July Monthly Meeting

Anne Koark: Embracing Failure as a Path to Success

Anne Koark is an award-winning speaker, bestselling author, and renowned expert in error culture, resilience, and future skills. She is also the Co-Host of the Digikompetenz Podcast. Anne also works in the area of future sklls for a company that won last years eLearning Award in the category AI.

Born in the UK and living in Germany since 1985, Anne has worked for a number of software companies and spent her career helping international organizations setup and do business in German. In 1999, she founded Trust in Business, a company that guided international companies in establishing themselves in Germany — a venture recognized with the prestigious Breakeven Start-up Award in 2001.

After losing everything during the aftermath of September 11, 2001, including her company and home, Anne turned her personal failure into a powerful story of resilience. She wrote a bestselling book on her experience, advocating for a cultural shift in how failure is perceived. Her work has been recognized with the Lady Business Award and a special prize at the Grand Prix of Medium-Sized Businesses, and she was invited to speak by the European Commission and also by the Global Summit of Women. 
Anne has since spent her career helping organizations and people navigate change, innovation with a culture of failure and transform failure into opportunity.