Birgit Gebhardt | trend expert

Birgit Gebhardt synthesizes trend developments into plausible visions of the future. Since 2013, she has advised companies such as Audi, BMW, Ernsting's Family, Jochen Schweizer Holding, Lufthansa Group, Recaro, Swisscom Immobilien, and UBS on digital transformation opportunities and evolving expectations from employees, target groups, and society.

In parallel, she researches new models of interconnected business and work, detailing these opportunities in her New Work Order studies (www.New-Work-Order.net). Her research focuses on integrating previously separate domains such as artificial and natural intelligence, living and working, commerce and culture, and learning and entertainment. Among her clients is the Industrial Association for Office and Work Environment (IBA e.V.), for which she also conducts research trips to pioneers in Silicon Valley, Scandinavia, and China.

Her cross-industry consulting and customer-oriented future perspectives make her a valued source of inspiration for leadership circles and public events. In 2011, she authored "2037 – Our Everyday Life in the Future" for the Edition Körber Foundation, leading to engagements that resulted in her self-employment in 2013. In 2021, her future-oriented book "Future Pics" was published by Gabal-Verlag.

Birgit’s background includes a diploma in interior architecture, five years as a specialist editor, seven years in project management at Trendbüro, and five years as managing director of the consultancy for societal change. She continues to expand her perspectives as the deputy chairwoman of the scientific advisory board of the Liechtenstein Foundation Zukunft.li and through her participation in the research committee of the Munich Circle.