Inspiring Speeches and Impactful Moderation

Christoph Schwager • Future Management • Risk Management
Speeches Future Management • Risk Management

Christoph Schwager • Future Management • Risk Management
Speeches Future Management

 

As a sought-after speaker and moderator, Christoph Schwager gets straight to the point: how to manage the opportunities and risks of the future - effectively, clearly, and with impact.

A strategist by nature and experience, Christoph has seen both the successes and failures of opportunity and risk management first-hand. He has led organisations, turned strategies into operational reality, steered complex change programmes, and advises renowned companies at board, executive, and management level.


Examples of speeches:

ESG and Sustainability - the Right Strategy to Seize Opportunities and Control Risks

Fit for Sustainable Future - Mastering the Real Challenge of the 21st Century

  • The biggest challenge of the 21st century is not digitalisation, technological progress, or climate change - but the speed of change and how leaders and organisations react.

  • In this speech, Christoph takes the audience on a journey to develop a robust, future-proof strategy that integrates sustainability, opportunity, and risk — enabling better decisions, more agility, and lasting success.

Fit for future? More Strategic Anticipation and Control - Less Risk of Failure

  • What is our biggest challenge
  • Why do we fail again and again and experience negative surprises
  • How strategic anticipation and organisational readiness can prevent this
  • What it really takes to be successful in fast-changing, complex environments
  • Using the real-world case of the Airbus A380 – the world’s largest passenger aircraft – Christoph brings these points to life with practical insights and lessons learned from the inside
  • A talk that combines strategic thinking with operational relevance – and challenges leaders to reframe how they manage complexity, risk, and opportunity
Christoph Schwager • Future Management • Risk Management
Future Management

Christoph Schwager • Future Management • Risk Management
Speeches Risk Management

Digital Risk Management - gaining strategic transparency

Digital transformation is reshaping how organisations operate — and how they must manage risks. But how can Risk Management evolve to keep up? And more importantly: how can it become a strategic driver rather than just an operational necessity?

In this forward-looking keynote, Christoph Schwager addresses:

  • How digital transformation can (and must) be secured through smart Risk Management
  • What “Digital Risk Management” means today – and what will be possible tomorrow
  • How to avoid being outpaced by competitors who integrate risk and agility
  • Why digitally supported Risk Management is a strategic lever for success, not just a control tool

From Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) to GRC systems – this talk delivers clarity, inspiration, and actionable insights for leaders navigating risk in the digital era.


Risk Culture - What Is It Really, and How Do You Avoid the Common Pitfalls?

Everyone talks about risk culture – but few can define what it truly means, how to shape it, and why it often makes the difference between success and failure.

In this insightful keynote, Christoph Schwager explores:

  • What risk culture really is — beyond buzzwords and compliance
  • Why the information challenge is central to effective steering and control
  • The “fate” of those who need — and actually get — information in organisations
  • Why risk culture is the true lever for effective risk management
  • The big question: Who actually knows what a “good” risk culture should look like?
  • A personal perspective: What happens when you change jobs? — managing individual uncertainty and risk in transition

This speech blends strategic insight with behavioural depth and invites leaders to rethink how organisations — and individuals — deal with the unknown.

Christoph Schwager • Risk Culture • Risk Management
Speeches Risk Culture

Christoph Schwager • Security Management • Risk Management
Speeches Security Risk

A Strategic Approach to Cyber and Physical Security Risk

From Protection to Preparedness – Why Security Thinking Must Evolve

Security and safety are critical — but how we approach them is changing dramatically. In today’s interconnected world, the physical and digital universes are merging. Traditional models of security no longer fit the complexity of current threats.

In this eye-opening keynote, Christoph Schwager addresses:

  • Why security thinking must evolve: merging physical and cyber realities
  • How individuals and organisations handle safety and security – and where they often fall short
  • The uncomfortable question: How much security would you like?
  • Why companies without a comprehensive, integrated security concept often rely on “management by luck”
  • What’s missing in most current approaches – and what a strategic, risk-based security model really looks like

This talk blends strategic risk thinking with real-world insights into how organisations can build resilient security cultures – without falling into fear or false confidence.