Challenge Owner

Kathrin Köster

Kathrin is a transformation expert who leads challenges on inner-aligned, conscious leadership at Tomorrow University. She empowers learners to navigate personal and organizational change through purpose-driven experiences.

Biography

Dr. Kathrin Köster is a Challenge Owner at Tomorrow University and a recognized authority in responsible and conscious leadership. She founded two transformative ventures—The Joy Academy and Köster + Partner—and serves on the WU Vienna Executive Academy faculty. Her educational approach blends inner alignment practices with organizational transformation, enabling leaders and teams to create meaningful impact through aligning purpose, ethics, and performance.

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Research Profile

Prof. Dr. Kathrin Köster’s academic contributions focus on the intersections of responsible leadership, corporate social performance, and the role of alignment in navigating modern challenges. Her co-authored chapter, Artificial Intelligence Calls for Inner Alignment (AI for IA) (2021), examines how personal and organizational alignment is critical in leveraging artificial intelligence ethically and effectively. By integrating principles of responsible management education with inner leadership, Kathrin provides a forward-looking framework for leaders to address the complex interplay of AI and societal values.

Books (Monographs)

Köster, Kathrin 2018. The United States of You. Hamburg, Tredition

Köster, Kathrin 2021. Inner Leadership – selbstbewusst und authentisch führen, Wiesbaden: GablerSpringer

Köster, Kathrin (2015). Corporations and Corporate Social Performance – be genuine, simplify, or leave it…. In A. Stachowicz-Stanusch (Ed.), Corporate Social Performance: Paradoxes, Pitfalls and Pathways to the Better World (S.123-149). Charlotte: Information Age.

Köster, Kathrin; & Kreppel, Adrian Uwe (2021). Artificial Intelligence calls for Inner Alignment (AI for IA), In A. Stachowicz-Stanusch & W. Amann (Ed.): Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) – opportunities, threats, and the way forward (S.61-87) Charlotte: Information Age Publishing

Professional Community Services

Kathrin has re-focused her services on voluntary work with the mission for awareness building, especially with school children. She also designs and conducts programs to help teachers to apply the ‘Inner Team Approach with the Formies’ for unfolding talent of school children.

Consulting / Entrepreneurship Projects

Leadership and cultural transformation with the 12 Alignments in various companies and start-ups.

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Impact Master of Science

Konrad joined Tomorrow University to pivot from corporate leadership into purpose-driven impact. Through the MBA, he deepened his expertise in tech and sustainability while gaining the confidence to embrace a new mission: amplifying change through strategy and storytelling. His journey includes launching the SDG Ambition Guide and producing films that inspire climate action.

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