Andre N. Mamprin

Andre Mamprin is currently the Leader of Knowledge Architecture and the Director of the neXt Lab at The Next Institute. Dedicated to Accelerating Smart Growth, Next is a recognized leader in the field of Strategic Enterprise Design, working with a host of organizations in a range of industries across North America.

Over the last two decades, Andre Mamprin has devoted his efforts to the evolution of intelligent enterprise by helping dozens of organizations and thousands of leaders advance their work and contribution to the world.

Andre is currently working on several start-ups, including UpLift Studio Lab™, dedicated to organizational renewal and storytelling, and The Next Learner Space™, a global initiative to develop leadership skills for highly enterprising youth.

Andre served as Director, Centre for Innovation, Leadership & Management at SheridanCorporate, a division of Sheridan College in Toronto, Canada. He is keenly interested in advancing new thinking and applied research in Innovation, Collaboration, Leadership Development, and Enterprise Design.

In the early 2000's Andre was the Executive Director of Leadership Development at The Banff Centre, then one of Canada's premier centres for leadership. He was instrumental in designing and delivering leadership and organizational development programs for approximately 2500 participants per year, along with a wide range of industry clients. He was an architect of The Leadership Lab, exploring organizational leadership issues worldwide.

Andre also held a leadership position with the Business Development Bank of Canada. As an experienced entrepreneur, Andre brings his insights forward. He has successfully acquired, developed, operated, and sold many businesses in the oil and gas, manufacturing, export, and knowledge industries, including Canadian Envirogenics, Texsyl Manufacturing, Enerdyne Energy Services & Tejas 7 International. He has gained hands-on, applied experience in growing profitable businesses driven by solid leadership eco-systems.

Andre has practiced, applied, and written extensively on his learning as an intense seeker of new knowledge. He holds a master's Degree in Leadership and Knowledge Ecologies and a Certified Management Consultant designation. He authored The Next Leadership Operating Systemİ, The Essential Elements of Leadershipİ, and contributed to Teaching the Dinosaur to Dance: Moving Beyond Business as Usual.

As a seasoned leader in Corporate Governance, Andre served as a member of The Board of Directors of Hospice Calgary, Groves of Varsity Corporation, and The Santa Fe Arts Institute in the United States.

Andre is intensely curious, an avid collector, a seasoned traveler, painter, sculptor, and mountain biker. He lives and plays among the rolling foothills in Calgary, Alberta, and Nova Scotia, Canada.