Joerg Hellwig - Transforming a €7 Billion Corporate | Building Up a Leading B2B Marketplace

On this episode of the SPEED CHANGE REPEAT Podcast we are talking with Joerg Hellwig who at the time of this recording holds the position of Chief Digital Officer of the chemical company Lanxess, with an annual revenue of over €7 billion.  Joerg is a great guy who is keen on trying things out and is not hesitating to test the unknown.  We talked about the set up of his team and the different initiatives they pursue but also about what it means to transform an organization that operates within B2B.  For this we also talked about the amazing story behind CheMondis, which is a venture that has been started by Joerg and his team and became the biggest european online marketplace for chemical products. This is a great success story as CheMondis is the perfect example of a corporate attacking their own traditional business model. We dive into the story, set up and learnings from building this ventures.