Violeta Bulc, is an innovator, entrepreneur and former director of Vibacom (www.vibacom.com), whose mission is to develop environments for sustainable growth and innovative breakthroughs. Her business models and solutions were aimed at promoting long-term organic growth, collaboration, co-creation and mass participation. She believes in the creative power of individuals and the power of collective consciousness. She believes in evolution, systemic thinking and exceptions that alter their course. She believes in the power of positive energy and pure thoughts, which create the conditions for prosperity and thrivability. She believes that technological development has to serve the humanity. She collaborates with diversified groups on local and global level to foster systemic solutions. She learns from nature, which is generously unfolding to her new frontiers and universal laws of life. She enjoys responding to the business challenges of customers and partners, social environments and society as a whole.
Violeta has also been Vibacom's director from April 2000 to November 2014. As Vibacom's director her key duties and responsibilities were initiator and coordinator of the civil initiative InCo movement for innovative breakthroughs (
), member of the Executive Committee of the International Organization ChangeTheGame (
) , lecturer at various Universities at home and abroad, President of the Board of Umanotera (NGO), President of the Supervisory Board of the Global Compact Slovenia, honorary member of the Association of Slovenian innovators , member of the Court of Honour at Managers' Association of Slovenia, member of the Scientific Council of Ne-odvisen.si , Vice-President of the organization
(World Tribe Evolutionary Learning).
Key projects:• Vibacom d.o.o. (2000 - September 2014): the founder and owner of the company, which is actively involved in the development of conditions for sustainable development and innovative breakthroughs.
• InCo movement: initiator and coordinator of InCo, civil initiatives for the development of open societies in support of eco-civilization and thriving planet.
• Development projects: Emmi Aha (2004-2005), BTC d.d. (2000 – danes), Steklarna Hrastnik (2004-2006), Adria Mobil (2003-2008), TPV (2012- today), Hidria IMP Klima (2012), Vinakoper (2003-2008, 2012), Development centre of the Heart of Slovenia, “Organisation Challenge Future 2013”
• Lecturer at the faculty:
Slovenia: visiting professor at
Faculty of Design Ljubljana on “Innovation and Technology management”, lecturer at
DOBA University on “Innovative and Innovation Management”
Abroad: visiting lecturer at
MCI Innsbruck on “Social Skills” and “Organizational Psychology & Sociology“, guest lecturer at
University of Applied Science Upper Austria on “Innovation ecosystems”
Awards• Inspiration of the year 2013 – Challenge:Future
• 8 national rewards business and social innovations, 2003 – 2011 (Slovenian Chamber of Commerce, TIA)
• Award winner for outstanding achievements in the field of innovation Association of Slovenian innovators (2010)
• Award winner Prometheus for communication in support of science for the year 2010 (Slovenian Science Foundation)
• National Feniks Awards for consulting project of the year 2010: Development strategy of InCo movement
• Mediy of the year 2010 - Institute Ypsilon
• Sunny personality of the year 2010 – Pozitivke.net
• Prometheus Sciences for excellence in communication, 2010 - The Slovenian Science Foundation
• Award for outstanding achievements in the field of innovation - Association of ASI (Active Slovenian Innovators) (2010)
• National Feniks Awards for consulting projects, 2008: development story of Vinakoper
• National Feniks award for a consulting project of the year 2006: development story for Steklarna Hrastnik Opal
• National Feniks award for a consulting project of the year 2004: Development story for BTC Logistics
• Winner of the California Open in TaeKwanDo (1994)
• Professional basketball player and a member of the Yugoslav representation (1982)
• Winner of Slovenian athletic championship in javelin and member of the Slovenian selected species (1979)
Work experienceHer initial experiences came from establishing, and successfully managing a learning center at ZTKO, local Association of Technical Culture of Slovenia and from working for Metalka, a trade company as an expert on information system. After a successful career at DHL Systems Inc. in Burlingame, California, she moved to a director position of Carrier and International Operations in Telekom Slovenije, d.d., the leading supplier of communication services in Slovenia. She continued as a co-founder and executive vice-president of Telemach, an alternative carrier based on cable technologies in Slovenia. In 2000 she founded Vibacom Ltd., the house for business solutions on sustainability and innovation which she is still managing successfully.
