Isabella Mader

Isabella Mader is CEO of the Excellence Research, Executive Advisor of the Global Peter Drucker Forum, university lecturer on IT-strategy, organizational behavior, information and knowledge management, and collaboration.

2013 she was awarded “Top CIO of the Year“ (A).

Before her current position she acted as the CEO of a software company and worked at the United Nations/CTBTO in the field of methodology development.

She holds a BA in Business Administration (Regensburg/Germany), a postgraduate MSc in Strategic Information Management and a MSc in Business Psychology from Middlesex University London.

At Excellence Research she concentrates on knowledge management, information management, IT strategy, communities, networks and network economy as well as business psychology..
Current projects:
3-11/2021: Mental Health and the post Covid Workplace (a clinical study on factors contributing to depressioin, currently working on the publication)
11/2021 – 12/2022: Mental Health and the post Covid Workplace – phase 2 (clinical study on a broad array of triggers of depression; participants can join until 12/2023)
1-8/2022: Book “How to make Knowledge Management successful – Handbook with self-check, tool-selection wizard and toolbox. ISO 9001:2015 compliant (book will be published in German: Wissensmanagement erfolgreich umsetzen – Praxisleitfaden mit Self-Check, Toolselektionshilfe und Toolbox. ISO 9001:2015 konform).

Watch sample talks

7th Global Peter Drucker Forum

E-Day 2017 WKO (Austrian Federal Economic Chamber)

Keynote (in German), @ Austria Center Vienna

Further activities, references and publications

Member of the Foreign Policy and United Nations Association of Austria

Member of the Board, International Forum on Business Communication (IFWK)

Publisher, Executive Business News xbn.news

Member of Major Cities of Europe

Royal Society of the Arts Fellow

Meet me 2023

21. März 2023: IFWK Pressestunde, Wiener Börse
29./30. März 2023: CIO Summit und CIO Award Gala
27. April 2023: European Cities Conference. Keynote Culture, Strategy & Breakfast.
27.-29. September 2023: KGSt Forum, Hamburg. Panel: Intranet – from Information Platform to Corporate Living Room
30. November/1. Dezember 2023: Global Peter Drucker Forum

Meet me 2022

25. Februar 2022: Wien Holding Business Talk
1. April 2022: CIO Award Ceremony
16. Mai 2022: IFWK Green Investing & Green Washing, Podiumsdiskussion, Wiener Börse
9. Juni 2022: Wien Holding Business Talk
20. Juni 2022: AK Unternehmenskultur: Wissen & Kollaboration (Vortrag), Wirtschaftskammer Wien
14. September 2022: Vienna Center for Management Innovation, Wien
19. Oktober 2022: Digital Days, Panel
18. November 2022: Global Peter Drucker Forum, Panel “Passion & Purpose”

Meet me 2021 as a speaker or host at these events

23 March 2021 Digital Salon Vienna “Digital Public Services”
30 June 2021 “A Day of Drucker” by the Global Peter Drucker Forum, speaker Post Scriptum Session
2 September 2021 European Forum Alpbach, Panel: ‘Evidence-based policy: Kaizen in the policy making process’
20. – 21. September 2020 European Public Administration Congress, Keynote
13 – 15 October 2021 Major Cities of Europe Conference, Keynote
17 – 19 November 2021 Global Peter Drucker Forum

Meet me 2020 as a speaker or host at these events

26 May 2020 IFWK Press Event “China’s Delight, Europe’s Fright”
15 June 2020 Digital Salon Vienna, “The digital Museum”
27 Juli 2020 Digital Salon Vienna, “Hedy Lamarr Award”
31 August 2020 IFWK: Regionalization, Globalization, Digitalization – The Post-Covid World Economy
11 October 2020 Zukunft Personal Digital, Keynote Stage with Dave Ulrich
13 October 2020 Zukunft Personal Digital: Panel “Leadership, operations & services in times of crisis”
15 September 2020 Drucker Forum Virtual Round Table “Future of the Office”
21 September 2020 Digital Salon Vienna “Corona and the Classical Music Revolution”
19 October 2020 Digital Salon Vienna, Expert Talk
22 October 2020 Innovate 2020 – Public Sector Innovation Management Conference
29 – 30 October 2020 Global Peter Drucker Forum
20 November 2020 eLearning SUMMIT Barcamp

