On the ‘Boehringer Ingelheim School for Intrapreneurs’
“Stephan Klaschka has done an outstanding job of increasing innovation at Boehringer Ingelheim. He created the Boehringer Ingelheim School for Intrapreneurs, built sponsorship for it in difficult times, supervised the creation of three online courses in intrapreneuring and coached the teams he assembled to achieve results that gave a 10 to 1 return on funds invested.”
— Gifford Pinchot III, who coined the term ‘intrapreneur’, President Emeritus, Bainbridge Graduate Institute
Top-Rated Innovation Workshop (4.93 / 5) and Presentation at Pharma PPM 2015, Basel
- “Stephan’s sessions were highlights of our 2015 Pharmaceutical PPM Toolbox, Basel. His top-rated workshop and presentation focused on changing employee mindset were among the best!
He was not only insightful but also very entertaining.”
– Conference Producer, 2015 - “I enjoyed working with you, and also your presentation was very well executed, so for sure I will keep you in contact for future [..] conferences.”
– Conference Producer, 2015
Boehringer Ingelheim ‘School for Intrapreneurs’ Wins Most Impactful Emerging Global Initiative at eyeforpharma Philadelphia Awards 2015.
My dear colleague and co-founder, Julie Staudenmier, accepted the award in my absence.
Eyeforpharma Award juror (VP Global Clinical Operations – External Innovation at EMD Serono) on the awarded ‘School for Intrapreneurs‘ at Boehringer Ingelheim:
“This is a great idea! Many companies have made similar attempts, but this one just seems to get it right. They are providing the resources and tools to really foster innovation based on the principle that the most innovative ideas come from the people who are actually doing the work.
By providing resources (education/mindset, skill-building, time and financial), the tools are in place to generate innovation.”VP Global Clinical Operations – External Innovation at EMD Serono and Eyeforpharma Award juror
BRG Founder of NxGen and Remote Workers & Creating the School for Intrapreneurs at Boehringer Ingelheim
“Stephan is incredibly motivated, inspiring, and a detailed leader.
He recently launched an employee resource group at our company supporting the four generations in the workplace as well as looking at the ‘Workplace of the Future’.
Stephan has very strong project management and organizational skills and is able to handle multiple priorities with depth and insight.
He is very innovative, creative and has a strong marketing ability. I would welcome Stephan to lead any of my projects and manage large teams of people.
He inspires, rallies and delivers results with swift execution.”
U.S. Head of DEI & CDO at Boehringer Ingelheim, USA
‘Intrapreneurial Spirit’ Workshop, Paris, 2016
Workshop rating by the participants:
- 100% – Understanding of Intrapreneuring better
- 100% – Better understand how Intrapreneuring works
- 100% – Practical exercises were helpful
- 100% – Workshop helpful for my work
- 100% – Recommend workshop to others
“It was really great to attend this workshop last week and talk about intrapreneurship spirit. It gave me the motivation to think out of the box and focus on how to change the mindset of people reluctant to new ideas/projects!”
Manager, Special Projects at Guerbet Group, France
Director, Global Innovation Management & Strategy
“I have known Stephan for more than 10 years and had the pleasure and occasion to work with him. Stephan is a highly motivated, innovative thinker. A highly capable, certified project manager, Stephan possesses strong organization skills, keen budgetary and resources management skills, and the ability to focus and deliver multiple initiatives in parallel. Stephan has been a thought leader and grassroots sponsor in many social networking initiatives in the Company.
Stephan would bring enormous strategic advantage to any organization he became a part of.”
IT and Quality Executive at Boehringer Ingelheim, USA
“Stephan is a wonderful colleague to work with and get to know. His charismatic leadership shows through his supportive attitude, high energy, and strong belief in those around him. As Chair of Next Generation at the Workplace ERG (NxGen), Stephan organized an exciting new employee resource group and, in turn, has set a very strong foundation for future group leaders.”
NxGen co-lead at Boehringer Ingelheim, USA
Guest Lecturer on ‘Innovation Management – Success Factors and Metrics’
“Ganz herzlichen Dank für deine wunderbare Präsentation und dass du uns deine wertvolle Zeit gespendet hast.
Wir waren alle begeistert, nicht nur weil es toll war, einen Case Study Protagonisten persönlich zu erleben, sondern vor allem wegen der vielen Insights, die wir durch dich bekamen.
Vieles davon knüpfte perfekt an die Vorlesung an, aber manches brachte auch komplett neue Perspektiven auf – wie zum Beispiel der psychologische Faktor.”
Professor for Innovation at Hochschule Kempten, Germany