Bolko von Oetinger

Strategist and Senior Advisor of the Boston Consulting Group Germany

Biography

Bolko von Oetinger is Germany’s out-of-the-box advisor and strategist. He is the founding member of the first Boston Consulting Group (BCG) office in Germany. In 2008 he retired from BCG and serves the firm as a Senior Advisor. Von Oetinger has written several articles and published books on strategy, strategic thinking, and innovation.

Dr. Bolko von Oetinger holds a master’s degree in Political Science and received his doctorate from the Faculty of Economics and Social Affairs at the FU Berlin. He headed BCG’s worldwide marketing operations from 1994 to 1997 and in 1998 founded the firm’s Strategy Institute, in which BCG has concentrated its research with academic and scientific institutions about the nature of strategy. In 2004, he was appointed honorary Professor at the WHU Koblenz, lecturing there since 1998, and is Honorary Professor of Strategic Management at WHU Vallendar.

The major focus of Dr. Bolko von Oetinger’s work has been the question of renewal, innovation, corporate vision and organization which he provides in his invaluable presentations. Since 1981, Dr. von Oetinger has been directing the Kronberg Conferences, BCG’s renowned strategy conferences for senior executives in Germany.

Dr. von Oetinger’s exceptional presentations show how he is able to take the sometimes unconventional routes to find unique strategies.

Topics

Strategy and Strategic Thinking
Innovation
Corporate Social Responsibility
Organisational Renewal
Knowledge Management’s Next Generation
Strategic Management

Languages

Publications

How Organizations Get Smart–and Stay Smart (Harvard Business Review Collection) (2008)
Hänsel und Gretel und die Kuba-Krise (2006)
Die Renaissance des Raumes (Harvard Businessmanager) (2004)
A Passion for Ideas: How Innovators Create the New and Shape Our World (2002)

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