Professor Danica Purg is the founding and current President of the IEDC-Bled School of Management, Slovenia, and the founding President of the Central and East European Management Development Association (CEEMAN), which has 170 members from 42 countries and whose aim is to enhance management development in Central and Eastern Europe. She is also chairperson and director of the European Leadership Centre (ELC), established with the aim of assessing and promoting European leadership through the organization of forums, workshops and research.
Dr Purg is professor of leadership and effective management at the IEDC-Bled School of Management. Her special field of interest is looking for inspirations for managers from art and other professions.
She has authored and co-authored several books and numerous articles on technological and organizational change, comparative HRM practices, team building, economic reforms and management development in Central and Eastern Europe (published in Slovenia, the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Russia, the UK, and the US). In 2003 Dr Purg edited and co-authored the book Leaders and Teams – The Winning Partnership.
Dr Purg is a Fellow of the International Academy of Management, Doctor Honoris Causa at Moscow State University of Management and Estonian Business School, and honorary professor at Moscow International Higher Business School (MIRBIS). The President of the Republic of Slovenia awarded her with the “Honorary Order of Freedom” for her contribution to management development in Slovenia and CEE.
Prof Purg is also a member of several advisory boards, among them the Advisory Board of Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society, the Advisory Board of BAWB (Business as an Agent of World Benefit Global Forum), and the Advisory Board of the newly established Moscow School of Management. Dr Purg is also a Member of the exclusive European Cultural Parliament (ECP) - a forum for outstanding artists, thinkers, and other cultural personalities from all Europe. Recently she was invited to become a member of the UN Global Compact Taskforce to develop the principles for Responsible Business Education and in 2007 she became President of UN Global Compact Slovenia.
After graduating from the Faculty of Political Science in Ljubljana, she completed her PhD at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade, and studied extensively at Harvard Business School, IMD Lausanne, INSEAD, Technological University Delft, London University, Sorbonne, and at Kalamazoo College, US.
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best paper
Global Youth for Positive impact: Real Steps Towards The Future We Want
as presenter at Challenge:Future (C:F) Summit 2013, Ljubljana & Bled,
together with:
Violeta Bulc (presenter),
Jernej Pikalo (presenter),
Metka Ule Novak (presenter),
Metka Glas (presenter),
Jan Van Der Oord (presenter),
Branko Žibret (presenter),
Andreja Kodrin (presenter),
Tjaša Filipčič Kolenc (presenter),
Nadya Zhexembayeva (moderator),
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best paper
Challenge:Future Inspiration of the Year
as presenter at Challenge:Future (C:F) Summit 2013, Ljubljana & Bled,
together with:
Tjaša Filipčič Kolenc (presenter),
Branko Žibret (presenter),
Andreja Kodrin (presenter),
Tay Lai Hock (presenter),
Sena Zorlu (presenter),
Matthias Eckert (presenter),
Violeta Bulc (presenter),
Nadya Zhexembayeva (moderator),
2312 views
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opening
Welcome Words
as author at Challenge:Future (C:F) Summit 2013, Ljubljana & Bled,
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opening
Opening speech
as author at Challenge:Future Summit Gala 2012, Bled,
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best paper
Winner Announcement: Most Innovative School Award
as presenter at Challenge:Future Summit Gala 2012, Bled,
together with:
Olga Veligurska (introducer),
2826 views
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debate
Zaveza za uspešno prihodnost dogovor gospodarstva, politike, družbe
as author at Managerski kongres, Portorož 2011,
together with:
Sonja Šmuc (moderator),
France Arhar,
Tomaž Berločnik,
Blaž Kavčič,
Jadran Lenarčič,
Anton Panjan,
Iztok Seljak,
Marjan Senjur,
Dejan Turk,
4354 views
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interview
Debate with Leon Tossaintom
as interviewer at Forum Slovenske fundacije za poslovno odličnost (SFPO): Na vrh evropske odličnosti,
together with:
Leon Tossaint (interviewee),
2917 views
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opening
Introduction to the session
as introducer at 17th CEEMAN Annual Conference “Local Responses to Global Crisis”, Riga 2009,
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opening
Opening speech at the CEEMAN 2009
as author at 17th CEEMAN Annual Conference “Local Responses to Global Crisis”, Riga 2009,
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lecture
Welcome and introductory words 17th CEEMAN Annual Conference
as introducer at 17th CEEMAN Annual Conference “Local Responses to Global Crisis”, Riga 2009,
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introduction
Graduation and Congratulations at the end of IMTA 2009
as author at International Management Teachers Academy (IMTA), Bled 2009,
1884 views
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lecture
Leading People
as introducer at IEDC - General Management Program,
together with:
Lynn A. Isabella,
5720 views
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lecture
Art & Innovative Leadership
as author at 10th Forum on Europe / Foresight Conference - The Role of Culture in Knowledge Society: Contribution to the European Year of Creativity and Innovation, Bled 2009,
3586 views
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introduction
Introductory words
as author at 16th CEEMAN Annual Conference “Management Education for the Realities of Emerging Markets”, Tirana 2008,
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lecture
Welcome to the 16th CEEMAN Annual Conference
as author at 16th CEEMAN Annual Conference “Management Education for the Realities of Emerging Markets”, Tirana 2008,
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lecture
Institutional Transition, Leadership, and Succession: Perspectives from Founders
as author at 16th CEEMAN Annual Conference “Management Education for the Realities of Emerging Markets”, Tirana 2008,
4725 views
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