EducationPMBA - IEDC Bled, School of Management; Bled, Slovenia (2004)
MSc, Information Systems, Golden Gate University, San Francisco, California (1991)
University of Ljubljana, Department of Electrical Engineering, Ljubljana, Slovenia (1988)
Other certificationsSundoor trainer certification for personal growth and development, Sierra Nevada, California, 2008
Shamanic Academy, Scotland, 2008
Academy of Martial Arts (black belt in Tae Kwan Do & Hap Ki Do), California1994
Professional Publications• Bulc, V. (2013, July)
Connecting Evolution and Involution to Create a Positive Foundation for an Eco-Civilization. Tajvan:
International Conference on Social Environmental Education for an Emerging Eco-Civilization (angl)
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Education for emerging societies. Bulc V., Wilmshurst J.,
International Conference of Systems Science and Systems Thinking 2013, Vietnam, 14.-19. July 2013 (engl)
• Bulc, V., Kovačič V.
Intuitive decision-making - step towards the systemic thinking and integrated innovation. Magazine HRM, June 2013, letnik 11 (No 53) (slo)
• Bulc, V. (2013, 24. -26. June)
Mass participation in innovation – the foundation of a modern organization and beyond. The Hague:
ICE & IEEE-ITMC Conference 2013 (engl)
• Bulc, V. (2013, 11th April).
Re-set the education - NOW Maribor: The Future of Work and Learning, DOBA Faculty (slov)
• Kovačič, V., Bulc, V., Battelino U.
Intuitive decision-making - an essential part of an integrated decision-making. Magazine HRM, February 2013, letnik 11 (No 51) (slo)
• Bulc V. (1.10.2012).
Nismo le družba znanja, zorimo v družbo zavedanja. Dnevnik, Poslovno izobraževanje (slo)
• Bulc, V. (September 2012).
Moralni kapitalizem?. MQ, številka 22 (slo)
• Bulc, V. (July 2012).
Intuicija tudi v odločanju. MQ, številka 21 (slo)
• Bulc, V. (2012, 7 Maj).
Mass innovation the catalyst for sustainable organization Maribor: Dynamic entrepreneurship for economic growth, DOBA Faculty (slov)
• Bulc, V. (March 2012).
New organizational and social paradigm: From cooperation to co-creation and sustainable coexistence. Journal of Organisation Transformation & Social Change, Volume 9, Number 1 (angl)
• Kovačič V., Bulc, V., Kocjan Stjepanović T. (March 2012).
Mreženje predmetov: moč povezovanja misli, izkušenj in modelov. Revija Mednarodno inovativno poslovanje (slo)
MorePublications• Bulc V. (2011). Pomen podjetnosti za razvoj inovativne lokalne skupnosti. Polšnik: Center za zunanjo ureditev. "V poslanstvu dreves" (slo)
• Bulc V. (2011). S povezovanjem malih trgovcev do nižjih logističnih stroškov. Časnik Finance, 6.10.2011 (slo)
• Bulc V. (2011). Internet je odprt sistem,...Ne-odvisen.si, priloga Nedelo, 2.10.2011 (slo)
• Bulc V. (2011). Innovation ecosystem and tourism. Academica Turistica - Tourism and Innovation Journal, 1. (eng)
• Bulc V. & Jakša L. (2011). Business evolution, Density of Consciousness and Leadership Within. (eng)
• Bulc V. (junij 2011). Ustvarjam torej sem ali Zakaj je odnos do nas samih eden ključnih za blaginjo sveta. Pri nas zmleto, Glasilo Zavarovalnice Maribor (slo)
• Bulc V., Marija Kokalj. (april 2011).
The Power of Innovation Ecosystems. InCo International Conference 2011, zbornik (engl)
• Bulc V. (april 2011).
