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Umar Taj Associate Professor of Behavioural Science Umar’s interest lies in helping
Tina Kiefer Professor of Organisational Behaviour Tina has worked extensively in executive education, with
Piers Ibbotson Associate Professor (Entrepreneurship & Innovation) In 1990, Piers became an Assistant Director with the Royal Shakespeare
We believe that business should be used as a power for good. Our faculty of research and teaching academics are constantly striving for excellence in everything they do, from the latest ground-breaking research impacting society, to inspiring our students. Members of our faculty include:
public and private institutions apply the latest insights from behavioural science to improve decision making. His current projects span the domains of HR, tech, health, finance, security, politics, education and international development. Umar is the founder of Nudgeathon™ - a crowd-sourcing platform in which diverse teams of stakeholders come together to find behavioural solutions to social problems. He is also the founder of Behaviour Insight™ - a tech-based behaviour change solution that systematically identifies barriers to behaviour change and guides the user to develop successful interventions. He delivers regular training and facilitation workshops and has provided his service to over 50 global institutions.
organisations ranging across different sectors, including banks (UBS), insurance companies (PatriaHelvetia, Deutscher Ring), the pharmaceutical industry, police forces (in UK and Canada), and government organisations (local Government, specialised service organisations) in different countries. Her research focus is on the daily experience of ongoing change and innovation, positive and negative emotional processes at work, justice processes, cultural implicit leadership theories, leadership behaviours in change, toxic and harmful work experiences’, and of budget cuts for public sector employees.
Company working alongside some of the best directing talent in the British theatre. It was this experience, observing the techniques and approaches of directors, working to tight deadlines with dynamic creative groups that began his interest in the transfer of skills from the Arts to Business. Piers set up his own training and development consultancy in 1998 and became a regular contributor to senior management programmes in the UK and around the world, introducing leaders and senior managers to concepts and techniques from the creative arts.
Keith Grint Professor Emeritus Keith Grint is Professor Emeritus at WBS where he was Professor of Public Leadership until 2018. He spent
Tamara Friedrich Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Tamara Friedrich has over 15 years of experience as an organisational
Alan Matcham Course Director Alan is an internationally experienced educator, programme director, speaker, author and facilitator. He designs
and delivers experiences which help business leaders and managers find more helpful ways of thinking and behaving in the face of an exponentially changing world. Alan is a former Executive Director of the Management Innovation Lab (MLab) at London Business School, an applied learning centre dedicated to identifying new models of management fit for the 21st century. He was also a former Director of the Leading-Edge Forum Executive Programme, a global research organisation dedicated to addressing the key issues at the intersection of business and technology.
10 years working in various positions across a number of industry sectors before switching to an academic career. His research interests include leadership, mutiny and resistance.
psychologist focusing on the topics of creativity, leadership, teamwork, and entrepreneurship. Tamara’s work on leadership has primarily focused on collective forms of leadership.
Dimitrios Spyridonidis
Pietro Micheli Professor of Business Performance & Innovation Pietro has worked with over 50 organisations as mentor, consultant
Associate Professor (Entrepreneurship & Innovation) Dimitrios has taught leadership and leadership
and trainer. These include: Amec, BAT, BP, British Energy, Emirates Group, KLM, Morgan Carbon, Orange, Shell, Veolia Water, Wartsila, Council of Europe, UK Department of Health, House of Lords, National Audit Office, UAE Government and the United Nations. Pietro’s research and consulting interests focus in two main areas – design and innovation management. He has worked in the areas of design thinking, strategic design and new product development.
development around the globe including the UK, Ireland, Finland, Denmark, South Africa, Malaysia and Hong Kong. At Warwick Business School, Dimitrios is the Programme Director of the Executive MBA and the Executive Diploma in Strategic Leadership & Change. Dimitrios is at present on the editorial board of Human Relations. Dimitrios’ core research interests are Leadership and Innovation.
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