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Speak Like a CEO is the leading podcast on CEO Communications.
Every week, Oliver Aust speaks to an inspiring CEO or founder on their approach to leadership and communications.

207: Making a Hollywood Movie Against A...
This week’s episode is a rare behind-the-scenes interview on how a Hollywood movie gets made – and how to pers...
00:45:51
September 21, 2023
206: Don’t wait for the perfect story...
“Don’t wait for the perfect story, make your story perfect.” This is the message of Karen Eber, author, stor...
00:41:22
September 15, 2023
205: Communications is more important t...
“Communications is more important than most CEOs and founders think,” says Yannis Niebelschütz, co-founder of...
00:34:49
September 08, 2023
204: StartUp Insider: Build Your Messag...
This week I share with you the podcast episode I recorded with Startup Insider (in German) about my latest book ...
00:50:24
August 31, 2023
203: School of Hiring, The Art of Letti...
Today we are sharing the repost of an insightful episode from the ⁠School of Hiring podcast⁠, hosted by Konsta...
00:36:04
August 23, 2023
202: Becoming a Place Where People (Rea...
How do you build a magnetic employer brand that attracts and retains new talent? In this special episode of Speak ...
00:43:58
August 16, 2023
201: Mastering the Art of Founder Commu...
Does your message cut through the noise? How do you achieve message-market-fit as a startup?  We are excited to b...
01:21:07
August 09, 2023
200: Put Community First. Gülsah Wilke...
This week's podcast guest holds an impressive list of credentials.  She is an investor, board member, speaker...
00:33:26
August 02, 2023
199: As CEO, Steer Your Own Message. Ol...
As a CEO, you want to own your message. Thanks to technology and social media, this has never been easier.  This ...
00:42:51
July 27, 2023
198: From Rugby Champ to Intuitive Lead...
Erik Podzuweit is a former German Rugby Champion, and co-founder and co-CEO of Scalable Capital - one of Europe’...
00:37:32
July 19, 2023
197: Diversity Drives Better Communicat...
Founderland is Europe’s fastest growing community of women founders of colour. In this week's episode of Spe...
00:25:57
July 13, 2023
196: Ask Me Anything: Transparency Dile...
We have a special episode of Speak Like a CEO for you: an Ask Me Anything session with Oliver Aust.  Oliver answe...
00:23:04
July 06, 2023
195: Reviving America's Oldest Retailer...
His company has dressed 41 out of 46 US presidents, is the oldest apparel brand in America in continuous operation...
00:38:43
June 30, 2023
194: How to Make Change Happen. Jörg H...
Most people abhor change. But without change, your business will never succeed. This is why Jörg Hellwig puts cha...
00:46:02
June 22, 2023
193: The Secret Language of Leadership....
Has a speech ever changed the way you see the world? Now imagine being able to write a speech that has this effec...
00:50:26
June 15, 2023
192: Be everywhere where your customers...
How many digital tools do you use? Chances are you’ve already used at least a dozen by the time you got to the o...
00:34:40
June 08, 2023
191: The Future is Internal Communicati...
80% of the global workforce are deskless employees.  They don’t have email or Slack, they don’t respond to ca...
00:49:39
June 02, 2023
190: Start with Building a Brand. Johan...
How many entrepreneurial journeys have started with a wrongly booked ticket to China? Alone in a hotel room in Bei...
00:55:31
May 25, 2023
189: Communication is the new sales str...
Viktoria Lindner is a former model, psychiatrist, CEO and founder of digital mental health startup Mindsurance. Mi...
00:33:26
May 19, 2023
188: Zero to 150 Million Users. Daniel ...
What an entrepreneurial journey: three college friends decide to build a gaming company. Their two biggest challen...
00:47:30
May 10, 2023
187: Boost Your Body Language. Martin B...
50% of our personal communication is non-verbal. Yet most business leaders never train their body language.  That...
01:06:15
May 03, 2023
186: Winning with Word-of-Mouth. Tim De...
Tim Dettmann is a former badminton champion and the founder of sports tech startup BEAT81.  He is inspired by a s...
00:33:04
April 28, 2023
185: Become a better leader in 2 minute...
“I'm a former academic and psychologist. Our answer to everything is ‘it depends’. But in the business w...
00:49:54
April 19, 2023
184: Be Edgy, be controversial. Tanja B...
In this special Easter episode, we give you eggs without chickens.  Tanja Bogumil is the CEO and founder of Perfe...
00:44:00
April 03, 2023
183: Communication is Part of the Treat...
“Communication is so important for us because communication is part of the treatment. What we don’t want to do...
00:30:10
March 29, 2023
182: Don’t Build Companies - Build Te...
