Prof. Dr. Stephan Friedrich Von Den Eichen (Sfvde) Email & Phone Number

Being one of the first realizing the potential of open strategy, Stephan helped hundreds of clients mastering disruptions and developing revolutionary strategies. As Managing Partner of IMP (Innovative Management Partner) he shaped the firm’s positioning as leading co-innovator and turned IMP into an award-winning consultancy. Today IMP is looking at a significant number of successfully implemented business model innovations. Stephan is also a professor of business administration, especially business model innovation at the University of Bremen (LEMEX), Germany. He has published several articles about strategy, business model innovation & managing disruptions. Stephan’s previous books included „Digital Disruption“, co-authored with Kurt Matzler & the German adoption of „Innovator’s Dilemma“, co-authored with Clayton Christensen and Kurt Matzler.His latest book „Open Strategy: Mastering Disruption from Outside the C-Suite”, MIT Press, 2021 (together with Christian Stadler, Julia Hautz & Kurt Matzler) tells how companies are winning because they’ve quietly adopted a new way of doing strategy & new business building, tailor-made to today’s faster, more volatile business environment. The book is about “opening up” strategy and new business building: rather than limiting your future to small executive teams, invite a heterogeneous group of internals and externals to explore and exploit surprising solutions through cross-fertilization! Together with his co-authores, Stephan is shortlisted for Thinkers50 Strategy award 2021 – the “Oscar of management Thinking” (Financial Times).