Demyan Om Dyakiv-Slavitski

Blogger, Business mentor, Change Agent, Connector, Designer, Educator/Teacher, Entrepreneur, Idea generator, Journalist, Musician, Parent, Philanthropist, Producer, Project manager, Social entrepreneur, Writer/Editor

Philosopher. Public figure. Civic scientist. Intellectual history, sociocultural anthropology, political philosophy, and philosophy of culture researcher. Founding president and programme director at independent think tank Cultural Hub NGO, NPO. Author and curator of the 'Philosophical Garden', an international dialogue programme (Europe, Ukraine). Co-curator of the 'Wars.Ukrainians.Humanity | Facts—>Essays—>Values—>Virtues', an international writing programme.

Research areas: philosophy of culture, sociocultural anthropology, cognitive psychology, creative economy; mastery, polymathy, the phenomenon of genius, genius environment design, cross-cultural communication, and the phenomenon of improvisation.

Cultural management, Genius space building, History of Ukraine, History of Ukrainian culture, Intellectual history, Mentoring - Education, Communication, Non-Profit -Founding & Leading, Philosophy of culture, Philosophy of language, Political philosophy, Programme management, Publishing

TEDx licensee [2012/13], TEDxCity2.0 licensee and organizer [2013], TEDx workshops curator [2014, 2015, 2016], and TED member [2021].

Сo-author of the UX design professional programme for Cultural & Creative Industries. Сo-author of the Project Management professional programme for C&CI, with PMI Ukraine. Сo-author of the People Management professional programme for the C&CI. Сo-author of "Prolegomena to Philosophical Thinking" course for C&CI. Сo-author of the "World Literature" course for C&CI. Ex-Board Member at CIAU Creative Industries Association of Ukraine [Dec 2020-Apr 2021] Co-founder, Programme director, and Principal at U Open University [2015-2020] Startup Grind 12 conferences ex-programme director and sponsor, with Google For Entrepreneurs, CA. Ex-PechaKucha Night's licensee, 15 unconferences programme director and sponsor, with PechaKucha, Tokyo. Columnist, international educational conferences speaker, and IT startup mentor. Formal education in areas: medicine, psychology, project management, music, sport.