Valerie Bures is a serial entrepreneur, and founder, CEO, investor, board member, and a mom of three with an incre...
00:49:48
March 22, 2023
181: Communications can be a game-chang...
“Make it a story people remember. That’s the great thing about startups. Startups have great stories to tell. ...
00:39:15
March 17, 2023
180: People want true leadership! Sophi...
Sophie Chung is back on the podcast! She is the founder & CEO of Qunomedical where she is building a much-need...
00:41:29
March 09, 2023
179: A message machine that continues t...
“We knew that if we didn’t jump, we’d regret it for the rest of our lives.” It was a leap into the unknown...
00:35:55
March 03, 2023
178: The Secrets to Effective Storytell...
Storytelling is bloody difficult. It is only easy if you don’t know how it is done. Fortunately, Communications ...
00:48:05
February 24, 2023
177: Stories create movements. Josef Br...
“The role of the CEO is to tell stories and make sure that they become true.” Josef, who has two nine figure e...
00:43:40
February 17, 2023
176: Leading in a hybrid environment, B...
Hybrid working is here to stay. What’s harder to figure out is how CEOs and founders can lead, communicate and m...
00:37:20
February 10, 2023
#175: Heroes are born in a crisis. Holg...
“There is no day without communication.” In his new book “Helden werden in der Krise geboren” (Heroes are ...
00:38:18
February 03, 2023
174: Life’s a pitch… Bryony Cooper,...
Life's a pitch and you need to nail this skill for basically everything you do in life, says Bryony Cooper. Her li...
00:43:43
January 27, 2023
173: Four Books in Four Years. Oliver A...
How do you write four books in four years? Should you write a book? Welcome to a special episode in which Oliver g...
00:47:53
January 20, 2023
172: Know Your Audience! John David von...
To shape the mobility of tomorrow, “you need to adapt your messaging, depending on who you are talking to. You n...
00:29:26
January 13, 2023
171: The CMO belongs in the boardroom! ...
2023 prediction: companies will relentlessly focus on revenue through storytelling, marketing and communications. ...
00:42:43
January 06, 2023
170: Give me that painkiller! Miloš Dj...
How do you get businesses to see something boring as a competitive advantage? Like data protection. Compliance use...
00:35:26
December 22, 2022
169_ New book out: Message Machine. Jag...
The less you tell people, the more they understand. That’s the simplicity paradox. In Message Machine, Jag and I...
00:31:48
December 16, 2022
168: Don’t limit your marketing budge...
"The biggest mistake a company can make is not to communicate at all. As a founder, you need to start in the early...
00:37:18
December 09, 2022
167: Marketers make good CEOs. Phil Ru...
Want to know the essentials of branding in 30 minutes? In this special episode, Phil Rumbol walks us through the p...
00:41:24
December 02, 2022
166: Unlocking Capital For Climate. Shi...
Shilpika Gautam is a Guinness World Record Holding climate activist and CEO and founder of SALT Global. Before cre...
00:40:49
November 25, 2022
165: Turn bad news into success. Klaus ...
Every company faces an existential #crisis as it grows. "As an entrepreneur, you need to speak about the difficult...
00:48:43
November 17, 2022
164: Rising to #1 in the App Charts. Lu...
There are many football apps for professionals. And now there is one for the "real football“ - the amateur game ...
00:40:29
November 11, 2022
163: It’s all about connection. Danie...
A growth-driven entrepreneur who built ventures in six countries, speaks four languages who is also a comedian in ...
00:37:15
October 20, 2022
162: E-Commerce that doesn’t Cost the...
We all want more sustainable fashion and ethically produced goods. But greenwashing and wishy-washy information ma...
00:33:42
October 13, 2022
161: Holy Grail! Personalised Messages ...
How can you build an emotional connection with your customers? Especially if you have tens of thousands? Certainly...
00:35:11
September 29, 2022
160: A brand is a statement. Max Linden...
A brand is a statement. But you have to mean it. 🍋 Our guest today was analysing the markets during his studies...
00:40:27
September 16, 2022
159: Your Purpose is the Story. Gemma C...
Why is there no Vestiaire Collective for furniture? Why isn’t there a platform that gives designer furniture the...
00:32:30
September 09, 2022
158: Focus on Impact. Mali M. Baum, WLO...
„You can’t make change happen alone!“ says Mali M. Baum. Together with her team, she is shining a light on o...
00:39:56
September 02, 2022
157: Difficult Stories Make a High Perf...
"Our best marketing employee is Elon Musk!“, says Caro Gabor with a twinkle in her eyes. Musk’s goal of fixing...
00:37:28
August 26, 2022
156: Communication is a CEO's strongest...
