Maurice Yolles is a retired Professor in Management Systems at Liverpool John Moores University, UK, and has a specialism in social cybernetics. He also headed the Centre for the Creation of Coherent Change and Knowledge.
Gerhard Fink was previously the Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration at Boston University, USA, and was the Director of the doctoral programs at Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria, between 2002–2009.