nature
(post)digitale Zukünfte
Arbeitswelten und Wissen der Zukunft
Ihre Zukunftsfrage wird durch Research analysiert und erforscht, in ein größeres Zukunftsbild eingeordnet und es wird eine Publikation erstellt.
Studie.
Analyse.
Whitepaper.
Broschüre.
Enlarge perspectives and train future thinking.
Future scenarios. Travel with me to the year 2030
North Star. Images of the future, values & what for.
Leadership in complex environments.
Together we develop your future landscapes. Future potential. Moving boundaries. Strength of action and impact.
Transformative scenarios. Vision. Strategic path.
Führungskräfte-Coaching/ Leadership-Coaching.
Team-Coaching.
Clear impulses for the future
Expert knowledge, inspiration and a sense of the future - tailored to your event.
Zukunft neu entdecken – Zukunft neu denken – neues Zukunftsdenken – Freude, Begeisterung, Mut, Inspiration, …
Together we develop your future landscapes.
Vision –
nordstern –
unternehmen resilient
Zukunft gestalten
Zukunft zu erforschen ist wie eine Expedition auf unbekannten Pfaden
Als Alpinistin, Bergsteigerin . Grönland auf Skiern durchquert und den kältesten Berg …..//
Vorbereitung und Ausrüstung sind sehr wichtig, doch das Entscheidende ist, mit all den Unwägbarkeiten auf dem Weg/im offenen Land/im exponierten Land umzugehen…
Ich …
Impulse giver.
Vorbereitung und Ausrüstung sind sehr wichtig, doch das Entscheidende ist, mit all den Unwägbarkeiten auf dem Weg/im offenen Land/im exponierten Land umzugehen…
Impulse giver.
Vorbereitung und Ausrüstung sind sehr wichtig, doch das Entscheidende ist, mit all den Unwägbarkeiten auf dem Weg/im offenen Land/im exponierten Land umzugehen…
Impulse giver.
Vorbereitung und Ausrüstung sind sehr wichtig, doch das Entscheidende ist, mit all den Unwägbarkeiten auf dem Weg/im offenen Land/im exponierten Land umzugehen…
Es geht nicht darum, die Zukunft vorherzusagen, sondern sie heute möglich zu machen
Strategische Vorausschau 2022. Und jenseits davon.
Vision. New horizons. Concrete action now.
I know that your time is extremely valuable. That is why I propose these intensive offers to you. You will experience how I work, how foresight tools, scenarios and visions are used, how analysis and creativity interact and what insights are gained for new paths for the future. In half a day, the basis for deeper future processes can indeed be designed.
WORKSHOP or KEYNOTE
Different futures and doing the right thing - Strategic scenarios
1/2 – 1 Tag – in the team
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"New Normal" - Scenarios for your company or organisation in the Post-Corona terrain
- You know the drivers and identify the critical uncertainties that could shape the future of your organisation.
- You develop different scenarios and how they could plausibly unfold around you
- Sie erkennen die Chancen und Herausforderungen, die Ihr Post-Corona-Umfeld bieten könnte
- You develop strategic action ideas to increase your future chances of success
WORKSHOP
Adventure in the High North 2030 - Stress test your strategy or project idea
1/2 day – in the team
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Expedition 2030 - Discover drivers, wild cards and scenarios in the storm
- You know future challenges, disruptions, wild cards and opportunities
- Your business model was put under stress in "wild terrain" and further developed to be robust for the future
- Your team has changed perspective and thus gained new perspectives
- You have dealt analytically and creatively with alternative futures and achieved a basis for scenario development.
WORKSHOP
Vision, Values & Why - Your North Star to navigate wild and calm times
1/2 day – in the team
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Challenging the used future - setting off into the new now with 3 horizons
- You know which drivers and challenges could affect your business or organisational environment
- You reflect and update your internal and external assumptions and paradigms.
- You have clarity about your values, your Why. You are strengthened in the team and full of a spirit of embarkation.
- You understand how we can learn from the future to do the right thing today
WORKSHOP or KEYNOTE
Different futures and doing the right thing - Strategic scenarios
1/2 – 1 Tag – in the team
-
"New Normal" - Scenarios for your company or organisation in the Post-Corona terrain
- You know the drivers and identify the critical uncertainties that could shape the future of your organisation.
- You develop different scenarios and how they could plausibly unfold around you
- Sie erkennen die Chancen und Herausforderungen, die Ihr Post-Corona-Umfeld bieten könnte
- You develop strategic action ideas to increase your future chances of success
WORKSHOP
Adventure in the High North 2030 - Stress test your strategy or project idea
1/2 day – in the team
-
Expedition 2030 - Discover drivers, wild cards and scenarios in the storm
- You know future challenges, disruptions, wild cards and opportunities
- Your business model was put under stress in "wild terrain" and further developed to be robust for the future
- Your team has changed perspective and thus gained new perspectives
- You have dealt analytically and creatively with alternative futures and achieved a basis for scenario development.