Speak Like A CEO is back after the summer break. Today's guest is the CEO and co-founder of a trailblazing compa...
00:35:06
August 19, 2022
#155: Speak the language of your audien...
"You don’t have to be 65 to live your dreams,“ believes our guest. Her business is all about giving people thi...
00:40:39
July 01, 2022
154: Own your communication. Hanna Mari...
Say no to borders and bureaucracy and yes to openness and simplicity! Our guest today believes that international ...
00:36:12
June 24, 2022
153: The new story of money. Katharina ...
Dare to rethink how money should work. This is what our guest today is passionate about. And that future of financ...
00:39:52
June 17, 2022
#152: A Smile Can be Worth Millions. Ra...
Today's guest is one of the key players in the German and European FinTech scene. As co-founder and CEO of company...
00:44:30
June 10, 2022
151: Sales = communication. Veronika Ri...
Selling is hard. To make the sales conversation better our guest today has built Demodesk, a revolutionary screen ...
00:33:50
June 03, 2022
150: Create a market and own it. Jannes...
How do you know what kind of business has huge potential? It’s easy to connect the dots looking back. It’s way...
00:29:23
May 20, 2022
#149: Pitching for Impact. Freda Katund...
„If you want people to buy in to who you are, then you have to have a really, really great story behind it.“ F...
00:27:20
May 13, 2022
#148: Blitzscale your communication ski...
What is the foundation for everything you do in business? It’s communications. But developing communications ski...
00:17:03
May 06, 2022
#147: Find Your North Star - Martin Sch...
Our guest today is passionate about enabling the next generation of entrepreneurs to build high-growth businesses....
00:40:31
April 29, 2022
#146: Democratising Web 3 - Peter Gross...
When it comes to Web3, “messaging is the biggest challenge” said investor Chris Dixon. “There are a lot of m...
00:54:33
April 21, 2022
#145: Hungry, Honest, Helpful and Humbl...
The scarcest resource today is #talent. And finding it is often stressful for both sides. Zenjob co-founder Fritz ...
00:33:57
April 08, 2022
#144: Building trust through communicat...
Today’s guest is one of the most influential women in tech. Nicole Büttner is the founder and CEO of Merantix M...
00:34:10
April 01, 2022
#143: Turning Transactions into Interac...
Ten years ago, the founders of the London-based fintech unicorn SumUp went from door to door to convince merchants...
00:37:14
March 25, 2022
#142: Mind your Karma, Kristina Walcker...
Our guest today is the CEO of Nuri (formerly Bitwala) and a digital thought leader. Nuri enables customers to inve...
00:58:16
March 18, 2022
#141 Messaging Matters, Jerome Lange, k...
Jerome Lange went from trying and failing to build a babysitting business as a student (no founder-market-fit) to ...
00:32:20
March 11, 2022
#140 - How to pitch to investors - the ...
Gerrit McGowan is an investor, entrepreneur and startup mentor who has coached over 1000 founders and entrepreneur...
00:41:21
March 04, 2022
#139 How great leaders communicate (and...
"What is leadership but language? Changing the way we communicate changes the culture. Changing the culture transf...
00:29:11
February 18, 2022
#138 - Business & The Big Why. Sarah Re...
Our guest today turned the Why? question into a thriving business. A clinical psychologist by training, Sarah Reit...
00:39:48
February 11, 2022
# 137 - TOOLBOX: How to Build Crazy Pro...
Your organisation's culture is the key to its success. Its not just a nice to have and the mission statement you p...
00:54:33
February 04, 2022
#136 - Future-proof finances with a pur...
Millennials want convenience, like being able to open a bank account in 10 minutes. The GenZ cohort expect conveni...
00:37:38
January 28, 2022
# 135 - We need to talk about spirits, ...
Pour yourself your favourite drink for this week’s episode. Communicating under the influence is not without cha...
00:42:47
January 21, 2022
#134 - Capture 90% of a market by talki...
First: create a market. Second: own it. Third: expand globally. Amboss' market share is simply off the charts, big...
00:49:19
January 14, 2022
#133 - From stigma to thriving business...
Today we talk about an issue that concerns over 100 million young people in Europe. During the pandemic our podcas...
00:22:51
December 17, 2021
#132 - Storytelling Secrets for Start-U...
Today's guest was browsing the internet 3 years ago to find a sustainable black dress. That search for the perfect...
00:28:36
December 10, 2021
#131 - Combating Urban Loneliness, Flor...
Todays guest is building the future of urban living. Florian Färber is the Founder and CEO of TheBase. Previously...
00:26:10
December 03, 2021
#130 - Impact or financial returns? We ...
The VC scene is male-dominated, and more diverse investment opportunities are being overlooked. Our podcast guest ...
