Michael Shamiyeh

Michael Shamiyeh holds degrees from Harvard, AA London and TU Vienna and is head and professor of DOM Research Laboratory. He concerns himself with sensing, creating and implementing desired futures in organizations. Since 2008 Michael investigates this topic also at the Department for Strategic Management at the University of St. Gallen where he co-founded the Creativity Center at the IFPM (Institut für Führung und Personalmanagement).

He helps organizations to define the framework for compelling innovation strategies, to conceive, create, and launch new innovations, and to build their own innovation capabilities. Recent clients are Siemens VAI, Borealis, Porsche Stuttgart among others. Michael has published in several international journals and books as well as popular media. His work has been awarded many times, e.g., recently with two Gold Medals for "Best Invention" given by KIWIE, Korea (2010), and the World Intellectual Property Organization (2010), and the Innovation Prize (2009), awarded by the Austrian Ministry of Science among many others.