ABOUT ME

Last goatherd of Ritzingen (Goms, Valais, Switzerland), where the Aleman Clan of the Ritz established a settlement over 1'000 years ago that became the tiny mountain village in which I was born in 1939.

Psychiatrist, creativity researcher, leadership expert, author of topic books and novels, songwriter.

• Founder and medical director of the first integrated psychiatry center in Europe
• Founder and President of the Board of the CREANDO-International Foundation for Creativity & Leadership
•  Founder and Chairman of the International CREANDO Symposia: Creativity in Economics, Arts and Science

At the age of 50 I quit my job as a medical director in order to dedicate my time and energy to researching and fostering Creativity & Leadership.

Publication of a series of topic books, including:

IM ZEICHEN DES SCHMETTERLINGS, Scherz, Bern, München, Wien, 1992 –topic book bestseller of the year in Switzerland in 1993

IN THE SIGN OF THE BUTTERFLY

Hamilton Books, UK, 2012

THE SPIRIT OF CREATIVITY — basic mechanisms of creative achievements

University Press of America, 2010

(My major scientific contribution to creativity research)

For the last several years I have been working mainly as a novelist and songwriter.