"Leadership Within". A leadership style for evolving organisations. InCo International Conference 2011 (angl)
• Bulc V. (2011). Inovativne lokalne skupnosti - speči potencial Slovenije. Zlati kamen, Slovenske občine 2011. (slo)
• Bulc V. (2011). InCo gibanje - gibanje za inovativne preboje. Časopis družbe Petrol, februar 2011 (slo)
• Bulc V. (2010). BTC z vizijo - model trajnostnega inoviranja družbe BTC. MOJ BTC, glasilo BTC d.d., december 2010 (slo)
• Bulc V. (2010). Ko produktivnost in kakovost srečata inovativnost in se nasmehneta. Dnevnik, Gazela 2010, oktober 2010 (slo)
• Bulc V. (2010). Inovacijsko komuniciranje znotraj podjetij (InCo Corp). Revija Znanje, julij-oktober 2010 (slo)
• Bulc V. (June 2010). Med znanjem in modrostjo. Prepletanje, ZM, št. 05. (slo)
• Bulc V. (May 2010). Družbena inovacija: InCo gibanje - gibanje za inovativni preboj Slovenije. Zbornik prispevkov, GZS (slo)
• Bulc V. (March 2010). V odnosih sta lepota in moč. Revija Naša žena (slo)
• Bulc V. (2009). Trajnostni razvoj je stanje duha. Revija Azimut (slo)
• Bulc V., Lah Poljak E., (december 2009).
InJo-InCo 2009 Manifesto. InCo movement’s contribution to an innovative breakthrough of Slovenia with an annual overview of events and projects (eng)
• Bulc V.(May 2009) : Slovenian Innovation Journalism initiatives, INCO JR., A lecture for IJS Conference, Stanford University
Štepic, M. & Bulc, V. (November 2009). "Projekt BTC z vizijo". HRM, 7(32) (slo)
• Bulc V. (24. February 2009) Zaradi dela ne krajšajte počitka, Finance, št. 37 (slo)
• Bulc V. & Novak, P. (2008). Zaposleni v BTC-ju smo vključeni v projekt Ideje z vizijo, MOJ BTC, glasilo BTC d.d., december 2008 (slo)
• Bulc V., Godina Košir L., Lah E., Štepic M., (October 2008).
Manifest InJo-InCo 2008. Povzetki in nadgradnja izhodišč (slo)
• Bulc, v. (May 2008) : InJo in Slovenia, A Lecture for IJS Conference, Stanford University (slo)
• Bulc, V. & Osojnik, I. (2007) Slovenščina kot konkurenčna prednost. Prepletanja, oktober 2007 (slo)
• Bulc V. (2007). Podjetnik, ki ve, kako se ustvarja denar na spletu. Dnevnik, , 26.07.2007 (slo)
• Bulc V., Bertoncel A. (2007): The Five Change Forces in the Evolution of Corporate Finance Function, V: Zagreb International Review of Economics&Business, May 2007, št. 01 (eng)
• Bulc V.: Slovenian InJo initiative and story of InJo impact on the development of innovation ecosystem, innovative local community case. Maj 2007. A lecture for IJS Conference. Stanford university (eng)
• Bulc, V.: (2007): Učinkovito vodenje in razvoj medsebojnih odnosov v šolstvu, Fit Slovenija, “Svet gibanja, svet veselja”, (10. – 12.4.2007) (slo)
• Bulc V, Gorup Ž.(2007): Upravljanje znanja kot sestavni del upravljanja kapitala, V: SIQ, gradivo za interno uporabo, 29.3.2007 (slo)
• Sušnik M., Bulc V.(2007), Za posel sta potrebna dva, Sistem, (Jan 2007) (slo)
• Bulc V. (2007): 14 days from an excellent anthropology professor to a number one Net 2.0 stories. Dnevnik, 22.3.2007 (slo)
• Bulc V.(2006): Ciljno izobraževanje kot vstopni dejavnik za razvoj mislečih okolij, HRM, November 2006 (slo)
• Bulc V., Kovač D., Bertoncel A. and Godina Košir L.(2006): Human Resource Development from the Aspect of Evolution of Business Environment. An article for IREC Conference. (eng)
• Bulc V. (2006): IT je gonilo ali cokla razvoja, Finance, 12.12.2006 (slo)
• Bulc V. (2006): Ritmi poslovne evolucije (Business evolution). Ljubljana: Vibacom. (slo)