Meet me 2019 as a speaker or host at these events:

3 – 4 April 2019 CIO Summit, Vienna
20 – 21 May 2019 Business Agility Conference, Vienna
13 – 14 June 2019 Major Cities of Europe Conference, Venice
20 – 22 November 2019 Global Peter Drucker Forum, Vienna

Meet me 2018 as a speaker or host at these events

12 Feb 2018: Brexit, Trump and Fake News – IFWK Panel with Michael Hayman MBE, Ingrid Brodnig, Katharina Schell, Isabella Mader. Moderation: Kerry Skyring. Austria Press Agency, Vienna.
21 Februar 2018: manager lounge Panel (Manager Magazine), Vienna
15. März 2018: Panelist, ShareTech Summit, European Commission, Bratislava
23 März 2018: Next Act 2020, Cologne
16 April 2018: Panel Smart Living 2030, Wiener Zeitung
23 April 2018: Unternehmenskultur in der Praxis: Buchpräsentation mit Co-AutorInnen, Wifi Wien
24 April 2018: Keynote, Strategie 2028, Wiener Linien Event Center
29 May 2018: Major Cities of Europe, Leipzig, Germany “Success Factors of Participation Projects”
13 June 2018: SAP Education Forum Vienna – talk on collaboration, knowledge and learning today
22 June 2018: DataSea EU Project Final Conference, Valencia, Spain, Talk on Open Data, Open Research Data – international perspectives
10 July 2018: “Verhalten gestalten” Leadership Workshop, ThinkPort, Vienna
23-28 July 2018: Writing Retreat somewhere in the Austrian Alps
3 Sept. 2018: The DNA of the excellent enterprise, Drucker Dialogue, WdF, Federation of Industries, Vienna
12 Sept. 2018: Executive Round Table, Zukunft Personal & Global Peter Drucker Forum, Köln
17 Sept. 2018: Panel “Digital Human & Innovation as a Societal Responsibility”, Munich, Advantage Austria/Austrian Federal Economic Chamber & Global Peter Drucker Forum
16 Oct. 2018: Risk Management Kongress, Cologne. Talk on “Risk Machine or Risk Human?”
18 Oct. 2018 Future of Management, IFWK & Global Peter Drucker Forum & HP & AgileExperts @ Presseclub Concordia
14 Nov. 2018: Keynote, Zukunft Personal Austria: “If the Boss is an Algorithm”
28 Nov. 2018: Innovation Leadership Summit, pre-conference, Global Peter Drucker Forum, Vienna
29-30 Nov. 2018: Global Peter Drucker Forum, Hofburg Imperial Palace, Vienna
Once a month: Digital Salon, Co-Host. Wieden Salons, Vienna

Meet me 2017

7 March 2017: European Cities Conference; Keynote “Sharing Economy”. Vienna, Ares Tower.
22 March 2017: Ring Lecture “The New Democracy”, Graz University
30 March 2017: CIO Summit 2017, Panel Future Challenges. Schönbrunn, Vienna.
4 April 2017: Logistics Club; Impuls Qualification in Network Society. Vienna.
12 April 2017: E-Day Austrian Federal Economic Chamber; Keynote. Austria Center Vienna.
18 May 2017: Digitalize Conference, Keynote. Florido Tower, Wien.
30 May 2017: XEROX Future of Work Global Tour, Impulse. biz zwei, Vienna.
1-3 June 2017: Alpbach ReThink, Linz.
8 June 2017: “When the gig economy meets professional services”; internal Conference London Business School, London.
12-14 June 2017: Major Cities of Europe Conference, Session Keynote “Government Innovation”, Zagreb.
22 (internal)-23 (public) June 2017: Progressive Economy Symposium, introductory Keynote 22 June, MAK, Vienna.
14 September 2017: Forum Green Logistics, Keynote “Digitalization”, Wien.
1-2 October 2017: Toblach Talks, Panel Sharing Economy, Toblach, Italy.
17-18 November 2017: Session Chair, Global Peter Drucker Forum, Aula der Wissenschaften, Vienna.
Every last Monday of the month: Digital Salon, Co-Host. Wieden Salons.

