Aksinya Staar

Co-Founder

Austria21 yrs 3 mos experience
AI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Expert in multidimensional thinking across various domains.
  • Author of influential books on education and polymathy.
  • Director of Foresight & Risk Intelligence at Polymathic Futures.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic advisor in the education and foresight sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

ForesightRisk IntelligenceAdvisoryAi EducationCommunicationCareer CounselingStrategyCorporate TrainingFuturismEducational LeadershipTalent AcquisitionRecruitingSoft Skills TrainingDigital MarketingAccount Management

Other Skills

Futures ThinkingAI EthicsEducationArtificial Intelligence (AI)Author of Book Why Polymaths?PolymathyKeynote SpeakingCommunity BuildingSoft SkillsCoachingInterpersonal SkillsTraining and Development (HR)Content CreationSocial MediaMehrere Sprachen

About

๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ฅ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘š๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›'๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ'๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘’๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘  โ€” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘˜ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘˜. That is what I do. For over two decades, I have worked with organizations, institutions, and innovation ecosystems across Europe, Asia, and the USA as a thinking partner who brings the dimensions that discipline-specific training is structurally designed to filter out. Leaders leave our conversations with a clearer picture of where they actually are, what they are actually building, and what the next decade actually demands of them. My method is polymathy: the deliberate cultivation of multidimensional thinking across domains, time horizons, and knowledge systems. I research it, write about it, and apply it โ€” to education design, foresight-informed strategy, talent development, and cross-sector advisory work. I serve as Director of Foresight & Risk Intelligence at Polymathic Futures, collaborating with scientists and researchers on research-driven foresight and risk analysis for institutions navigating long-horizon complexity. My books โ€” "Why Polymaths?" and "Future of Work: From Industrial to Polymath Mindset" โ€” and my forthcoming "Leaners: Forgotten History and Untold Futures of Education" map the intellectual and civilizational case for integrative thinking at this particular moment in history. My formation spans linguistics, pedagogy, psychology, philosophy, futures studies, world and art history, Asian studies, and anthropology. I work across six languages, including Sanskrit โ€” each one a different aperture onto the world's deep intellectual traditions. I work selectively with foundations, boards, and institutional leaders who sense that the frameworks they have been given are no longer sufficient for the territory ahead. ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ@๐™–๐™ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฎ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™–๐™ง.๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ค www.aksinyastaar.info

Experience

Roger sherman institute of technology

Strategic Advisor โ€“ Sherman Pathways

Dec 2025 โ€“ Present ยท 3 mos

  • Provide strategic, non-operational advisory input to Sherman Pathways, an AI-driven professional education ecosystem, through asynchronous feedback, surveys, and advisory commentary.
advisoryAI EthicsStrategyAI Education

Polymathic futures

Co-Founder and Director for Foresight & Risk Intelligence

Sep 2025 โ€“ Present ยท 6 mos ยท Vienna, Austria

  • We work in the most overlooked layer of strategic intelligence: scientific foresight. Grounded in emerging peer-reviewed science and early technologies โ€” before they turn into trends โ€” we prototype futures and apply risk intelligence to map their scientific, regulatory, societal, and ethical implications. In doing so, we translate multidimensional change into clear, actionable directions for products, strategies, and partnerships.
  • Visit us: https://polymathicfutures.com/
  • ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™˜๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™œ๐™š
  • contact@polymathicfutures.com
ForesightFutures ThinkingRisk IntelligenceStrategy

Vid sertsya budova

Board Advisor

Oct 2024 โ€“ Present ยท 1 yr 5 mos ยท Remote

  • We are an NGO that has united a global team of advisors & partners with a shared passion to build a better future for Ukraine. Seeing the impact of the war, we felt a deep responsibility to act. Our vision is to create innovative urban spaces that offer hope and support to displaced persons, veterans, and those affected by the conflict. โ€‹https://www.vsbgroup.org/

Global city international school, bangalore

Advisor for Innovation and Futures Thinking

Sep 2024 โ€“ Aug 2025 ยท 11 mos ยท India ยท Hybrid

  • As an Advisor on Innovation at Global City International School, Bangalore, a community of 2,500 students, I collaborate with visionary leadership to future-proof education for global challenges. My work focuses on advancing multidisciplinary learning, futures thinking, and talent development to create impactful, forward-looking educational practices.

