Gottlieb GUNTERN, Switzerland
psychiatrist, systems scientist, creativity researcher
novelist
songwriter (cantautore)
1939
Born in Biel/Grafschaft / Valais, Switzerland
1953 - 1961
Colleges Spiritus Sanctus, Brig/Valais, Switzerland
1961 - 1969
Medical studies at the Universities of Basel, Zurich, Geneva and Paris
• M.D. (Medical Doctor) Swiss Federal Board of Medical Studies
• American E.C.F.M.G.
1971
Married visual artist Greta GUNTERN-GALLATI
1971 - 1976
Post-graduate training and teaching in Psychiatry
in Bern, Lausanne and Philadelphia/Pa. (USA)
1976 - 1978
Research Grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
Child Guidance Clinic, University of Philadelphia/Pa.:
• Scientific Research in Systems Science & Systems Therapy
• Teaching in Systems Science & Systems Therapy
1978 - 1989
Medical Director of a pilot center and treatment facility for in-patients and out-patients in Brig, Valais /Switzerland, a facility whose foundation was based upon his concepts
1979 - to the present
today Director of the CREANDO-International Foundation for Creativity & Leadership, founded 1979 by GG and his wife GGG
2003 - to the present
Chairman of the International CREANDO Symposia on
Creative Leadership in Economics, Arts & Science
Scientific Research - Teaching - Advisory Activities
• Systems research: structures, functions and therapeutic interventions
in human systems
• Post-graduate teaching programs for Systems Therapists
• Lectures at universities and other teaching facilities
• Systems research on the nature and the basic mechanisms
of creativity & leadership
• Special adviser for board members and top executives of
multinational corporations and governments to further
creative leadership in their teams
Publications
• 20 topic books
• 2 novels
Songwriter - Cantautore
CDs
• sun trail
2006
world music, lyrics in English
• silk road
2007
world music, lyrics in English
• Walliser Balladen 1
2010
Rock and R&B
lyrics in native German dialect of Upper-Valais/Switzerland