References (excerpt)

Public Administration Academy / Austrian Federal Chancery
Public Administration Academy of the Vienna City Administration
Executive Office of the Vienna City Administration
Austrian Ministry of Finance
Wien Holding GmbH
Otto Group
Vienna Utilities / Wiener Stadtwerke
Wiener Linien
ÖBB Holding (Austrian Railways)
DEG Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft
Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
Nagra – National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, Switzerland
Kapsch BusinessCom AG
Pfizer Corporation Austria GmbH
gewusst wie Drogerien
OIT GmbH
SABIO GmbH
SOS Kinderdorf International
CTBTO – Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation
Brush-T International
Vienna Tourist Board
Royal Thai Embassy & Permanent Mission to the United Nations

Publications:

	The Silent Revolution [article in German: Die stille Revolution] Changes in Society through Network and Sharing Economy Mader, Isabella Harvard Business Manager 03/2016 Abstract: https://heft.harvardbusinessmanager.de/digital/#HM/2016/3/142518637 Magazine: http://www.harvardbusinessmanager.de/heft/index-2016-3.html
	A Moment of Truth Mader, Isabella Global Peter Drucker Forum Blog 23 November 2015 Link: http://www.druckerforum.org/blog/?p=1097
	Wann wird Risikovermeidung selbst zum Risiko? (in German) [When Risk Avoidance Becomes The Risk Itself] – available in English soon In: Österreichisches Jahrbuch für Risikomanagement (2016) Download article PDF Order: www.tuv.at/fachverlag
	wien mags wissen: Die Wissensmanagement-Strategie der Stadt Wien (in German) [The Knowledge Management Strategy of the Vienna City Administration] Mader, Isabella / Biwald, Maximilian In: Lutz, B. (Hrsg. 2015): Wissen verändert. Beiträge zu den Kremser Wissensmanagement-Tagen 2014. Krems, Edition Donau-Universität. Erscheint Anfang 2015 Download ab Erscheinen verfügbarwien mags wissen: Die Wissensmanagement-Strategie der Stadt Wien. Strategisches Wissensmanagement in der öffentlichen Verwaltung kann Begeisterung generieren (in German) [The Knowledge Management Strategy of the Vienna City Administration. Strategic Knowledge Management in Public Administration can generate Engagement] Mader, Isabella / Biwald, Maximilian Conference Proceedings, BITKOM KnowTech 2014, Frankfurt/M. Paper Download: Stadt Wien_Konferenzbeitrag_KnowTech Frankfurt 15-16 Okt 2014
	Making Public Sector Knowledge Management Work: The Knowledge Management Strategy of the Vienna Municipality. Mader, Isabella, Biwald, Maximilian Conference Presentation. 14th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change in Organizations University of Oxford, Said Business School, August 2014
	Beste Business Strategien für XING und LinkedIn (in German) [Best Strategies in Business Networking for XING and LinkedIn] Shah, Michael Rajiv / Mader, Isabella Data Becker Verlag May 2012Link zu amazon
	Information Overload als Produktivitätsfalle. (in German) [Information Overload is the Productivity Trap] Blog “Knowledge- and Information Managment” in the TM 2.0 News of the Rhyne-Westfalia Technical University Aachen (RWTH). Link
	Kann Coca-Cola ein Freund sein? (in German) [Can Coca Cola be a Friend?] Mader, Isabella/Shah, Michael Rajiv (c) Wirtschaftsblatt, 24.02.2011 Online Version: Kann Coca-Cola ein Freund sein? Download pdf: Wirtschaftsblatt Kann Coca-Cola ein Freund sein?
	Personal Learning Environments in der Lehre: Synergie von Kollaboration und Wissensmanagement. (in German) [Personal Learning Environments in Education: Synergy of Collaboration and Knowledge Management] Herget, Josef/Mader, Isabella. In: Risku, Hanna & Peschl, Markus (2010): Kollektive Wissensgenerierung, Lernen und Innovation – theoretische, kognitive und technologische Grundlagen. Vienna University Press, Wien, Göttingen. Link zu amazon
