On June 6, 2018 at 18:00 CEST oikos will host a webinar on Cross Cultural Management. oikos LEAP and Knowledge Exchange Expedition (KEE) will come together to ensure the best learning experience.

The webinar will offer an insight into the LEAP Meeting in October, that will focus on developing 8 competencies for strong and effective leadership. Displaying intercultural competence is one of the 8 pillars of the Competence Model. The webinar will teach participants to facilitate successful communication and collaboration among people from different cultural contexts and backgrounds.

KEE will bring the diverse cultural experience to the webinar with the leading speaker Saurav Kumar Das,  oikos Jamshedpur alumni and current Indian alumni ambassador. He works in India as an Associate Manager, Talent Management & Lead at Hero MotoCorp. He has several years of experience in supporting multicultural teams composed of Japanese, Indian, German and other nationalities to work effectively in his company.

However, to make the webinar more interactive, we are seeking alumni to lead breakout sessions of the webinar.

Call for alumni with work experience in cross cultural management. If you have experience or know someone within the alumni network with enough experience in cross cultural management, please contact oikos Outreach Manager via email, clementine.robert@oikos-international.org

The webinar is open for every oikos member and alumni. Those interested in joining LEAP 2018-2019 cohort are especially welcome.

Registration

In 2018, oikos is coming to Geneva. The theme for this year’s FutureLab is “Building Lasting Change”, with an interactive program focusing on oikos’ goal to make change both in the classroom and in the broader world.

The oikos FutureLab 2018 will bring together a diverse representation of the oikos community and will allow in-depth discussions and exchange. We cordially invite active student members from oikos Chapters, alumni, faculty, advisors and partners to join us in October in Geneva.

Please, learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/2rnuMaO

You can view our FutureLab Archive here

oikos Bratislava along with Ekotopfilm – Envirofilm will host  oikos Film Festival at the University of Economics in Bratislava. The films presented at the festival include:

1.)  HOLY (UN) HOLY RIVER

2.) THE FUTURE OF CITIES

3.) SAFARI TOURISM: PAYING TO KILL

oikos Graz, along will Dokuabende Graz and Austrian Medical Student’s Association will organize a movie screening of  a film An Inconvenient Sequel – Truth to Power. The film follows Al Gore, former US Vice President and presidential candidate,  as  he continues his tireless struggle against global warming.

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Over the past two decades, our consumption of clothing has risen by 400 percent. Prices of the fashion garments has been falling rapidly, but so have their quality.  As a result, the environment and people suffer from these rapid production and consumption patterns.

To kick off the discussion on the topic oikos Cologne will organize a movie screening of “The True Cost” by Andrew Morgan together.

oikos Belgrade will c0-host a Panel Discussion on Sustainable Development.

Panelists include:

– Mr. Goran Čabradi, Green Party
– Prof. Dr Darko Nadić, Head of CEPOR and Master Program Environmental Policy
– Andrej Bojić, Ministry of Environmental Protection

Moderator: MA Marko Vujić, Head of the Master Studies Ecological Policy
He is being held at the Center for American Studies at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade.

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As part of KlimaWoche, oikos Bayreuth and Greenpeace Bayreuth are jointly organizing the DIY workshop “Care Products”.
The participants will be able to  make care products such as body cream, scrubs, tooth and shaving cream as well as cosmetic products such as face powder.

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Microplastics has become a very relevant topic in recent years as it can have a massive environmental impact. That is why  oikos Bayreuth, Global Brigades, and GHG came together to organizing a lecture on this topic to celebrate the Climate Week.

The speaker will be Sarah Piehl, Ph.D student, whose research focus is the contamination of the environment with microplastics and the associated effects on organisms and ecosystems.

The topics covered include:
– plastic production – improper disposal – emergence of microplastics
– Occurrence of microplastic in the environment
– Effects of microplastics on organisms, ecosystems
– Problem solving strategies
– Current state of research

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The last webinar of oikos LEAP 2017/2018 will be about “Creating Behavior that Lasts” and we have the honor to have a high-level speaker: Dr. Marshall Goldsmith.

Marshall’s professional acknowledgments include:

• Harvard Business Review and Best Practices Institute – World’s #1 Leadership Thinker,
• Global Gurus, INC and Fast Company magazines – World’s #1 Executive Coach,
• Institute for Management Studies – Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching,
• American Management Association – 50 great thinkers and leaders who have influenced the field of management over the past 80 years,
• BusinessWeek – 50 great leaders in America,
• Wall Street Journal – top ten executive educators, Economist (UK) – most credible executive advisors in the new era of business,
• National Academy of Human Resources – Fellow of the Academy (America’s top HR award),
• World HRD Congress (India) – global leader in HR thinking.

His work has been recognized by almost every professional organization in his field.

Look at his biography here: http://www.marshallgoldsmith.com/about/

We are looking forward to his webinar on 28th of May at 18:00 CEST.  This webinar is open only for LEAP Advanced participants.