WORKSHOP
Vision, Values & Why - Your North Star to navigate wild and calm times
1/2 day – in the team
-
Challenging the used future - setting off into the new now with 3 horizons
- You know which drivers and challenges could affect your business or organisational environment
- You reflect and update your internal and external assumptions and paradigms.
- You have clarity about your values, your Why. You are strengthened in the team and full of a spirit of embarkation.
- You understand how we can learn from the future to do the right thing today
Focus.
Humans. Economy. Society.
I look at complex social contexts with a holistic view.
In doing so, I combine analytical precision with creativity to open up paths for new solutions.
Mountains. Perspectives.
Climbing the peaks of this earth is my passion.
Strategic scenarios, future mindset, diversity and sustainability are my core topics.
Complexity. Future.
I am convinced that we are shaping our future now.
I would like to accompany you on this path.
Our future expedition
Concrete results.
Increase your future knowledge and transform complexity into action.
Develop skills to shape the future.
Trainieren Sie Ihre Zukunftsfähigkeit.
Flexibility. Team of experts.
Tailor-made. Your needs. Our expertise.
In over ten years, I have built up a close-knit network of experts with different levels of expertise. When a project requires special skills or more capacity, trusted team players are brought directly into the project.
Holistic. Concrete. Worldwide.
I work with you worldwide, over a short or longer period of time, holistically and solution-oriented. Diverse experience from different continents and industries form the foundation of flexibility, dynamism and vision.
Suitable format. Flexible time period.
Methods and approaches
In a conversation we find out where you are at the moment and where you want to go. I make you an individual offer with the right format and the right tools - and, if necessary, a team of experts. Together we will develop the path to your goal. Are you curious? Get in touch with me without any complications.
My toolbox contains a comprehensive set of systemic methods and approaches, which I use primarily in a participative, agile, appreciative and situational way - and virtually and in presence.
Foresight ist ein strategischer Prozess zur längerfristigen Vorausschau. Analysiert werden mögliche und wünschenswerte Entwicklungen in einem Zeithorizont bis zu 10 oder 15 Jahren.
Hier steht ein kleiner Text zum Tool Agilität – viele können eventuell damit nichts anfangen. Eine kurze Erklärung würde helfen
Der Fokus wird hier auf bereits vorhandenes oder schon aufblitzendes Potenzial einer Organisation gerichtet, auf deren Stärken und bereits erbrachte Leistungen sowie der Bedeutung der Wirkung von Bildern und Geschichten, die innerhalb der Unternehmens erschaffen und verwendet werden. – Define, Discover, Dream, Design & Destiny
Scenario Planning, in der deutschen Sprache auch Szenariotechnik genannt, ist eine systematische Methode, um ein Spektrum an möglichen vielfältigen Zukunftslandschaften zu entwerfen. Es geht dabei weder um Prognosen noch um gute oder schlechte Szenarien. Vielmehr kann auf Basis der entwickelten Szenarien flexibles, wirksames und effektives Denken und Handeln erzielt werden.
Für eine dynamische, nutzerzentrierte und zielorientierte Innovationskultur in Organisationen. Auf Basis stetiger Rückkopplung zwischen Nutzerwünschen und -bedürfnissen werden kontextbezogene, zielführende und nachhaltige praxisnahe Ergebnisse entwickelt.Verstehen – Beobachten – Standpunkt definieren – Ideen finden – Prototypen entwickeln – Testen
Für eine dynamische, nutzerzentrierte und zielorientierte Innovationskultur in Organisationen. Auf Basis stetiger Rückkopplung zwischen Nutzerwünschen und -bedürfnissen werden kontextbezogene, zielführende und nachhaltige praxisnahe Ergebnisse entwickelt.Verstehen – Beobachten – Standpunkt definieren – Ideen finden – Prototypen entwickeln – Testen
Blog
Learnings from the frog jumper and the countess
- Posted by Alice Rombach
- On 14. January 2023
Probably few people know the name Jan Böklov. Doesn't matter, it probably wouldn't be that important to him...
- Fiction
Tromsø, darkness and our future mindset
- Posted by Alice Rombach
- On 26. October 2022
What the Tromsø phenomenon is and what darkness has to do with the future. What your mindset has to do with it. And what we can learn from those who live in the far north.
- Dunkelheit, Mindset, Tromsö
Post-Corona - Why there is no return to normality
- Posted by Alice Rombach
- On 18. April 2022
Corona hat uns aus einem jahrzehntelangen Schlaf rüde aufgeweckt. Aus einer als normal wahrgenommenen Wirklichkeit in den westlichen...
- Normality, Chaos, Stability, post-corona