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Mr. Oliver Christopher Will
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Karlsruhe
Germany
Biography
since 2008 Founder and Managing Director, Die Strategiemanufaktur /
The Strategy Architects, Karlsruhe (www.strategiemanufaktur.de)
Focusing on Public - and Non-Profit-Sector-Sector Consultancy as well as Cross-
sectoral Dialogue and Exchange Programmes
2002 – 2007 Member of the Management-Team of the Führungsakademie Baden-Württemberg (Leadership
Academy of the State of Bade-Wurtemberg) Director Leadership Programmes, Strategy and
International Affairs
1997 – 2002 Department of Science and Arts Baden-Wurtemberg
Responsible for State Museums and Commissioner for New Public Management
1993 – 1997 Managing Director of the Europäischen Zentrums für
Föderalismus-Forschung (European Centre for Research on Federalism) Tübingen and
Brussels
1992 – 1993 Mercedes-Benz AG, Corporate Development Unit
Education
• History, Law and Politics at the University of Tübingen and University of Durham, University College, (UK)
• Leibniz Kolleg, Tübingen
Visiting Lecturer
• Zeppelin University, Department Public Management and Governance, Friedrichshafen (since 2006)
• Hertie School of Governance, Berlin
Memberships
• Member of the German Section of International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS)
• Member of the Strategic Management Society (SMS)
• Member of German Council on Foreign Relations
• Former Member of the Board of Gesellschaft für Programmforschung (GfP 2007-2013)
(Forum for practitioners and academia discussing shaping and monitoring of government programmes)
Publications (selected):
• Oliver Will, Smarte Städte benötigen eine integrierte Verwaltung. In: Städtetag aktuell 8/17.
• Harald Plamper, Oliver Will, Regional Transition – eine Managementaufgabe. In: Innovative
Regionalmanagement im demografischen Wandel. Springer-Verlag 2017.
• Oliver Will, TechnologiePark 21. Ein Zukunftsbild. Karlsruhe 2016.
• Oliver Will, Haltung. Kooperationskompetenz in Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Staat im 21.
Jahrhundert. Bad Homburg v.d.H. 2012.
• Diversity-Management. In: Handbuch Kommunalpolitik. Stuttgart 2010
• Innovation is making Paradoxes Work. Re-Imaging the Role of Civil Service Leadership for an Innovative
Society. In: Stamm, B.v./Trifilova, A. (eds), The Future of Innovation. Farnham UK/Burlington USA.
2009.
• Die intelligente Verwaltung – Strategien eines neuen Grenzmanagements. In: Maravic, P. von / Priddat,
B.P. (Hrsg.): Öffentlich / Privat: Verwaltung als Schnittstellenmanagement? Beiträge zur Reorganisation
des Staates 1. Marburg 2008.
Areas of interests in TH research
Combining technological, social and institutional innovation / next co-production arenas / Ecosystems - making ecosystems work
Areas of competence and expertise in TH research
Smart City Governance / Next Techpark-Projects (e.g. Karlsruhe, Berlin)
Main works and publications
Short CV
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