	Die Kraft der Netzwerke. (in German) [The Power of Networks] Isabella Mader Kulturkontakt Magazin Winter 2010/2011 Link Download: Kulturkontakt Magazin Artikel Kraft der Netzwerke
	Spuren im Web. Die digitale Identität und ihre Fallstricke. (in German] [Online Traces. The Digital Identity and its Pitfalls] Josef Herget/Isabella Mader Der Standard, 15.8.2009 Download: Spuren im Web digitale Identitaet Standard 2009-08-15
	Weiterbildungsstudiengänge für die Karriereplanung aus Hochschul- und Studierendensicht. Herausforderungen und Trends. (in German) [Post-graduate Education and its Impact on Career Planning from the Viewpoint of Universities and Students. Challenges and Trends] Mader, Isabella/Herget, Josef Zeitschrift für Informationswissenschaft & Praxis IWP 04/2009. [Magazine for Information Science] Download: Weiterbildungsstudiengänge_IWP_Herget-Mader
	Die 11 Erfolgsfaktoren der Wissensbewahrung. (in German) [The 11 Success Factors of Knowledge Preservation] Herget, Josef/Mader, Isabella Wissensmanagement Magazin, Vol. 04/09. [Knowledge Management Magazine] Download: Die 11 Erfolgsfaktoren der Wissensbewahrung_Wissensmanagement Magazin_Herget-Mader_2009
	Auswirkungen der Globalisierung auf die Informationspraxis – Anforderungen und notwendige Kompetenzentwicklung. (in German) [Globalization and the Practice of Information Management – Requirements and necessary Competence Development] Mader, Isabella/Herget, Josef Conference Article, DGI Online Conference, Frankfurt, 2009. Download: Auswirkungen der Globalisierung auf die Kompetenzentwicklung_DGI_Mader_Herget
	Informelles Lernen in virtuellen Netzwerken – Kompetenzvermittlung und -transfer durch Social Software. (in German) [Informal Learning in virtual Networks – Competence Development with Social Software] Herget, Josef; Mader, Isabella (2009), Proceedings, DGI Online Tagung, Frankfurt, 2009. Download: Informelles Lernen in virtuellen Netzwerken
	Web 2.0 – Herausforderungen für die Kommunikationsstrategien der Unternehmen. (in German) [Web 2.0 – Challenges for Corporate Communication Strategies] Mader, Isabella/Herget, Josef Conference Article, International Symposium on Information Science, Konstanz, 2009
	Social Software in der externen Unternehmenskommunikation. (in German) [Social Software in Corporate Communications] Mader, Isabella/Herget, Josef Zeitschrift für Informationswissenschaft & Praxis IWP 04/2009. [Magazine for Information Science] Download: Social Software in der externen Unternehmenskommunikation_IWP_Mader-Herget
	InfoMap – Ein Meta-Instrument zur Evaluation des Informationsmanagments. (in German) [InfoMap – A Meta Instrument for the Evaluation of Information Management] Mader, Isabella/Herget, Josef Conference article, DGI Online Conference, Frankfurt, 2009. Download: InfoMap – Ein Meta-Instrument zur Evaluation des Informationsmanagments_DGI_Mader-Herget
	Persönliches Informationsmanagement: Wege aus der täglichen Informationsflut. (in German) [Personal Information Management: Ways Out Of Daily Information Overload] Mader, Isabella/Herget, Josef. Conference article, KnowTech 2008, Frankfurt. Download: Persönliches Informationsmanagement – Wege aus der täglichen Informationsflut_KnowTech_Mader-Herget
	Indice de Intensidad Web 2.0. Modelo, Parámetro y Evidencia Empírica. (in Spanish) Web 2.0 Intensity Index. Model, Parametric and Empirical Evidence] LIS-EPI Conference 2008, Valencia. Mader, Isabella
	Das Methodenrepertoire des Strategischen Informationsmanagements. Eine exemplarische “Tool Box”. (in German) [The Methods Repertoire of Strategic Information Management. An exemplary “Toolbox”.] Mader, Isabella. Krems, 2007