Language English, Russian | Genre Non-fiction | |
Occupation Business owner, Educator, Author Alma mater Hartwick College (B.A.)
Case Western Reserve University (Ph.D.) Notable works Overfished Ocean Strategy;
Embedded Sustainability; Books Overfished Ocean Strategy: Powering Up Innovation for a Resource-Deprived World Education Hartwick College, Case Western Reserve University | ||
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Nadya Zhexembayeva is an author, educator and business owner. Nadya has written two and contributed to three books about business, strategy, and sustainability. In 2009, Nadya co-authored the concept of "embedded sustainability", and in 2015 introduced the term "Chief Reinvention Officer".
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- To hold on let go nadya zhexembayeva tedxnavesink
- Nadya zhexembayeva guest on ambitious radio with host doug parker episode 51
- Early life and career
- Books
- Articles and reports
- Interviews and podcasts
- References
Nadya zhexembayeva guest on ambitious radio with host doug parker episode 51
Early life and career
Zhexembayeva grew up in Almaty, Kazakhstan (then part of the Soviet Union), at the time she claims the country was "going through immense deterioration". While still at high school, Nadya started her business career selling insurance and later worked as a trainer at Association of Young Leaders, then went on to earn a Freedom Support Act scholarship that allowed her to complete two Bachelor of Arts degrees in Management and then Psychology from Hartwick College, where she was named a Faculty Scholar and John Christopher Hartwick Scholar - "the highest honor the College can confer upon a student". In 2008, Nadya obtained her Doctor of Philosophy degree from Case Western Reserve University, where she served as associate director of the Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit at Weatherhead School of Management, where as of 2016, she continues to serve on the Board of Advisors.
Nadya Zhexembayeva served as the Coca-Cola Chaired Professor of Sustainable Development at IEDC-Bled School of Management, an executive education center based in the Slovene Alps, where, as of 2016, she continues to teach courses in leadership, strategy, change management, design thinking, and sustainability. In addition to IEDC, Nadya has taught in other business schools, including CEDEP (France) and IPADE Business School (Mexico).
As a speaker, Nadya has shared her insights with audiences worldwide through keynotes, panel presentations, and workshops. She has delivered three TEDx talks in Austria, Slovenia and the US.
In 2007, Nadya co-founded WE EXIST Reinvention Agency. Based on Zhexembayeva's work with the Coca-Cola Company, ENRC Plc, IBM, CISCO, Erste Bank, Henkel, Knauf Insulation, Vienna Insurance Group on reinventing products, processes, and leadership practices In Ventures magazine called Nadya ‘The Reinvention Guru’, while TEDx Navasink named her ‘The Queen of Reinvention.’
Books
Nadya Zhexembayeva has written two books and contributed to three others that focus on strategy, innovation, and sustainability.
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