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Education will need to address the challenges of the modern world, where resource scarcity is an everyday reality, and the awareness of the necessity for their efficient use is widespread.
Łukasz Fojutowski, PhD
This will significantly influence the perception of individual aptitudes of students and the role of the teacher-mentor. The education system will focus on personalizing content, methods, and learning tools, leveraging virtual technologies.
The Future of Education: Scenarios for 2046
Łukasz Fojutowski, PhD
Doctor of Economic Sciences specializing in business strategy, a higher education manager with extensive experience, certified management consultant, business trainer, tutor, and ICF-accredited coach. He focuses on designing educational services for universities and development programs for managers in organizations.
As a co-owner of the consulting company Klinika Organizacji, he is engaged in developing business growth strategies and advising managers on team management, employee potential assessment, and analyzing and transforming organizational culture. He conducts workshops and coaching processes focused on communication and collaboration within teams, enhancing managerial competencies, and managing change.
Key Areas of Expertise and Activities:
Designing Educational Services: Creating customized educational solutions for universities.
Quality Audits in Higher Education: Conducting audits of educational quality in universities and providing guidance on implementing changes.
Competency and Talent Management Projects: Diagnosing competencies, managing talents within organizations, and exploring AI applications in education.
Online Education Consulting: Advising universities and businesses on e-learning and digital education strategies.
Trend Analysis and Research: Conducting studies and preparing reports and analyses on future competencies, employee potential, and organizational trends.
Academic and Professional Contributions:
Author and co-author of scientific articles, studies, and reports on future competencies, employee potential diagnostics, team management, and the silver economy.
Over 12 years in leadership roles at private universities, including Vice-Rector, Associate Dean, and Rector’s Representative, focusing on teaching management, developing study programs and e-learning courses, and implementing technological solutions for online education.
Role in the Foundation:
A manager who has been promoted within their department may strongly believe that they need to reinforce the behaviors for which they were recognized.
Adriana Szmuc
As a result, they become even more involved than before, imposing their ways of working on their employees, as they believe these methods yield the best results. However, what is truly necessary is self-reflection—a step back to evaluate the work process and develop new methods collaboratively with their team.
What a Manager Should Remember
Adriana Szmuc
Economist, certified service designer, tutor, and management consultant.
With over 15 years of experience as a manager in the education sector, she has held key leadership roles. Adriana managed a small private university as its director and later oversaw service departments at a university in Poznań, leading one of the most significant customer service transformations (for students and faculty) in the Polish education market.
Currently, she is a co-owner of a consulting firm, advising clients in management and supporting managers in developing leadership competencies. She also helps startups structure their business operations to prepare for scaling. An initiator of numerous projects focusing on team building, competency management in organizations, and solutions at the intersection of business and IT. Her expertise includes designing services, where she has co-created innovative solutions for the financial industry.
Key Areas of Expertise and Activities:
Diversity Advocacy: Actively promotes diversity in organizations and supports women through leadership workshops and events focused on skill enhancement and career development.
Senior Workforce Integration: Works on leveraging the competencies and experiences of older individuals in the evolving job market.
Business Support: Provides consulting in management, process optimization, and change management.
Development Plans for Re/Up-Skilling: Designs personalized development plans for individuals of all ages and teams within companies, based on audits of their competencies.
Higher Education Consulting: Advises universities on managing administrative processes, recruitment, planning, and implementing ICT technologies to enhance institutional processes.
Research and Development Projects: Manages research and development projects within the Foundation and prepares methodologies for project management practices.
In the Foundation, Adriana focuses on:
As Kurt Lewin once said, “There is nothing more practical than a good theory.” This principle underscores the importance of skillfully combining theory with practice to create an attractive educational offering. Graduates of the programs we design are equipped with the necessary theoretical knowledge as well as a wide range of practical skills. They are meant to be well-rounded individuals, equipped with practical competencies that enable them to thrive in the job market.
Prof. UAM dr hab. Szymon Ossowski
Prof. UAM dr hab. Szymon Ossowski
Doctor habilitatus of Social Sciences in the discipline of Political Science and Administration
University professor in the Department of Social Communication at Adam Mickiewicz University (UAM), Vice-Dean for Student Affairs at the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, creator and head of the “Postgraduate Studies in Marketing Communication and Public Relations” and the master’s program “New Media in Communication.”
