Vittorio D'Amato is Professor of Leadership & Management at LIUC - Università Cattaneo. He is the founder and Director of CeRCA-Research Centre on Change & Organisational Learning at LIUC - Università Cattaneo. He is also the Director of the Second Level Master Degree EMBA (Executive Master in Business Administration), Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Business and Management Specialisation Pathway in Human Resources Management, Director of the Second Level Master's Degree in Mechatronics & Management - MEMA, and Scientific President of the Second Level Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management & Organisational Learning - HUREMOL at LIUC - Università Cattaneo. Vittorio is also the promoter and responsible for the ALP-Accelerated Leadership Program at LIUC-Università Cattaneo. He has written 11 books and more than 20 articles. Vittorio is the founder and president of AIADS- Italian Association of System Dynamic Analysis. The Association, founded in 1987, is a non-profit organisation which aims to develop and spread systems thinking, dialogue, mental model and organisational learning. Vittorio is the President of AKRON srl, a consulting and training company with a mission to help clients build management and business models that really enable people to do their best and be fully engaged. Vittorio advises companies in Italy and Europe and consults and speaks around the world on topics such as management innovation, management change, organisational learning and systems thinking, leadership and making strategy happen. In 2010, Vittorio was announced as the first ever recipient of CFMT's (Training Centre on Service Management) “Excellence in Teaching Award”.
