Richard Straub

Background

About Richard Straub

Richard Straub has drawn his ample experience of leadership and management from a 32-year career at IBM during which, among other things, he was instrumental in developing IBM’s PC business in Austria and Europe. As IBM Chief Learning Officer he oversaw the initial drive toward e-learning to enhance traditional education programs. Over the past decade, he and his wife Ilse have built up the Global Peter Drucker Forum. Its aim is the continuous improvement of the practice of management in business and in society. The Drucker Forum is recognized globally as a leading management conference, as reflected in strategic partnerships with the likes of the Harvard Business Review, the Financial Times and the City of Vienna.In 2012 Richard Straub was awarded the Heinz von Foerster Prize for Organizational Cybernetics and in 2019 he received the Grand Decoration of Honor for the Republic of Austria in recognition of the impact and reputation of the Drucker Forum.Key Websites Drucker Forum - Society of Austria: Challenge Contest: Learning Industry Group (ELIG)- Foundation for Management Development (EFMD)- Global Peter Drucker Forum:@GDrudkerForum - https://twitter.com/GDruckerForum/Richard Straub:@rstraub46: https://twitter.com/rstraub46Global Peter Drucker Challenge:@druckerchlng - https://twitter.com/druckerchlngEuropean Learning Industry Group (ELIG):@https://twitter.com/EULearningRichard is married with Ilse and has 2 Children and 4 Grandchildren.Focus Areas: General Management, Learning Solutions, Human Capital Management, Knowledge Management, Open Innovation