Olaf Flak

A graduate of the University of Economics in Katowice (Faculty of Management) and the Silesian University of Technology (Faculty of Automatics, Electronics and Computer Science). He is engaged in research of the competitiveness of companies and specializes in techniques and online managerial tools. He gained his professional experience at Ford Motor Company in Cologne and ING Bank Śląski. For 5 years he co-created recruitment portal pracuj.pl. Coordinator of research and consultancy projects, creator of tools to diagnose the competitiveness of companies. DAAD scholarship burser. Currently an assistant professor at the Faculty of Radio and Television University of Silesia in Katowice and an independent trainer and business consultant.

Co-founder of the Barometer of Company Competitiveness, which since 2012 was used by more than 2 500 companies in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia. In terms of the competitiveness of companies he is a co-author of the monograph and diagnostic guide “Competitive will survive” (konkurencyjniprzetrwają.pl). Founder of a research platform Sensorium24.org. Author of the concept of the structure of organizational sizes and management tools, which are intended to replace a manager with a robot.

Subject matter expert in the program Horizon 2020, a reviewer in the journal in the field of management sciences "The OeconomiaCopernicana." Several times awarded by prize of the Rector of the University of Economics in Katowice (2007, 2008, 2009) and Rector of the University of Silesia (2015).