Prof. Dr. Götz Rehn

Götz E. Rehn, born on March 2, 1950, in Freiburg im Breisgau, first attended primary school in his hometown from 1956, then Waldorf school, and subsequently studied economics at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg. He completed his doctorate in 1979 after earning his diploma. In October 1984, Rehn founded the company Alnatura under the name Konzeption und Vertrieb natürlicher Lebensmittel Dr. Rehn. At the end of October 1984, Alnatura was registered as a word mark. To this day, he remains Managing Director of Alnatura. In 2007, Rehn was appointed Honorary Professor at the Department of Economics at Alanus University in Alfter near Bonn. There, he heads the Institute for Social Organics.

The Liberation of Leadership. In: Götz Werner and Peter Dellbrügger (eds.): Why Leadership? Dimensions of an Art, Karlsruhe University Press, Karlsruhe, 2013.

Doing Business with Meaning. In: Anthroposophische Perspektiven, (eds.): same author and Manon Haccius, DuMont Buchverlag, 2012

Rethinking the Economy – the Alnatura Model. In: Ralf Diedrich and Ullrich Heilemann (eds.): Economization of the Knowledge Society. How Much Economics Does the Knowledge Society Need and How Much Can It Tolerate? pp. 211-219, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 2011  

On the Meaning of the Economy – On the 100th Birthday of Herbert Witzenmann, Anthroposophy – Communications from Anthroposophical Work in Germany, Easter I/2005, No. 231

Customer Orientation in Economic Life – Experiences at Alnatura, Beiträge zur Weltlage, Dornach, vol. 35, No. 148, 2004/1

The Economy between Terror and Salvation, Beiträge zur Weltlage, Dornach, vol. 33, No. 141, 2002/2
Preface by the editor of the publication “Sozialorganik” by Herbert Witzenmann, Beiträge zur Weltlage, Dornach, vol. 30, No. 129, 1999/2

Opening address for the Herbert Witzenmann conference “A Path into the Future” from September 18-26, 1998 at the Goetheanum, Beiträge zur Weltlage, Dornach, vol. 30, No. 129, 1999/1

Meaningful Goods, Das Goetheanum – Weekly Journal for Anthroposophy, vol. 75, No. 43, 26.01.1997

Handbook of Organic Food, 1996; M. Eschricht / C. Leitzmann (eds.); Successfully Marketing Organic Food, Behr’s Verlag, Hamburg

In Memory of Herbert Witzenmann, Beiträge zur Weltlage, Dornach, vol. 22, 1989/1-2

Why Division of Labor, special reprint from “Herbert Witzenmann: The Path into the Future” publication series “Beiträge zur Weltlage” Volume 12, 1985 Beiträge zur Weltlage Verlag, Dornach

Models of Organizational Development, 1979, Paul Haupt Verlag, Bern and Stuttgart

Social-Organic Corporate Goals, Working Group for Applied Social Economics, Contributions to Solving Contemporary Social Issues, Issue No. 3, 1978

Eberhard Brinkmann / Götz Rehn: Company Suggestion Schemes and Organizational Development – Effects of Individual Employee Development, Issue 1/1978, PERSONAL, Mensch und Arbeit, pp. 6-9, 1978

The Managerial Grid – a Modern Leadership Tool and Organizational Development Concept? Working Group for Applied Social Economics – Contributions to Solving Contemporary Social Issues, Issue No. 2, 1977

Bread from Stones – Rudolf Steiner’s Reference to the Temptations in the Cycle on the Fifth Gospel. The Social Organics of Rudolf Steiner. An Attempt at an Answer, 20.04.2000

From Ego Trip to I-Culture – on the End of Corporate Leadership, 1996

End of Work – Work without End? 1996

The Idea of Association in the Work of Dr. Rudolf Steiner, 1995

Yesterday’s Japan as a Model for Tomorrow, 1994

The Branch as a Living Product – Experiences with Conceptually Driven Retail Marketing, 1988