00:30:42
November 26, 2021
#129 - On basements, building a brand a...
Some stories just make you sit up and listen. Today’s episode features Tamaz Georgadze, co-founder and CEO of Ra...
00:38:38
November 19, 2021
#128 - Building a global brand in a cro...
What started as a passion project by two economics graduates in 2013 now reaches 30 million users each month on mu...
00:37:14
November 12, 2021
#127 - Book announcement: overcoming st...
Why do nine out of ten startups fail? What differentiates a future unicorn from your run-off-the-mill startup? Mor...
00:14:29
November 05, 2021
#126 - Barely legal: building a brand i...
Psychedelics are back. And thanks to scientific discovery there are high hopes that these substances will treat de...
00:33:09
October 29, 2021
#125 - Taking responsibility as a CEO -...
Michael Wax is the co-founder & CEO of Forto, a Berlin based unicorn that is driving digitalisation and decarb...
00:27:04
October 22, 2021
#124 - Taking the pain out of video pro...
Are you as relaxed as the Dalai-Lama in front of a camera? Pulitzer Prize Finalist Piotr Pilat knows how you can a...
00:23:37
October 18, 2021
#123 - Win customers like the world dep...
Change is hard. Getting someone else to change is even harder. So how can you convince someone to become your cust...
00:34:59
October 08, 2021
#122 - Fast-track your Minimum Viable B...
How can I create an irresistible brand? Every founder is looking for an answer to this question. With a strong bra...
00:30:32
October 01, 2021
#121 - Why CEOs need to step up their g...
Videos have become a cornerstone of CEO communications: for media interviews, brand building, pitches, social medi...
00:47:08
September 10, 2021
#120 - From Retail to Wholesale to Bran...
Our guest today turned his Veganuary into a thriving business with a purpose. For Jan Bredack, Founder and CEO of ...
00:31:34
September 03, 2021
#119 - The power of voice – Franziska...
Only 7% of what you say matters, but your voice accounts for 38% of the first impression you make. So, how come th...
00:33:55
August 27, 2021
#118 - How to use branding to stand out...
Can a brand make all the difference? Yes, it can! Robert Ermich is a passionate and successful serial founder and ...
00:33:38
August 20, 2021
#117 - The Impact of Employer Branding ...
Traditional recruitment is over while companies experience The Great Resignation. In this special episode Oliver t...
00:37:10
August 13, 2021
#116 - Win the global talent war - Jona...
In today’s episode we speak to Jonathan Romley, co-founder and CEO at Lundi. Lundi helps companies scale their g...
00:48:55
August 06, 2021
#115 - The ultimate secret to building ...
Double Dynamite: Today’s episode features two entrepreneurs solving the biggest pain points for #freelancers: fi...
00:42:34
July 16, 2021
#114 – How to speak like a CEO – Ol...
How can I inspire as a CEO? How do I communicate in an age-diverse company environment? And do female CEOs face ot...
01:19:28
July 09, 2021
#113 - The impact of authentic communic...
Amy Wilkinson is a lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business, a bestselling author, keynote speaker and for...
00:38:02
July 02, 2021
#112 - Using creativity to build a glob...
Robert Klanten, founder and CEO of gestalten, has been a key figure in the global creative industry for more than ...
00:29:15
June 25, 2021
#111 - Get a coach and change the world...
For top management working with a coach is the norm. The platform Sharpist makes this possible for others in an or...
00:31:02
June 18, 2021
#110 - Communicate your vision and purp...
Her company is set to become Germany's first female-led unicorn. Eva-Maria Meijnen is the co-CEO of PlusDental. Th...
00:27:50
June 11, 2021
# 109 - Thought Leadership in 9 Steps
How to Become a Thought Leader: The 9 Steps to Level Up Your Communication Game and Become Unignorable. Traditiona...
00:24:07
June 04, 2021
#108 - Want to think better and more? S...
You can directly improve your brain function with supplements, and Fabian Foelsch is here to tell us all about it....
00:34:04
May 21, 2021
#107 - Becoming the Tesla of the fashio...
Tech is the fashion industry’s new avant-garde, and Anna Franziska Michel is its ambassador. Anna Franziska Mich...
00:25:21
May 14, 2021
#106 - Taking business advice from Bruc...
How does Bruce Lee inspire a company with over $500M under management? And where does social action find...
00:41:36
May 07, 2021
#105 - Making the magic of personal bra...
“Personal branding is what people think or say about you when you’re not in the room. It makes sense to care f...
00:47:00
April 30, 2021
#104 - Building the #1 sports platform,...
Athletes need sponsors, and sponsors need successful faces to link their names to. To bridge this mutual need, And...
