Professor Kambiz Maani
Kambiz is an internationally recognised expert, scholar and consultant in Systems Thinking & Complexity — focusing on collaborative decision-making, consensus building and policy design. His academic and consulting career spans over 30 years in the USA, Australasia, Asia, and South America. This includes visiting positions at MIT, London Business School, Boston University, and Helsinki School of Economics (Aalto- Singapore and Taiwan).
Professor Maani was the Founding Chair in Systems Thinking and Practice at the University of Queensland (Australia), and Head of Auckland Business School at Tamaki. He established and led the Management Science Department at the University of Auckland. Later, he served as Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Massey Business School, New Zealand.
Dr Maani’s research and consulting focus on managing complexity and multi-stakeholder decision-making. He has advised and consulted extensively for numerous corporations, public organisations and government departments worldwide, and provides seminars and short courses internationally. His seminal 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”, based on his UNESCO sponsored project, was released by World Scientific in 2017.
