Maria Spindler, PHD, has been an international organisational consultant for 25 years in the area of economics as well as for NGOs. She has lectured at universities in Europe and the US on the subjects of organisation and leadership, corporate culture, power, strategy development, and group dynamics. Her book publications deal with new power, co-creating a shared future, inventing tailor-made organisations, leadership systems and structures and artificial intelligence. Maria founded the COS-Journal in 2011 and has been its chief editor since then. She co-founded the COS Collective EEIG in 2016 and is currently its CEO.