00:29:13
April 23, 2021
#103 - The art of peak performance with...
How do you get CEOs to open up about their emotions in order to thrive? How do you get young students to become su...
00:38:51
April 16, 2021
#102 - Selling 1 Million Litres of Vega...
No-one wanted to invest in Vly. It was called a “mega flop”. Today, it is one of the fastest growing food star...
00:28:06
April 09, 2021
#101 - Changing humanity through tech, ...
Will humans give up decision-making to machines by 2036? A utopian, or dystopian vision? Daniel Rebhorn, co-founde...
00:31:15
April 01, 2021
#100 - Becoming CEO in the middle of a ...
How do you steer a billion-euro company through the Covid crisis? When Nina Pütz joined the fintech giant Ratepay...
00:30:16
March 26, 2021
#99 - Turning a newsletter into a 1 mil...
How can you quickly grow an engaged community for your business? Founder Maximilian Rofagha might just have the an...
00:33:47
March 19, 2021
#98 - How tech is revolutionising medic...
For most of us, falling sick means a trip to the doctor. Soon though this may no longer be the case. The world of ...
00:27:48
March 12, 2021
#97 - How to win the fight against plas...
Every year we produce almost 400 million tons of plastic.  According to some estimates as much as 50% of thi...
00:39:30
March 05, 2021
#96 - What is message-market fit and wh...
Your message-market fit is determined by how appealing the messaging sounds to your customer.  If you are a f...
00:06:51
March 04, 2021
#95 - Why foreign languages are the key...
We are all familiar with the terms IQ and EQ. CQ on the other hand may be a new concept. It refers to cultural int...
00:35:07
February 26, 2021
#94 - How Alina Bassi is tackling texti...
Every year more than 100 billion garments are produced globally. But more than 85% of all material used for clothi...
00:24:49
February 19, 2021
#93 - The secret to succeeding in a cri...
In early 2020 Urban Sports Club was on track to reach Unicorn status. They were making new hires every week, smash...
00:33:51
February 12, 2021
#92 - Making money equal with Andrea Fe...
Women make up 50% of the global population. Yet they don’t own half the wealth. Of course, there’s no such th...
00:33:06
February 05, 2021
#91 - Personal branding to cut through ...
Without a strong personal brand you simply won’t stand out online. Quality content is what will get you noticed ...
00:29:41
February 04, 2021
#90 - Catapulting a brand to success wi...
Passion is not enough to do well in business. To be truly successful, you have to be obsessed with what you’re d...
00:32:20
January 29, 2021
#89 - Lena & Oliver Special on Personal...
Personal branding for CEOs: fad or must-have? This is a question which CEOs and their communications teams are inc...
00:07:51
January 28, 2021
#88 - Reaching Your Full Potential with...
Only 2% of us reach our full potential at work and in our private lives. That’s according to Eric Partaker, CEO ...
00:33:45
January 08, 2021
#87 - Bringing people together (online ...
Today Oliver and Lena chat with Aimie-Sarah Carstensen, Founder of Art-Night, that provides offline events bringin...
00:30:20
December 17, 2020
#86 - Ecosia’s Christian Kroll on cre...
What is the one thing that every CEO should be doing? According to Christian Kroll, CEO of Ecosia, every CEO shoul...
00:27:56
December 11, 2020
#85 - Silicon Valley food delivery pion...
From Silicon Valley darling to Silicon Allee investor, Neeraj Berry knows a thing about business. He previously co...
00:27:26
December 04, 2020
#84 - From BCG consultant to startup fo...
Is the competition for attention harder these days, or is easier to have a voice and make yourself heard? Oliver A...
00:26:31
November 27, 2020
#83 - Reimagining business with WeTrans...
You've probably heard of WeTransfer, but if not you're in for a treat with this week's episode when we speak to Du...
00:25:04
November 19, 2020
#82 How to Unfuck the Economy with Wald...
Welcome to Season 3 of Speak Like a CEO! Oliver Aust and Lena Carlson chat to Waldemar Zeiler, the founder of einh...
00:30:39
November 13, 2020
Speak Like a CEO - Season 3 Trailer
Launching this week! Stay tuned! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/likeaceo/...
00:00:48
November 11, 2020
#81 - RICHARD STEPHENSON - CIVIL AVIATI...
This is the final episode of our "Expert on Expert" series before we head into Season 3 of Speak Like a CEO next w...
00:31:58
November 05, 2020
The Unignorable Podcast #6: Christian C...
**This podcast was originally published by Der Podcast für Magnetische Unternehmenskultur** In this episode, Oliv...
00:50:39
November 05, 2020
The Unignorable Podcast #5 - How to mak...
