Kambiz Maani

Kambiz Maani is an acknowledged international scholar and author in Systems Thinking and Complexity Management. His academic and consulting career spans over 30 years in the USA, Australasia, Asia, and South America including visiting positions at MIT, London Business School, Boston University, and Helsinki School of Economics (Aalto). His research and consulting focus on managing complexity and multi-stakeholder collaboration and decision making. Professor Maani was the Founding Chair in Systems Thinking and Practice at the University of Queensland (Australia) and served as Head of Management Science Department, and Business School Division, and Director of MBA at the University of Auckland. Most recently, he served as Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research at Massey University, New Zealand. Dr Maani has advised and consulted extensively to numerous corporations and government departments worldwide and provides seminars and short courses internationally. His book “Systems thinking, Systems Dynamics - Managing Change and Complexity”, now in its second edition with multiple reprints, is used at universities, governments and organisations around the world. His latest book “Multi Stakeholder Decision Making for Complexity - Systems Approach & Cases” was released by World Scientific Press in January 2017.