Donnie SC Lygonis

Follow me on LinkedIn, new posts about innovation, entrepreneurship and startups almost daily, as well as a weekly live show, Innovation Fika, where I meet and interview people from all over the world on new ideas!

For up-to-date information about me, visit my personal “NOW” page here: 

https://donniesclygonis.com/now

More about me:

I have been working with ideas and innovation since the mid 90’s, either starting my own projects or helping others start theirs.

For the past 15 years I have spent my days as an Innovation Strategist and Business Coach at the innovation office at KTH, The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, where I have been a part of creating and running what is today considered to be one of the best innovation offices in the world.

That’s where I get to help students and researchers realize their ideas and bring them to society to create positive impact, which means that I’m in the epicenter of new tech development, everything from robotics and AI to food and digital health.

At KTH Innovation I have also been part of developing and spreading the word about our own framework for supporting early stage innovation; the KTH Innovation Readiness Level. Today it is used by 1000s of universities, institutions and organizations as a tool for early stage innovation support. 

If you want to know more about the tool, join the LinkedIn group or catch one of the open monthly webinars I hold on the KTH Innovation LinkedIn page. 

2015-16 I spent in Silicon Valley on a Wallenberg Fellowship, helping start the Swedish part of the Nordic Innovation House in Palo Alto.

In addition to helping others, I have also started quite a few companies, most of them together with my sister Deborah. In 2016 I started something I’d had on my mind a very long time; the foundation Entrepreneurs Without Borders, with a mission to help early stage founders start and grow sustainable companies. If you want to support EWB in any way, please get in touch.

I’m also an avid TEDxster, I was in the group that brought TEDx to Sweden and have arranged 15+ events as the licensee for TEDxKTH and have had the honor to speak at 6 TEDx events all over Europe, the latest one giving the opening keynote talk at TEDxROMA, one of the worlds largest TEDx events, on January 21st 2023.

My professional speaker career started back in 2003 and since then it has taken me all over the world, from Colombia and Brazil to China and Japan. And it has also got me on TV, I’ve been part of three separate TV shows on innovation; Idéfabriken on Swedish SVT, The Inventors on Swedish TV4 and Meallions on Estonian tv.

My talks revolve around creativity, innovation, future, sustainability,  motivation, inspiration, leadership and personal development. Most people describe me as engaging, energizing and often with a fresh outlook on the issue at hand. 

Get in touch and book me for keynotes or workshops. I also love hosting and moderating events.