The book Unignorable is available Amazon and has already become a #1 bestseller in Germany, UK, US, France and Aus...
00:27:29
October 22, 2020
The Unignorable Podcast #4 - How to bec...
The book Unignorable launched this week on Amazon and has already become a #1 bestseller in Germany, UK, US and Au...
00:36:54
October 15, 2020
The Unignorable Podcast #3 - How to bui...
** Unignorable is available to purchase on October 13** In the third episode of The Unignorable Podcast, Oliver Au...
00:38:47
October 09, 2020
The Unignorable Podcast #2 - How to lau...
** Unignorable is available to purchase on October 13** In the second episode of The Unignorable Podcast, Oliver A...
00:36:55
October 01, 2020
The Unignorable Podcast #1 - What does ...
** Unignorable is available to purchase on October 13** In the digital age, being good at your job is unfortunatel...
00:34:56
September 24, 2020
#80 - MONIKA SCHALLER - DEUTSCHE POST D...
According to Monika Schaller, “crisis doesn’t create character, it reveals it.” Monika is the executive vice...
00:25:36
September 18, 2020
#79 - ANDREAS BARTELS - LUFTHANSA
On this week’s episode of Speak Like a CEO, Oliver Aust and Lena Carlson speak to Andreas Bartels, the head of c...
00:23:28
September 11, 2020
#78 - CLARISSA HALLER - SIEMENS
On this week’s episode of Speak Like a CEO, Oliver Aust and Lena Carlson got the chance to sit down with the for...
00:32:50
September 04, 2020
#77 - JÖRG HOWE - DAIMLER
Jörg Howe has been head of global communications at Daimler AG since 2008. Daimler is one of the biggest producer...
00:19:34
August 27, 2020
#76 - NICOLA LESKE - SAP
Nicola Leske is the Chief Communications Officer at SAP - a company that needs no introduction. In fact, over 80% ...
00:26:28
August 20, 2020
#75 - ROBIN RUSCHKE - SIXT
Robin Ruschke believes that every brand should have a story to tell. People need to know the WHY behind what you d...
00:20:16
August 13, 2020
#74 - PHILIPP SCHINDERA - DEUTSCHE TELE...
Communications is an ever-changing art form. With new tools, channels and trends constantly developing, you have t...
00:29:14
August 06, 2020
#73 - METTE REFSHAUGE - MAERSK
Is pressure a catalyst for long-term change? For many companies, the impact of the past few months has led to a to...
00:28:27
July 30, 2020
#72 - SIGRID DALBERG-KRAJEWSKI - DELIVE...
With an excellent track record in marketing and communications at a range of companies, Sigrid Dalberg-Krajewski i...
00:36:49
July 23, 2020
#71 - SABIA SCHWARZER - ALLIANZ
Welcome to our summer series, Expert on Expert! For the next few months, we will be interviewing the chief communi...
00:42:53
July 16, 2020
#70 - KONSTANTY SLIWOWSKI - CEO CAISSA
“If you’re standing still, then you are falling behind.” On this week’s episode of Speak Like a CEO, Olive...
00:31:09
July 09, 2020
#69 - INSA KLASING - CEO THENEXTWE
"Trust is good but control is better." It's the paradigm that has informed German business practice to the present...
00:35:38
July 02, 2020
#68 - DAVIDE DATTOLI - CEO TALENT GARDE...
Can co-working spaces survive the current crisis? Talent Garden CEO, Davide Dattoli, certainly thinks so. Breaking...
00:27:03
June 25, 2020
#67 - AIGA SENFTLEBEN - CO-FOUNDER BILL...
Recently named one of the "15 women in fintech you should know", Aiga Senftleben is leading the charge for gender ...
00:28:27
June 18, 2020
#66 - KATHARINA JÜNGER - CEO TELECLINI...
Developing house calls for the Zoom generation, TeleClinic is a major step forward for the German healthcare indus...
00:30:04
June 11, 2020
#65 - FABIO GAMBA - DIRECTOR GENERAL AS...
In the current crisis, the aviation industry has been hit hard. Fabio Gamba, head of ACA and ASA, is the voice of ...
00:28:45
June 04, 2020
#64 - RENÉ BRAUN - FOUNDER RYDES
With so many urban mobility solutions on the market, how do you decide which one to use? René Braun doesn't want ...
00:31:41
May 28, 2020
#63 - KATHRYN SCHIFFERLE - FOUNDER WORK...
With seven companies under her belt, Kathryn Schifferle is an expert problem-solver. Now at the helm of Work Truck...
00:24:09
May 21, 2020
#62 - PASCAL BLUM - CEO UNU
unu is trying to reinvent urban mobility and improve the quality of life for city-dwellers. With a communications ...
