{"id":11300,"date":"2026-10-30T07:22:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T07:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/?p=11300"},"modified":"2026-10-30T11:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T11:29:14","slug":"ier-na-konferenci-change-makers-2026-o-konkurencnosti-slovenije","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/ier-na-konferenci-change-makers-2026-o-konkurencnosti-slovenije\/","title":{"rendered":"IER at the Change Makers 2026 conference on Slovenia's competitiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">On 22 October 2026, the Smelt Congress Hall in Ljubljana hosted the Change Makers 2026 \u2013 Empowering Leaders for Change conference, organised by <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondleadership.si\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Beyond Leadership Slovenia<\/a>. This event focused on change management, leadership and competitiveness, and brought together leaders, entrepreneurs, experts and business association representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through inspiring stories and discussions, the participants emphasised the importance of entrepreneurial courage, innovation and effective leadership during periods of change. Particular focus was given to the question of how Slovenia can become one of the world's most competitive countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">Dr Damjan Kava\u0161 and Sonja Ur\u0161i\u010d (M.A.), both from the IER, also participated in the conference, presenting Slovenia\u2019s results in the IMD World Competitiveness Ranking. This study is conducted by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, in collaboration with partner organisations worldwide. In Slovenia, the study is carried out by the Institute for Economic Research and the School of Economics and Business at the University of Ljubljana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further information about the conference can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/changemaker.si\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Change Makers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;galleryId&quot;:&quot;6aef1e5420754&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/gallery\" class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6aef1e5421fb2&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6aef1e5421fb2\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" 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Dogodek, posve\u010den vodenju sprememb, voditeljstvu in konkuren\u010dnosti, je zdru\u017eil voditelje, podjetnike, strokovnjake in predstavnike gospodarskih zdru\u017eenj. Udele\u017eenci so skozi navdihujo\u010de zgodbe in razprave osvetlili pomen podjetni\u0161kega poguma, inovacij in u\u010dinkovitega vodenja v \u010dasu sprememb. Posebna pozornost je bila namenjena vpra\u0161anju, kaj Slovenija potrebuje za preboj med najkonkuren\u010dnej\u0161e dr\u017eave na svetu. Na konferenci sta sodelovala tudi dr. Damjan Kava\u0161 in mag. Sonja Ur\u0161i\u010d z IER, ki sta predstavila rezultate Slovenije na lestvici svetovne konkuren\u010dnosti IMD World Competitiveness Ranking. Raziskavo pripravlja Mednarodni in\u0161titut za razvoj managementa (IMD) iz Lozane v sodelovanju s partnerskimi organizacijami po svetu. V Sloveniji pri raziskavi sodelujeta In\u0161titut za ekonomska raziskovanja in Ekonomska fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani. Ve\u010d informacij o konferenci je na voljo na spletni strani Change Makers.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[152],"class_list":["post-11300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-novice","tag-152"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11300"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11309,"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11300\/revisions\/11309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ier.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}