Prof. Dr. Bernd Glazinski
- Chairman of the Executive Board of Thurn und Taxis Consulting Aktiengesellschaft
- Principal of the Thurn und Taxis Social Entrepreneurship Foundation
- 30+
- Years of experience
- 50+
- Publications
- 20+
- Project countries worldwide
Academic career
- Diplom-Psychologe (Dipl.-Psych.) and Magister (M.A.), University of Cologne
- Doctorate (Dr. phil.) in education, University of Cologne
- Professor of business psychology, Rheinische Hochschule Köln (2000-2022)
- Founding rector of the German University Institute Wilhelm von Humboldt, Mansoa/Guinea-Bissau (2021); visiting professorship at Comenius University Bratislava
Monographs (selection)
- Kultur der Marke oder Marke der Kultur (2025)
- Organisationsentwicklung & Diagnostik, with Konrad Obermann and Robin Schallenberg (2020)
- Komplexität und Kontrolle: Wirklichkeit und individuelle Haltung im digitalen Zeitalter, with Konrad Obermann (2016)
- The German Health Care System, as co-editor (2016)
- Innovatives Change Management: Strategie, Organisation und Verhalten erfolgreich integrieren (2007)
- Personalentwicklung als Investition: Eine neue Dimension des Führens, with M. Schulte-Mathmann (2006)
- Strategische Unternehmensentwicklung: Krisensignale frühzeitig erkennen und abwenden (2004)
- Antike und Moderne: Die Antike als Bildungsgegenstand bei Wilhelm von Humboldt (1992)
The complete bibliography comprises over 50 publications: monographs, thought pieces and articles from research and consulting practice.
Background
Bernd Glazinski has been a member of the Executive Board of Thurn und Taxis Consulting AG in Cologne since 2025 and is Principal of the Thurn und Taxis Social Entrepreneurship Foundation. For over three decades, as managing partner of MSA GmbH (1994-2023), he advised companies on people and organisational development and built several companies of his own in Germany and Guinea-Bissau, among them the Hotel H1 as well as Mansoa Frutas and Mansoa Industria.
As Professor of Business Psychology at Rheinische Hochschule Köln, founding rector of the German University Institute Wilhelm von Humboldt in Mansoa (Guinea-Bissau) and director of several research institutes, he combines academic depth with entrepreneurial practice, focusing on organisational development, change management and the economic development of West Africa. He founded the university institute in 2021 together with Prof. Dr. Dr. Konrad Obermann.