00:21:29
May 14, 2020
#61 - JAY ROGERS - CEO LOCAL MOTORS
From living on a boat to serving in the army, this week's guest is no stranger to stepping outside of his comfort ...
00:34:16
May 07, 2020
#60 - ALICE BENTINCK - CO-FOUNDER ENTRE...
Alice Bentinck is the co-founder of Entrepreneur First, the world's leading talent investor, and Code First: Girls...
00:25:13
April 30, 2020
#59 - JOANA BREIDENBACH - CO-FOUNDER BE...
Bringing an anthropological perspective to the art of communication, this week's guest is Joana Breidenbach. She i...
00:37:51
April 23, 2020
#58 - EIKE KIERAS - CO-FOUNDER KITCHENT...
Feeling peckish? This episode will certainly whet your appetite. Today, we’re talking to Kitchentown co-founder,...
00:25:32
April 16, 2020
#57 MICHAEL RIEGEL, CEO & FOUNDER COMTR...
What does it take to step up as a leader in times of crisis and uncertainty? How should you communicate effectivel...
00:27:58
April 09, 2020
#56 - GUNNAR FROH - CEO WUNDERMOBILITY
Are CEOs born, or are they made? Gunnar Froh believes the latter. Gunnar is the Founder and CEO of Wunder Mobility...
00:27:04
April 02, 2020
Bonus - Oliver Aust on Personal Brandin...
Get Oliver Aust’s FREE practical guide to personal branding now - https://bit.ly/2UAOgpR Do you want to start ...
00:10:40
April 01, 2020
#55 - MIRIAM WOHLFARTH - FOUNDER RATEPA...
Our guest on the podcast this week is Miriam Wohlfarth. Miriam is the Founder and MD of RatePay, a fintech company...
00:23:19
March 26, 2020
#54 - ANJA HENDEL - MANAGING DIRECTOR D...
Anja Hendel is one of the most important figures in the European mobility industry. As the new Managing Director o...
00:34:11
March 19, 2020
#53 - NIKO WOISCHNIK - FOUNDER TECH OPE...
How do you make a conference feel like a festival? Niko Woischnik has spent ten years building one of the most exc...
00:32:59
March 12, 2020
#52 - CHANYU XU - FOUNDER HER1
As the founder of 3 businesses, Chanyu Xu has proven herself to be a master communicator. Now at the helm of Her1,...
00:29:55
March 05, 2020
#51 - NICO GRAMENZ - CEO FACTORY BERLIN
This week’s guest is a CEO with a very unusual career trajectory. Nico Gramenz started in the military, moved in...
00:24:26
February 27, 2020
#50 - LISA GRADOW - CO-FOUNDER USERCENT...
Lisa Gradow is only 24, and has already achieved more than many will achieve in their lifetime. Her company, Userc...
00:24:57
February 20, 2020
#49 - TRAVIS TODD - CEO SILICON ALLEE
When Silicon Allee was founded, Travis Todd wanted to bring a sense of community and sharing to the Berlin start-u...
00:28:09
February 13, 2020
#48 - JAG SINGH - MANAGING DIRECTOR TEC...
Jag Singh spent ten years working on high-profile political campaigns before entering into the world of angel inve...
00:27:06
February 06, 2020
#47 - FRANZISKA TEUBERT - MANAGING DIRE...
Franziska Teubert is working to promote innovative entrepreneurship across Germany. As the Managing Director for C...
00:22:24
January 30, 2020
#46 - MADELEINE GUMMER VON MOHL - CEO A...
Co-working spaces are everywhere, usually aiming to provide both a workspace and a community for founders, freelan...
00:29:35
January 23, 2020
#45 - MATHIAS KLENK - CO-FOUNDER PASSBA...
Mathias Klenk is working to give people ownership over their own data. After facing their own identity verificatio...
00:28:16
January 16, 2020
#44 - DR. NAKEEMA STEFFLBAUER - CEO FRA...
Dr. Nakeema Stefflbauer has spent the better part of the last two decades helping make tech more accessible for wo...
00:30:47
January 09, 2020
#43 - STEPHAN BAYER - FOUNDER & CEO SOF...
Stephan Bayer, the Founder & CEO of Sofatutor, is on a mission to make learning fun. Sofatutor ...
00:31:19
December 20, 2019
#42 - TOMER DEAN - CEO BLLUSH
Tomer Dean, the CEO and co-founder of Bllush, is changing the way that companies advertise fashion. Bllush is a te...
00:22:52
December 13, 2019
#41 - PIA POPPENREITER - FOUNDER OHLALA
Pia Poppenreiter is an entrepreneur and a fierce businesswoman, turning the world of online dating on its head and...