• Bulc V., Dermastia M. (2006): Inovativni mikrokozmos. Prepletanje, Oktober 2006, št. 01. (slo)
• Blog:
www.violeta.si , (2006 - today) (eng)
• Bulc V.(April 2006) : Innovation Journalism and Corporate Environments, An Article for IJS Conference, Stanford University (eng)
• Bulc V. (2006): Letting innovation happen: Slovenian company Vibacom has developed a new business mode and the jargon to go with it. Slov. bus. rep., str 14-15 (eng)
• Bulc V., Kovač D. (November 2005): Inovativnost je proces, ki ga je potrebno upravljati. 7. letna konferenca kakovosti Gorenjske 2005, Kranj, 3. november, str 29-35 (slo)
• Bulc V. (2005): Thinking organisations: the new milestone in corporate behaviour – can IT support it? Compano, Ramon, Pascu, Corina. IST is the service of a changing Europe by 2020: learning from world views. Bucharest: The Publishing House of the Romanian Academy, str 204-206 (slo)
• Bulc V. (June 2005): Dobre in slabše prakse vodenja inovativnih procesov. Manag. +, št. 5, str. 22-25 (slo)
• Bulc V., Kovač D. (2005): Innovation is a process that needs to be managed. Article for the 7th yearly conference of quality of the Gorenjska region, 03.11.2005. (slo)
• Aktualno 2.0: blog
www.aktualno.biz, (2004 - today)
• Bulc, V. Object-Oriented Concepts with an Emphasis on possibility of Joining Relational and Object-Oriented Databases. Elektrotehniški vestnik, 58, št. ¾ (1991), str. 171-174 (slo)
• Bulc V. (January 2003): Konkurenca v telekomunikacijah iz domače kleti. Finance, št. 13., str. 6 (slo)
• Bulc V. (March 2003): Naj žarijo!: poslovna inovacija – neizkoriščen vir uspeha. Glas gospod., št. 3, str. 17-21 (slo)
• Bulc, V. (March 2003): Spletne igre kot inovativni poslovni model. Mobinet (Grosuplje), št. 46, str 45-47 (slo)
• Bulc V. (June 2003): Storitvena omrežja: manjkajoči člen v spletnih storitvah. Mobinet (Grosuplje), št. 49, str 44-46 (slo)
• Bulc V., Lah E. (July-Avgust 2003): Data garbage: govorica digitalnih odpadkov. Mobinet (Grosuplje), št. 50-51, str 70-73 (slo)
• Bulc V. (July 2003): Poslovna inovacija – vzvod za povečanje vrednosti podjetja. Finance, št. 132, str. 8 (slo)
• Bulc V., Lah E. (September 2003): Orodje nove generacije: programska oprema za socialno okolje. Mobinet (Grosuplje), št. 52, str 46-48 (slo)
• Bulc V. (November 2002): Motiv za uporabo IT naj bo povečanje produktivnosti. Finance, št. 211, str. 18 (slo)
• Bulc V. (January 2001): Tresla se je gora. Telekom pa je še monopolist. Finance, št. 3, str. 18 (slo)
• Bulc V. (June 2001): Mobilna telefonija napada fiksno. Finance, št. 104, str. 3 (slo)
Conference contributionsTV shows, interviews• Kastelic, P.
Systemic thinking - the path to accelerated implementation of good ideas. Live streaming. 9th October 2013 (angl)
• Kastelic, P.
Book presentation The Magic of Contribution. Live streaming. 2nd October 2013 (angl)
• Dr. Cerar, M., & Furman, B.
Better world. Radio Show. 5th August 2013 (slov)
• Dr. Cerar, M., & Furman, B.
Better world. Radio Show. 22nd July 2013 (slov)
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Good advise -(19min 14s); RTV SLO, TV Show "Prava ideja!", 7th March 2013 (slov)
More Denis is employed in Vibacom as an IT specialist in charge of computerization of Vibacom innovations.
He is currently a student at the Faculty of Computer and Information Science. He is particularly interested in computer science, sports, and psychology.