Apsley business school, london

2 roles

Senior Lecturer for Polymathy and Transdisciplinary Innovation

Aug 2024 โ€“ Aug 2025 ยท 1 yr

Senior Lecturer in AI Ethics

Apr 2024 โ€“ Jul 2024 ยท 3 mos

Post-platforms foundation

Communications Advisor

Jul 2024 โ€“ Present ยท 1 yr 8 mos ยท Remote

  • The Post-Platforms Foundation, a cutting-edge organization dedicated to creating the next internet. Our mission is to develop a secure and inclusive Web 3.0 Data Space ecosystem via a smart combination of technological and organizational innovations. We champion a human-centric, decentralized Internet where users have full control over their data, platforms compete to provide services, and total security is built-in by design. By combining the best of Web 1.0 and Web 2.0, this blockchain-free Web 3.0 Data Space offers unprecedented freedom, trust, and transparency for all. https://postplatforms.org/
Communication

Wiener zukunftssalon / vienna salon for the future

Founder of Vienna Salon for the Future

Aug 2023 โ€“ Aug 2024 ยท 1 yr ยท Vienna, Austria ยท On-site

  • Established Salon
  • ๏‚ท Inspired by the intellectual salons of the European Enlightenment, thinkers and doers
  • discuss about the future of humanity. Focal points: Society, Technology, Democracy.
FuturismEducational LeadershipCommunity BuildingCommunicationAuthor of Book Why Polymaths?Soft Skills+1

Neodยฎ and its flagship saas platform, career constellationsโ„ข

Board Advisor

Jul 2023 โ€“ Present ยท 2 yrs 8 mos ยท United States ยท Remote

  • This career development tool is designed to help users explore career pathways with precision, offering a user-friendly experience and leveraging proprietary data strategies to support informed decision-making.
StrategyEducationCareer Counseling

Talent angel

Headhunter

Apr 2019 โ€“ Jan 2024 ยท 4 yrs 9 mos ยท Vienna, Austria

  • Sourced and placed highly skilled and qualified candidates for executive, senior-level, or other specialized positions in the industries: private banking, construction, hospitality, oil & gas, petrochemicals, financial services, real estate, education. Regions: Europe and UAE.
Talent AcquisitionRecruitingCommunicationSoft Skills

Trainer for Polymathic Leadership, Futures Thinking Skills, AI Literacy, AI Ethics

Mar 2019 โ€“ Sep 2025 ยท 6 yrs 6 mos ยท Austria

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Corporate TrainingAuthor of Book Why Polymaths?PolymathyKeynote SpeakingAI Education

Lighthouse international gmbh

2 roles

Director

Dec 2014 โ€“ Mar 2019 ยท 4 yrs 3 mos

  • Headhunting at mid senior and functional head level professionals.
RecruitingCorporate TrainingCoachingSoft Skills TrainingCommunicationSoft Skills+1

HR Manager

Nov 2008 โ€“ Dec 2014 ยท 6 yrs 1 mo

  • Recruited, onboarded, supervised, and trained staff (15 employees) across three countries (Austria, Russia, Cyprus), ensured that the company complied with relevant employment laws and regulations across the three countries.
Corporate TrainingSoft Skills TrainingCommunicationAccount ManagementSoft SkillsTraining and Development (HR)+1

Medianet verlag ag

Key Account Manager for Online Marketing

Jan 2006 โ€“ Jan 2008 ยท 2 yrs

  • As part of a pioneering online marketing company in Austria,
  • worked with clients to develop online marketing strategies that leveraged blogs and other digital marketing efforts to drive business growth.
Digital MarketingCommunicationAccount ManagementContent CreationSoft SkillsSocial Media+1

Self-employed

Intercultural Communication Trainer

Jan 2002 โ€“ Jan 2004 ยท 2 yrs

  • delievered corporate trainings for SAP and BOSCH on successful business collaboration between Austria and Eastern Europe.
Corporate TrainingSoft Skills TrainingCommunicationMehrere SprachenSoft SkillsTraining and Development (HR)+1

Education

State University

Linguistics

Jan 1992 โ€“ Jan 1997

Harvard University

Leaders of Learning Certificate โ€” Education

Mar 2023 โ€“ Aug 2023

ร–SD Prรผfungszentrale https://www.osd.at/ Internationally recognized German language exams

Certificate as German language examiner โ€” German Language Teacher Education

Jan 2003 โ€“ Jan 2003

School of Applied Psychology

Certificate โ€” Applied Psychology

Jan 1993 โ€“ Jan 1994

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