Tackling Complexity: A Systemic Approach for Decision Makers

Gilbert Probst is Managing Director, Leadership Office and Academic Affairs, and Dean of the Global Leadership Fellows Program at the World Economic Forum. He is also a full professor for organizational behavior and management and Co-director of the Executive-MBA program at HEC, University of Geneva, Switzerland. PhD as well as habilitation in business administration from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. He served as the president of the board of Swiss Top Executive Training (SKU), the Swiss Board Institute and as a member of the board of the Swiss Management Society. He was the Founder of the Geneva Knowledge Forum as well as CORE, Center for Organizational Excellence at the Universities of St Gallen and Geneva, and the Strategic Knowledge Group, Zürich. He is an award winning author of several books, papers and cases. Andrea Bassi is the founder and CEO of KnowlEdge Srl, a consulting company exploring socio-economic and environmental complexity to inform decision making for sustainability. He is also an Extraordinary Professor at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. In his work Dr Bassi is a project leader and researcher with over 10 years of experience supporting more than 20 governments, several international organizations and business leaders primarily on (1) green economy and green growth strategies, (2) action plans for resilience and risk mitigation, and (3) sustainable development planning. Dr Bassi's strengths lie primarily in the use of modeling and research techniques that focus on systemic analysis. He was a Director at Millennium Institute, and has worked across disciplines with the Danish National Environmental Research Institute and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Dr Bassi holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in System Dynamics from the University of Bergen, Norway, and a M.Sc. in Business and Economics from LIUC, Italy.