Saviesa is an independent European think and do tank based in the United Kingdom and Croatia, exploring one of the defining questions of our time: what does it mean to be human in the AI age.
It brings together leaders from education, science, technology, business, public policy, philosophy and the creative industries to explore the human values, capabilities and forms of leadership that will define successful organisations and societies in the decades ahead, through research, publications, strategic advisory work, international partnerships.
Among its flagship initiatives is The Leadership Renaissance, a global exploration of leadership. The initiative has engaged more than 100 exceptional women leaders across 32 countries, including ambassadors, chief executives, founders, investors, academics, media leaders, philanthropists and public servants.
Participants who have chosen to waive anonymity include Gina Miller, founder of SCM Direct and one of Britain's most influential campaigners for constitutional accountability; Baroness Martha Lane Fox, founder of Lastminute.com and former UK Digital Champion, Daniella Freeman, former Google leadership executive and international leadership adviser; Inka Pieh, Deputy Editor in Chief of ORF, Austria's national public broadcaster; and Dr Sarah Peers, President of the International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists;
Croatian participants include Ivana Gažić, President of the Management Board of the Zagreb Stock Exchange; Martina Bienenfeld, Chief Executive Officer of the Zagreb Tourist Board; Andrea Čović Vidović, Deputy Head of the European Commission Representation in Croatia; Professor Sanja Sever Mališ, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Zagreb and Vali Marszalek, Chair of UN Global Compact Croatia.
Saviesa is also a partner in the Future AI Readiness (FAIR) Consortium, looking at the introduction of AI into education. The consortium brings together expertise from leading institutions including Yale University, Brown University, the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, University College London, Eton College, the OECD and Wellington College Education.
Saviesa's flagship publication, Perspectives, brings together leading thinkers, researchers, artists, educators and business leaders. Contributors to the inaugural edition include Dr Vicky Charisi of MIT; Dr Shirah Z. Mansaray, Vice Chair of Amnesty International UK; Oko, one of Croatia's leading contemporary artists; and Dr Dan Đaković, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Zagreb.
Saviesa's Advisory Group and wider Network has internationally recognised leaders from education, creativity, technology and business. Members include Carl Gombrich, founding Dean of the London Interdisciplinary School; Graham Fink, BAFTA winning artist and former President of D&AD; Marine Tanguy, founder MTArt Agency and author of The Visual Detox; Andrew Wachtel, President of inVision U and member of the Council on Foreign Relations; Professor Dimitrios Salampasis, Associate Dean at Swinburne University of Technology and internationally recognised authority on financial technology, digital innovation and sustainable finance; Tom Krajačić, founder and Creative Director of Kofein; and Filip Macukić, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mediartem AI and former Google public policy specialist.
By connecting ideas across disciplines, sectors and borders, Saviesa is helping shape a more thoughtful, more human future for leadership, education and society.