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Jan F Lourens
Dr Jannie Lourens is the co-founder of IncludeChange, a company that consults and coaches in the fields of leadership, strategy, performance and commercialisation of large industrial ventures. He ...view moreDr Jannie Lourens is the co-founder of IncludeChange, a company that consults and coaches in the fields of leadership, strategy, performance and commercialisation of large industrial ventures. He trains and coaches leaders to excel in leading change. His purpose is to help leaders and their entities to become pre-prepared and change-fit for the challenges and vast opportunities that are presented by the age of change.
Jannie's core values centre on his passion to be excellent at what he does, to include people in decisions, to build trustworthy relationships and to collaborate towards achievement of mutual purposes. His varied education and experience across many countries provide him with a rich resource to follow his passion-to add value and encourage leaders who want to lead proactively into a future that holds significant change, challenges and opportunities. He firmly holds to the view that change follows natural laws-laws one can easily understand and apply inclusively through new leadership frameworks towards a better future.
Currently Jannie is chief financial officer (CFO) for a mega-project to build a sustainable eco-industrial complex aimed to serve the growing industrial and energy markets in Southern Africa. Previously he held many senior leadership roles in strategy, new venture commercialisation, technological innovation, project management, international energy markets and consulting. His career spans across the fuels, chemicals, power generation, energy, steel, military and education sectors, among others.
Jannie completed a doctoral program in Organisational Behaviour with a honourable distinction. The research for his doctoral dissertation focused on the integration of the recently discovered theory of three-dimensional leadership behaviour, emotional intelligence, leadership visioning, and organisation citizenship. He has presented several papers and presentations on the results of his research.
Jannie also holds a Masters in Business Administration. His Masters dissertation focused on the application of artificial intelligence in strategic management. Prior to that, Jannie obtained two tertiary qualifications in Chemical Engineering.
He is a co-author of 'Management for Engineers, Technologists and Scientists', first published in the year 2000. It has subsequently been published in its 3rd edition. He is the author of the parts on business and technology strategy.view less
Books by Jan F Lourens
Leadership for the Age of Change: How to lead successfully in the 21st Century