"We are not facing a problem of understanding what needs to be done but implementing it"

Florian Hoffmann

"We are not facing a problem of understanding what needs to be done but implementing it"

Florian Hoffmann

New Book out now!

DO Founder Florian Homann gives us “5 Reasons Why the World Isn’t Doomed”

And those 5 reasons have a lot to do with you! In this, his second book, Florian draws on conversations with many DO Community members to offer inspiring examples of how you’re taking action to solve problems, choosing optimism, and seizing opportunity in these disruptive times. For those who read German, the book is available now at Rowohlt Verlag.

Welcome

Florian Hoffmann

Social innovator and serial entrepreneur

Oxford trained philosopher turned impact entrepreneur, Florian believes in the importance of diverse people coming together and finding new solutions to the big challenges of our time. His ventures and activities all aim to build community while driving a new economy that is innovative, sustainable and equitable.

Florian has:
  • Co-founded The DO with Katherin Kirschenmann to reinvent how change can be implemented in companies more successfully. 

  • Built a community of 100s of senior business and government leaders and incubated over 60.000 young impact entrepreneurs from over 100 countries.

  • Just published his second book “5 Gründe warum Die Welt nicht untergeht” with Brand Eins and Rowohlt publishers in German
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Ventures

Engagements

World Economic forum

In 2017 Florian was nominated by the World Economic Forum as one of 100 distinguished Young Global Leaders under 40

World Future Council

Florian is on the Supervisory Board of the World Future Council, the WFC works to pass on a healthy and sustainable planet with just and peaceful societies to our children and grandchildren. 

Million Global Teacher Prize​

The Global Teacher Prize is a US $1 million award presented annually to an exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to their profession, Florian is part of the judging academy. 

Disruptor Foundation

The Disruptor Foundation’s mission is to encourage the advancement of disruptive innovation theory and its application in societally-critical domains. Florian is a Disruptor Foundation Fellow.

As Featured in

Gamechangers Festival 2024
ESCP Business School: Conference for Sustainable Innovation (SDGs)
NOAHConference Empowering the European Digital Ecosystem