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Urs Hauenstein (Founder, President & Ambassador ICEM, Visiting Professor and Honorary / Senior Fellow)

“Leadership, Governance, Entrepreneurship and Management are the key fields of our International Council.”

Urs Hauenstein (Founder, President & Ambassador ICEM, Visiting Professor and Honorary / Senior Fellow)
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Adaptions of the International Council

Adaptations of the International Council:
In a long board retreat, the International Council made various adjustments:

1 Name
The long name criticized by many partners has been shortened.

New name: International Council for Education and Management; Abbreviation: ICEM

Old name: International Council for Leadership | Governance | Entrepreneurship | management; Abbreviation: ICLGEM

2 Strategy
The core strategy of the International Council has been adjusted to Priority & Effectiveness / Change Management, Performance Management, Transformation Management

3 Research
The International Council will increasingly support selected university research projects and programs, and will help to create and implement new research platforms.

4 Events
The International Council will launch international, which will take place at excellent universities and colleges.

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Alain Berset (Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party, member of the Swiss Federal Council, Head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs, Swiss President, 2018 at the WEF Davos)

“If we are to continue on the path of progress, I am convinced that 2018 must be the year of international cooperation and multilateralism …”

Alain Berset (Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party, member of the Swiss Federal Council, Head of the Federal Department of Home Affairs, Swiss President, 2018 at the WEF Davos)
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Depak Chopras (American author, public speaker, alternative medicine advocate)

“Yes, in all my research, the greatest leaders looked inward and were able to tell a good story with authenticity and passion.”

Depak Chopras (American author, public speaker, alternative medicine advocate)
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Jacques Yves Cousteau (French naval officer, water explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher) †1997

“Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.”

Jacques Yves Cousteau (French naval officer, water explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher) †1997
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Ban Ki-Moon (South Korean diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the UN 2007-2016, chair of the International Olympic Committee’s IOC Ethics Commission)

“We are using resources as if we had two planets, not one. There can be no ‘plan B’ because there is no ‘planet B.'”

Ban Ki-Moon (South Korean diplomat, 8th Secretary-General of the UN 2007-2016, chair of the International Olympic Committee’s IOC Ethics Commission)
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Nelson Mandela (South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, philanthropist, President of South Africa 1994 to 1999) †2013

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

Nelson Mandela (South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, philanthropist, President of South Africa 1994 to 1999) †2013
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Riane Eisler (Cultural historian, systems scientist, educator, attorney, speaker, author. Editor Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies at the University of Minnesota and President of the Center for Partnership Studies)

“We are rapidly moving into the post-industrial age, when we must redefine what is “productive” work, as more and more jobs are being replaced by automation, robotics and artificial intelligence.”

Riane Eisler (Cultural historian, systems scientist, educator, attorney, speaker, author. Editor Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies at the University of Minnesota and President of the Center for Partnership Studies)
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Jeff Bezos (American technology entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Amazon, world’s largest online shopping retailer)

“In today’s era of volatility, there is no other way but to re-invent. The only sustainable advantage you can have over others is agility, that’s it. Because nothing else is sustainable, everything else you create, somebody else will replicate.”

Jeff Bezos (American technology entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Amazon, world’s largest online shopping retailer)
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