Funke Thomas Funke - Biography
Prof. Dr. Thomas Funke is co-founder of Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences and an expert in entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainable learning models, and leadership in transformation processes.
He has over 20 years of experience in academia, startup ecosystems, and corporate practice. His career began at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna), where he researched and taught in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation. Early on, he asked himself a key question:
How can ideas be turned into viable business models with a real impact?
After several years in academia, Dr. Funke made a conscious decision to move into business practice. He founded and built up several companies, including TechQuartier in Frankfurt, a central hub in Germany for innovation between startups, corporations, and academia. There, he demonstrated how innovation culture can be shaped in practice beyond theory.
Today, as co-founder of Tomorrow University, he is responsible for developing innovative educational formats and new learning models for 21st century skills. His focus is on learning organizations, new leadership approaches, entrepreneurial thinking, and the question of how companies can ensure their employees remain capable of acting in the age of AI. In his lectures, he combines scientific foundations with a clear practical orientation. He shows how companies can build a sustainable culture of innovation, how leadership needs to be rethought, and what role learning, mindset, and entrepreneurial action play in successful transformation.
Dr. Thomas Funke – Key topics
- Entrepreneurship & innovation in established organizations
- Learning organizations & the future of learning
- Leadership in the age of AI and transformation
- Corporate culture and change management
- Future skills and organizational learning ability.
- Technology, responsibility, and business ethics in the age of AI.
Possible lecture titles
- The learning organization: Why learning is becoming a strategic survival issue.
- Entrepreneurship as an attitude: Why all employees need entrepreneurial thinking today.
- Leading in uncertainty: Leadership between AI, complexity, and change.
- Future skills: What organizations need to build now.
Target groups
- Board members, executives, and top management
- HR, learning & development, corporate learning
- Innovation and transformation teams
- Medium-sized businesses, corporations, associations, and banks
- Universities and educational institutions