Lars Behrendt

Lars is considered one of the leading international innovation developers because he has real practical experience.

An expert in innovation with over 15 years of experience as CEO of Granny&Smith Innovationlabs, Lars has gained his expertise from working with numerous Dax corporations and Fortune 500 companies.

A native of Northern Germany, he started his company as a creative engineering firm and quickly became an innovation expert for corporate giants. In the meantime, he has established a firm place in the innovation business as a book author, keynote speaker and visionary.

He is a co-developer and driver of numerous groundbreaking innovations and has accompanied companies such as IBM, Telekom, BMW and Volkswagen in their transformation processes.

Lars Behrendt wrote his book “Get. Real. Innovation.” for people who want real innovation and are willing to do more than just follow the standard process. It doesn’t only provide real know-how from the practice of innovation development, but above all the right views for the people in the process.

In his talks, Lars Behrendt shows concrete examples of how companies and their employees can become innovative again in order to take advantage of growth opportunities, create new markets or make entire industries change. He understands well how to illustrate complex relationships with memorable images and revolutionizes the entrepreneurial mindset.

As a speaker, he spreads enthusiasm for the new and shows concrete examples from practice that encourage to break up outdated structures and go new ways.