00:18:10
December 06, 2019
#40 - LUBOMILA JORDANOVA - CEO PLAN A
Lubomila Jordanova has found the perfect balance between two purposes: building a thriving business and fighting c...
00:31:16
November 29, 2019
Bonus - Mastering Communications - Oliv...
Oliver's new book is out! For a special bonus episode, Oliver and Lena go behind the scenes to discuss Oliver's ne...
00:08:52
November 26, 2019
#39 - KATHARINA KURZ, CO-FOUNDER BRLO
Katharina Kurz has been working on giving German beer a new contemporary look. BRLO is one of the most well-known ...
00:26:36
November 22, 2019
#38 - MATTHIAS LAUG - COFOUNDER of TIER
Matthias Laug is on a mission to change mobility for good. TIER is one of the leading micro-mobility companies in ...
00:30:16
November 15, 2019
#37 - HOLGER SEIM - CEO BLINKIST
Holger Seim inspires people to continue learning by making it as easy and enjoyable as watching a movie, listening...
00:29:14
November 08, 2019
#36 - BJÖRN LAMPE, CEO betterplace.org
Björn Lampe is the guest on this week’s podcast. The benefits of technology as a vehicle for social change have...
00:34:55
November 01, 2019
#35 - LINDA BROSCHKOWSKI - CEO FEMALE M...
What do filmmaking and DJing have in common?  Movies and music are both vehicles for creating a dialogue with...
00:20:53
October 25, 2019
#34 - MALI BAUM - CEO WLOUNGE & MAGDA
Building a successful company without a strong network is practically impossible. Our guest on the podcast this we...
00:26:12
October 18, 2019
#33 - SEBASTIAN STRICKER - CEO SHARE
Can the things we consume every day become an act of sharing? Sebastian Stricker certainly thinks so. He’s the C...
00:28:51
October 14, 2019
Season 2 Teaser
We're back with Season 2 of How to Speak like a CEO, the leading podcast on CEO Communications. Listen now to get ...
00:01:32
October 11, 2019
CEO Playbook #13 - SEO
Search engine optimisation (SEO) is a buzzword of the digital age. Whilst many businesses have understood its sign...
00:29:44
October 04, 2019
CEO Playbook #12 - POLITICAL COMMUNICAT...
The increasingly visibility of CEOs and businesses means that they will inevitably find themselves in the trickies...
00:19:38
September 27, 2019
CEO Playbook #11 - THE PODCAST EPISODE
On this week’s episode of the podcast we dive deep into …  podcasting? Podcasts seem to be everywhere the...
00:26:18
September 20, 2019
CEO Playbook #10 - RE-INTERPRETING FINA...
Talking about finances is an inescapable part of being a CEO, whether it is reporting on profit margins or convinc...
00:15:15
September 13, 2019
CEO Playbook #9 - CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS...
A crisis is by definition an extraordinary circumstance presenting daunting challenges. Crisis communications can ...
00:23:15
September 06, 2019
CEO Playbook #8 - CAMPAIGNING
Getting people's attention is hard. Everyone is vying for our attention across traditional and digital media. Busi...
00:25:32
August 30, 2019
CEO Playbook #7 - MASTERING INTERNAL CO...
Communications is not just about the message that we send to the wider world. Internal communications are equally ...
00:24:58
August 23, 2019
CEO Playbook #6 - SPEAKING WITH IMPACT
Today, the expectations for CEO communications are higher than ever. Maybe it’s the TED effect or the fact that ...
00:26:46
August 16, 2019
CEO Playbook #5 - TALKING TO THE MEDIA
The way we consume media has changed radically in the last decade. Newspapers and TV news are being supplanted by ...
00:29:27
August 09, 2019
CEO Playbook #4 - DIGITAL THOUGHT LEADE...
Digital thought leadership is about starting and driving conversation in the wider world. In that sense, CEOs and ...
00:25:00
August 02, 2019
CEO Playbook #3 - HOW TO TELL YOUR STOR...
Telling stories is hardwired into humans. Indeed, we have been telling some of the same stories or variations of t...
00:28:26
July 25, 2019
CEO Playbook #2 - DEVELOPING YOUR STRAT...
“Communications are by and large just as poor today as they were twenty or thirty years ago when we first became...
00:31:00
July 19, 2019
CEO Playbook #1 - IT ALL STARTS WITH TH...
Welcome to the Eo Ipso CEO Playbook where we deep dive into your most pressing CEO Communications issues. We all k...
00:34:45
July 12, 2019
#32 - BRINGING SPACE DOWN TO EARTH ft S...
What if we told you that space is closer than it seems? For our season finale we have a very special guest, Sebast