Professional Memberships and Roles:
Member of the Board of the Polish Society for Social Communication.
Founding member of the Polish Scientific Society for Press Law.
Member of the Council of the Doctoral School of Social Sciences and the Council of Education at the School of Social Sciences at UAM.
Member of the Social Communication and Media Studies Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Expert for the Polish Accreditation Committee in the discipline of social communication and media studies.
Research and Publications:
Author of numerous publications on political marketing, media politicization and mediatization, the role of media freedom in liberal democracy, social marketing, public relations, and local communication.
Professional Experience:
Public Relations Officer at the Tax Office in Poznań (2003–2007).
Editor-in-Chief of Ratajska Cable Television (2007–2022).
Regular commentator on current political and social events in regional and national media.
Community Involvement:
Chairman of the Żegrze Housing Estate Council (a subsidiary unit of the City of Poznań) and co-author of two successful projects under the Poznań Civic Budget: “RoweLove Rataje” and “Sportowe Żegrze.”
Role in the Foundation:
Artur Brzyski
Consultant and Manager
For 15 years, Artur has specialized in two key areas: business development strategies and the design and development of products, including educational products for universities. His primary goals in collaboration with organizations are to enhance competitiveness, increase profitability, and implement effective processes that energize and motivate teams to achieve these objectives.
As an Independent Consultant:
Artur supports companies in management and development-related areas, tailoring methodologies to their goals. His expertise spans Agile/Scrum, Kanban, Design Thinking, Service Design, Lean Startup, and Continuous Product Discovery.
Areas of Collaboration:
He partners with businesses in designing innovations, developing products and services, and formulating and executing strategies.
Notable Clients Include:
Visa, BlueMedia, mBank, Santander, Konica Minolta, Eurocash, the City of Poznań, and LUG.
Knowledge Sharing:
Artur shares his practical experience through training sessions, workshops, and as a lecturer in MBA and postgraduate studies.
Progress, including technological advancements, is inevitable.
Artur Pohl, PhD
It presents new challenges for humanity, but also offers opportunities and solutions to existing problems. The same applies to the education sector, including higher education, where skillfully implemented innovations enable the improvement of the quality and conditions of teaching. At the same time, these advancements create a need for the continuous adaptation of study programs to new realities and the evolving expectations of students and the socio-economic environment.
Artur Pohl, PhD
Doctor of Social Sciences in Political Science
Assistant professor in the Department of Non-European Political Studies at the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism at Adam Mickiewicz University (UAM). Recipient of scholarships at numerous international research institutions, author of numerous academic publications, and member of the Polish Political Science Association. Coordinator of the “Social Innovation Laboratory” project, aimed at enhancing students’ professional, analytical, IT, and entrepreneurial skills.
Professional Expertise:
For over 10 years, Dr. Pohl has been involved in designing, reviewing, and adapting study programs to meet legal requirements and market needs. He is a co-creator of a system for planning and managing the educational process and serves as the coordinator of the course planning section at the Faculty of Political Science and Journalism at UAM.
Innovative Approach:
He advocates leveraging technological and social innovations and adopting proven solutions from other countries to address the challenges of the modern world.
Role in the Foundation:
Iwona Folleher
Master of Engineering graduate from Wrocław University of Technology, specializing in Environmental Engineering with a focus on heating and refrigeration.
Professional Experience:
With over 25 years of experience as a manager in marketing and sales, Iwona has achieved significant milestones in her career:
Successfully introduced the first company-owned stores in Poland for a major heating technology company, implementing know-how in procedures, visual standards, and employee training.
Conducted coaching and mentoring for business owners and delivered sales training for their employees and collaborating installers.
Served as Marketing Director for one of the largest companies in the HVAC industry, where she developed strategies and led numerous B2C and B2B marketing campaigns.
Expertise and Contributions:
Iwona possesses extensive, long-standing knowledge of the heating technology market and has been the creator of numerous innovative projects that have been successfully implemented and executed.