Innovation and technology expert: Futurist and Chief Designer for SAP’s Technology and Innovation strategy team
Europe
Germany
Martin Wezowski has spent his entire career focusing on innovation and technology. He has worked in a broad range of design and innovation principles. These include visual, interaction, service, and systems innovation, leading innovation as a strategic, long-term tool for the future.
The Chief Designer and futurist for SAP’s Technology and Innovation strategy team, Martin Wezowski is also a faculty member at Futur/IO, a European future institute. He is, however, also involved in other education programmes. His key focus area is upcoming trends, while his team works directly for the SAP board member in charge of technology and innovation.
Although Martin Wezowski’s younger years saw him play the bass guitar in a punk rock band, a leading German business magazine, Handelsblatt, recently referred to him as one of “Germany’s one hundred smartest innovators. His role as head futurist for the SAP software group is to look ahead.
Martin Wezowski has worked in a wide range of disciplines. He has deviated from UX to system design to define innovation visions and strategies. His current mission sees him map, build, and inspire a future everyone would love to experience.
Martin Wezowski’s role sees him craft future outlooks, concepts, and products. In so doing, he helps to define and run innovation frameworks that determine the next step beyond SAP’s cast ecosystem and the future of work. His work was acknowledged in 2017 when he was named one of a hundred of the most innovative minds in Germany.
Before joining SAP in 2013, Martin Wezowski worked as the creative director for Sony Ericsson in Sweden. He also spent time in China while serving as a director of the UX (Huawei) board. His personal belief is that everything should be given a purpose through innovative design. This includes the various innovation systems themselves.
As a conference speaker, Martin Wezowski draws on his international experiences across companies. He believes that collaboration with technology will influence the evolution of humanity. His presentations see him share his passion for his topics and their value in business and society at large. He lives in Germany and speaks five languages. He is fully proficient in English, Polish, and Swedish while boasting an elementary proficiency in German and Russian.
“I worked with Martin in a team for about two years. Martin is one of the rare senior graphic designers and UX explorers that have an uncanny understanding how to balance a design between the fine lines of the strict grid and a cool and dynamic UI. As a designer he is very generous and unprotective of his ideas. Something that I really appreciated working with him was his ability to always make multiple design suggestions to use as a basis for discussion. He is fast, intuitive and has a great understanding of communicative behavior and emergent services. He has a great talent for diplomacy and could probably work with anybody. More, Martin is by far the most stylish man I know and he was a constant inspiration for creative attire.I worked with Martin in a team for about two years. Martin is one of the rare senior graphic designers and UX explorers that have an uncanny understanding how to balance a design between the fine lines of the strict grid and a cool and dynamic UI. As a designer he is very generous and unprotective of his ideas. Something that I really appreciated working with him was his ability to always make multiple design suggestions to use as a basis for discussion. He is fast, intuitive and has a great understanding of communicative behavior and emergent services. He has a great talent for diplomacy and could probably work with anybody. More, Martin is by far the most stylish man I know and he was a constant inspiration for creative attire.”
“He is the one of the most creative person I've ever met. With full of creative energy, he always goes to the goal directly and effectively. No cheating, trick nor betraying. His direction always reaches the core value of HUMAN EXPERIENCE. And another amazing thing I saw from him was that his idea comes from something which is not related with design thing at all. Sometimes his idea sounds like a sort of dream. But he has the solution to realize it onto real product at the same time. I can say that 2 years with him was definitely fantastic. He never taught me anything, but I've learnt many ways of creative thinking from him. That's Martin. As a director of design department, he becomes the creativity instead of being a manager.He is the one of the most creative person I've ever met. With full of creative energy, he always goes to the goal directly and effectively. No cheating, trick nor betraying. His direction always reaches the core value of HUMAN EXPERIENCE. And another amazing thing I saw from him was that his idea comes from something which is not related with design thing at all. Sometimes his idea sounds like a sort of dream. But he has the solution to realize it onto real product at the same time. I can say that 2 years with him was definitely fantastic. He never taught me anything, but I've learnt many ways of creative thinking from him. That's Martin. As a director of design department, he becomes the creativity instead of being a manager.”
“Martin is passion personified. He will with great enthusiasm, curiosity and creative drive take on any project or concept within his field and turn it into a well thought trough vision for the future. The world simply needs more people like Martin that really cares for what they do, works out a strategic plan on how to accomplish it and works hard / determined to make it happen. If you also include his extensive knowledge in technology and design trends, charismatic communication skills, visual flare and magic personality he will be your excellent master chef in any gourmet product that you would like to create. It would be my pleasure to work with Martin again for any product in the Multimedia Scene.Martin is passion personified. He will with great enthusiasm, curiosity and creative drive take on any project or concept within his field and turn it into a well thought trough vision for the future. The world simply needs more people like Martin that really cares for what they do, works out a strategic plan on how to accomplish it and works hard / determined to make it happen. If you also include his extensive knowledge in technology and design trends, charismatic communication skills, visual flare and magic personality he will be your excellent master chef in any gourmet product that you would like to create. It would be my pleasure to work with Martin again for any product in the Multimedia Scene.”
“I wish there were more people like Martin, with a vision and point of view on future experiences, a firm stand against mediocrity, while maintaining a curiosity and openness for new impressions. Whether you agree with him or not, Martin gets you thinking of what could be and what should be, how things could be different by way of exploring the border between what is impossible, and what is possible. Martin is a voracious consumer of information, well-read on present and upcoming trends. I appreciate him most for his value looking at the next, next step beyond, daring to voice the crazy blockbusting ideas and ugly truths in a way most people don't.I wish there were more people like Martin, with a vision and point of view on future experiences, a firm stand against mediocrity, while maintaining a curiosity and openness for new impressions. Whether you agree with him or not, Martin gets you thinking of what could be and what should be, how things could be different by way of exploring the border between what is impossible, and what is possible. Martin is a voracious consumer of information, well-read on present and upcoming trends. I appreciate him most for his value looking at the next, next step beyond, daring to voice the crazy blockbusting ideas and ugly truths in a way most people don't.”
“I have worked alongside Martin for several years, designing new user experiences for Sony Ericsson. He is one of the most creative people that I know: as well as having a tireless capacity to come up with ideas all by himself, he will joyfully run with (or riff on) someone else’s idea. Martin also has a strong vision of where things are going both short term and long term, and is an exceptional presenter and communicator. In short, what stands out for me is Martin’s creativity, vision, enthusiasm, visual sensibility, and communication skill.”