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Leadership keynote

Leadership in Uncertainty

The Leadership Edition of "Where the Map Ends", for leadership conferences, HR and leadership congresses, chambers of commerce and business associations.

Content

What it is about

Plans and budgets provide security. Until something happens that nobody foresaw. Andy Fitze has led 23 expeditions to high latitudes and managed technology organisations for more than 25 years.

The leadership keynote is about how teams prepare for the unforeseeable, why responsibility cannot be delegated and when it is right to change the destination. With films and images from Svalbard, the North Atlantic and Greenland.

Learned on board

«For a skipper, communication is not the duty, it is the art.»

On board, you don't want to hear "Listen, I'm the Captain." "Yes, Captain!" very often. If it has to be said, communication failed beforehand.

Authority & expertise

“My title gives me the final say. Not automatically the best idea.”

Andy Fitze

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Impact

What your audience takes away

  1. 1

    Crews beat heroes

    how to build teams for an emergency.

  2. 2

    Responsibility stays with the skipper

    leading when the forecast is wrong.

  3. 3

    The destination may change, the purpose does not

    when plan A no longer works.

Events and industries

Who it is for

  • Leadership conferences
  • Management events
  • HR and leadership congresses
  • Kick-offs
  • Annual conferences
  • Chambers of commerce and business associations
  • Staff events
Duration
35–60 min
Language
German or English
Setting
Opening or closing
Technology
Own playback system

Process

Process

Duration
35 to 60 minutes, depending on the programme. The keynote works as the opening or closing of a conference.
Technology
Andy Fitze brings his own playback system. It supports formats from 16:9 to 64:9 and up to four video outputs.
Preparatory call
Before the event, Andy Fitze discusses the audience, objective and programme with you. He then coordinates the details with your technical team.

Testimonials

Testimonials

«What Andy Fitze captivates his audience with is less a talk than an expedition. On the one hand into the deserted expanses of the Arctic Ocean, on the other into one's own soul and the question of what leadership really means. A true professional.»

Jürgen Mandl, entrepreneur and President of the Carinthian Chamber of Commerce

Translated from German.

On stage at

UBS WolfsbergMeta HamburgOslo Rescue ConferenceAURA Zurich

Frequently asked questions

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Andy Fitze speaks about leadership in uncertainty: how teams decide when plans and forecasts no longer hold. Organisers often book the keynote before a new financial year or after a reorganisation.

Leadership conferences, management events, HR and leadership congresses, kick-offs and annual conferences. It works as an opening or closing.

It lasts 35 to 60 minutes, depending on the programme.

Yes. Andy Fitze delivers the keynote in English or German.

Andy Fitze discusses the audience, objective and programme with you, then coordinates the details with your technical team.
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