VLATKA HLUPIC


AWARD-WINNING THOUGHT LEADER, CEO ADVISOR, PROFESSOR &


BESTSELLING AUTHOR


FROM BLACKBOARDS TO BOARDROOMS: A JOURNEY IN LEADERSHIP TRANSFORMATION


From a young age, the seeds of service, leadership, and transformation were already taking root for Vlatka Hlupic, an international award- winning thought leader, CEO advisor, Professor, and bestselling author of ‘The Management Shift’ and ‘Humane Capital’.


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At seven years old, I found myself already engrossed in reading and writing before formal


schooling even


started,” she explains. Her teacher suggested she be fast-tracked at school, but her parents wanted her to have a “normal childhood”, so her father bought her a blackboard instead. The young Vlatka proceeded


to


and the experience them opened


her


teach her friends of tutoring eyes to how


rewarding education, leadership and empowerment could be. Fast forward to 2025 where this distinguished academic, CEO advisor and entrepreneur has just been made a Dame. Her


methodologies


innovative, research-based and tools have


helped many organisations make changes that create more fulfilling and purposeful work environments.


A LIFELONG DEVOTION TO LEADERSHIP & SERVICE The lessons for friends around the blackboard in the front room of her childhood home was the beginning of Professor Dame Vlatka Ariaana Hlupic’s lifelong


mission to


transform leadership and create a more humanised world of business. “It empowered me, taking on


a leadership role at a young age,” she explains. “At the age of seven, I started a life of service, and that has been a clear purpose and goal for me, to serve humanity, to serve and empower people, especially women.” Professor Hlupic grew up in


Croatia and attended the XV Gymnasium (known as MIOC) in Zabreb, a prestigious maths school. After graduating, she read Economic Cybernetics at


the University of Zagreb, followed by an


MSc in Information Systems, before moving to the UK to study a PhD in Information Systems at the London School of Economics (LSE). Initially, she had dreamed of becoming a fashion designer, because


of her


passion for art and creativity, but her parents encouraged her to pursue a more mainstream career which would draw on her academic abilities and credentials. She was a gifted child who was in everything” and


“interested


studied Economic Cybernetics and Computer Science at University at a time when both disciplines were


an unusual choice for a


young woman. She was not just interested in STEM subjects, however, and immersed herself in studying organisational behaviour, psychology and among other


neuroscience subjects. After finishing her studies, she enjoyed


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