Research & Practice

People to Watch

Jeff Pfeffer and Bob Sutton suggest you watch for research and innovative suggestions by the following leading thinkers:

Tracy Allison Altman, owner of the blog Evidence Soup, and a founder of asula, a software company offering a visual approach to evidence-based management.

John W. Boudreau, Professor, Management and Organization, and Research Director, Center for Effective Organizations, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California. He is recognized worldwide for breakthrough research on the bridge between superior human capital, talent and sustainable competitive advantage. His research has received the Academy of Management's Organizational Behavior New Concept and Human Resource Scholarly Contribution awards.

Frank Domurad, Vice-President, The Carey Group, Inc. A nationally recognized expert in Evidence-Based Practices, he has worked with community and institutional correctional agencies at the Federal, state and local levels across the country to implement Evidence-Based Practices, including strategic planning, assessment, human resource development, program implementation and training. 

Chip Heath, Professor of Organizational Behavior, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. His research examines what makes ideas 'naturally sticky' in the social marketplace of ideas, and how people design messages to make them stick.

David Kelley, California-based entrepreneur, educator, engineer, and venture capitalist. He was featured by Fortune magazine as one of the "People to Watch" and was selected for the "I.D. 40" list of America's leading design innovators.  He has been described as "the most sought-after design engineer this side of Thomas Edison." The company he founded became IDEO, a worldwide leader in the user-centered design of products, services, and environments.

Tom Kelley, General Manager of IDEO, the widely admired design and development firm that brought you the Apple mouse, the Palm V and hundreds of other cutting edge products and services.

Steve Levitt, Alvin H. Baum Professor of Economics and Director of Initiative on Chicago Price Theory, University of Chicago.

Tom Peters, world renowned management innovator, speaker, writer and creative thinker.

C. K. Prahalad, Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Corporate Strategy, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. Prahalad is a globally known figure and has consulted with top management of the world's foremost companies. His research specializes in corporate strategy and the role and value of top management in large, diversified, multinational corporations.

Larry Prusak, a researcher and consultant and was the founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Knowledge Management (IKM). Larry has had extensive experience, within the U.S. and internationally, in helping organizations work with their information and knowledge resources.

Denise M. Rousseau, H.J. Heinz II Professor of Organizational Behavior and Public Policy, Heinz School of Public Policy and Management, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University. Her research focuses upon the impact workers have on the employment relationship and the firms that employ them. It informs critical concerns such as worker well-being and career development, organizational effectiveness, the management of change, firm ownership and governance, and industrial relations. Her teaching translates organizational research into evidence-based, positive professional practices benefiting firms, workers, and other stakeholders.

Anita L. Tucker, Assistant Professor of Technology and Operations Management at the Harvard Business School. Dr. Tucker uses operations management and organizational learning theory to understand and improve front-line work processes. Specifically, she examines the conditions under which the problem solving routines of front-line workers are likely to result in positive organizational learning and change.