Dorothée Töreki

About Dorothée Töreki

“WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE.”

Dorothée Töreki specializes in the mechanisms of digitalization and the resulting necessities for businesses, administration, and society. She was among the first to offer impulses and workshops on Generative AI at universities and for corporations.

2019, Dorothée startet her own business with her “Denkräume im Digitalen“ (Digital Thought Spaces) and also teaches part-time at the University of Heidenheim on Blockchain and Generative AI. She provides the necessary impulses to break away from old patterns of thinking and to embrace new ideas. Anyone wanting to understand how information technology will fundamentally change our world should find inspiration from her. Dorothée shares her expertise through emotional stories that leave a lasting impression, always focusing on the opportunities, fostering a longing for the future.

Dorothée Töreki has over 20 years of experience in information technology, 11 of which were spent at IBM Germany. She has experienced all facets of digital transformation firsthand. Since 2007, she has been accustomed to working in distributed virtual teams from her home office and has advised companies of all sizes as a Collaboration Adviser on why a networked and transparent organization not only works faster and better but is also more resilient. As IBM’s Competitive Leader, she analyzed the development of cloud computing and artificial intelligence and presented their impacts on business models. As the Director of Digitalization for the Boysen Group, she conceptualized and initiated the cultural transformation of the company.

Style

Lifetime is precious, as is the time of her audience. Dorothée Töreki aims to present the complex interconnections and facets of digitalization in an engaging and concrete manner. With few slides, many stories, and a positive attitude—because objections and concerns will arise soon enough. In short, the motto of her talks is:

“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough” – Albert Einstein

Background

Born and raised in Duisburg, Dorothée’s life has been one of change and transformation. She studied civil engineering in Essen (if you travel by ICE from Frankfurt to Cologne, you’ll pass a section of the railway whose drainage planning was done by Dorothée) and made the switch to IT after 9 years. After a few years, she joined BigTech (IBM) and dove into major technology themes. For Dorothée, the focus is on what technology achieves—for businesses and for us as individuals. How the Internet of Things and Blockchain fundamentally alter business models. What the hyper-connected world does to us and how it changes the workplace. Those who want to understand the exponential change not just intellectually but also emotionally get inspired by her for a glimpse of how the future should be to benefit us.