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»Innovation is more than new technology and a good idea. People make the difference.«

Innovation Researcher · Organizational Sociologist · Management Consultant · Professor

At the Intersection of Economics and Sociology.

My FOCUS

Research · Transfer · Consulting

Research

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Transfer

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Consulting

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About Me

Dr. Tilmann Drebes

Tilmann Drebes is very familiar with innovations in theory and practice. He knows how new things arise and develop in business and society. He is able to examine and understand innovations comprehensively and holistically, in addition to the opportunities, this also means taking into account the risks or new problems. For him, innovations are real improvements that can be perceived by people and are always embedded in a situational context with specific structures and people involved. In his view, access to the understanding of innovation requires a multidimensional and multi-perspective approach. What does that mean exactly? Dr. Tilmann Drebes will be happy to explain this to you in a personal conversation.

As an industrial clerk, Dr. Tilmann Drebes studied business administration and economics as well as economic sociology and business psychology at the Universities of Bonn and Innsbruck. In Denmark, he studied business administration at the Copenhagen Business School. He received his diploma from the University of Bonn, where he also received his doctorate in economic sociology and in business psychology. Before his studies, he completed vocational training as an industrial clerk at Daimler AG in Stuttgart.

During his studies, he worked on the assembly line at Daimler AG and supported production as a forklift driver in logistics. Tilmann Drebes is interested in people and social processes in different social fields of action with their specific structures. He observes and understands connections at the macro, meso, and micro level. His scientific foundation is based on the work of Prof. Friedrich Fürstenberg.

A special focus of Dr. Tilmann Drebes is on innovation processes and the phenomenon of innovation transfer in business and society. He works closely with medium-sized and family-owned companies. Other organizations, such as administrations and authorities, public broadcasters, the police and the military, as well as other public sector organizations or cooperatives, are also part of his working environment.

More on the topic of innovation and innovation transfer in the empirical study on the phenomenon ‘Innovation Transfer as a Social Organizational Process’ by Dr. Tilmann Drebes.

Empirical Research

Dimensions of innovation

Innovation has become one of the defining terms of our time. While some may criticize its frequent use, we cannot overlook how innovations have improved both our social lives and work in countless ways. Medium-sized companies in particular have demonstrated through their innovative capacity that they can successfully combine tradition with progress. This isn’t always about groundbreaking inventions – often it’s the continuous improvement of existing products and processes that ensures these companies’ sustainable success

The positive effects of innovations can be seen in almost all areas of life: In modern medicine, developments such as vaccines, antibiotics, and imaging techniques have saved millions of lives and significantly improved the quality of life. The digital revolution has fundamentally changed global communication through the Internet and smartphones, and today enables a fast worldwide exchange of knowledge and ideas. Even in everyday life, technical innovations such as household appliances and modern means of transport have freed people from time-consuming routine work and created new freedom.

Innovations can be understood as successful solutions to problems by people for people. They are by no means limited to spectacular technological breakthroughs or revolutionary products. Rather, they encompass a broad spectrum of changes that shape and improve our everyday lives and society in a variety of ways. The active role of people in the innovation process is particularly interesting: Through their behavior and purchasing decisions, they significantly determine the success or failure of innovations. They often also develop new uses that were not originally intended and thus contribute to the further development of innovations themselves.

More on the topic of innovation and innovation transfer in the empirical study on the phenomenon ‘Innovation Transfer as a Social Organizational Process’ by Dr. Tilmann Drebes.