Authors

About the Authors

Following the success of the Corporate Explorer, Andy Binns was asked many detailed “how to” questions. The Corporate Explorer Fieldbook brings together a host of leading practitioners, academics, and advisers to provide detailed, actionable answers to these questions. 

ANDY BINNS

Andrew Binns is a co-founder of Change Logic, a Boston-based strategic advisory firm. He works with CEOs, boards, and senior teams as they lead significant business change. His goal is to help organizations liberate their potential to excite the world with innovation. Andy has 25 years of consulting experience as both an external and internal consultant for McKinsey & Co., the IBM Corporation, and Change Logic. At IBM, Andy was deeply involved in the Emerging Business Opportunity program, for which he received an award from IBM’s vice chairman.

 

Andy is a frequent guest speaker and lecturer at companies and business schools. His article, “Three Disciplines of Innovation,” co-authored with Professor Charles O’Reilly, was named Best Article in the California Management Review for 2020. He also co-authored the “Ambidextrous CEO” in the Harvard Business Review, “The Art of Strategic Renewal” in the MIT Sloan Management Review, and a book chapter on “Getting Started with Ambidexterity.” He is an executive fellow at the Center for Future Organization at the Drucker School of Management and a member of the Fast Company Executive Board. Andy attended the University of Sussex, New York University, and the Quinlan Business School at Loyola University Chicago. He holds degrees in political science, marketing, and organizational development.


PROFESSOR
CHARLES O’REILLY

Charles O’Reilly is the Frank E. Buck Professor of Management at Stanford Graduate School of Business and a co-founder of Change Logic. He is the co-director of Leading Change and Organizational Renewal. Charles’s research includes studies of organizational culture, the management of human resources, and the impact of change and innovation on firms. His current research includes studies of leadership, organizational culture, the impact of senior management on innovation and change, and the management of human resources. Charles is a much sought-after adviser and speaker to major corporations.

 

Charles is the author, with Mike Tushman, of Lead and Disrupt: How to Solve the Innovator’s Dilemma, published by Stanford University Press in 2021. His previous books include Winning Through Innovation: A Practical Guide to Leading Organizational Change and Renewal with Mike Tushman (Harvard Business School Press, 2000) and Hidden Value: How Great Companies Achieve Extraordinary Results with Ordinary People with J. Pfeffer (Harvard Business School Press, 2000). He is the author of many articles and a three-time winner of the California Management Review’s Best Article of the Year Award. Charles is the recipient of the Academy of Management’s Distinguished Scholar Award, and the Organization Behavior Division Lifetime Achievement Award.


PROFESSOR
MICHAEL TUSHMAN

Michael Tushman is Baker Foundation Professor, Paul R. Lawrence, MBA Class of 1942 Professor Emeritus, and Charles (Tex) Thornton Chair of the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at the Harvard Business School. He is also a co-founder of Change Logic. Mike is an active business consultant and educator, working with CEOs and senior teams around the world.

 

In addition to AMP, he is faculty co-chair of Leading Change and Organizational Renewal and is a former Faculty Chair for HBS’s Program
for Leadership Development (PLD). He also teaches in the Harvard Business Analytics Program, Harvard’s first cross-university and online executive program.

 

Mike was awarded the Academy of Management’s Career Achievement Award for Distinguished Scholarly Contributions to Management. His publications include Lead and Disrupt (2016; second edition publishing in September 2021) and Winning Through Innovation: A Practical Guide to Leading Organizational Renewal and Change (2002), both with Charles O’Reilly; Navigating Change: How CEOs, Top Teams, and Boards Steer Transformation (with D. Hambrick and D. Nadler, 1998); Competing by Design: A Blueprint for Organizational Architectures (with D. Nadler, 1998); and Managing Strategic Innovation: A Collection of Readings (with P. Anderson, 2004). Mike was previously on the faculty of the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, and has been a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires (INSEAD).

 

Mike holds degrees from Northeastern University (BSEE), Cornell University (MS), and the Sloan School of Management at MIT (PhD). He received an honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva. He has supervised many doctoral students and was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Management.


Chapter Authors to Corporate Explorer Fieldbook


ELLIE AMIRNASR

Ellie Amirnasr is a director of digital ventures at MANN+HUMMEL. She is responsible for commercializing digital products and services for clean air, clean water and clean mobility. She is a successful Corporate Explorer, having launched qlair, MANN+HUMMEL’s

first corporate startup.


ANDREAS BRANDSTETTER

Andreas Brandstetter is CEO of UNIQA Insurance Group AG and president of Insurance Europe, an industry group representing European insurance and reinsurance companies.


SARA CARVALHO

Sara Carvalho is a director at Bosch Business Model Innovation Consulting. She was previously a Corporate Explorer at Bosch, developing a business to provide affordable and sustainable hot water to developing nations.


VANESSA CEIA

Dr. Vanessa Ceia is an innovation strategy and management consultant, expert researcher, and policy advisor on responsible tech. She is Global Innovation Lead at Oxfam America and part of Change Logic’s extend team. She was formerly a professor at McGill University.


VINCENT DUCRET

Vincent Durcret is an associate principal with Change Logic, and lecturer at the University of St. Gallen and the International Institute in Geneva. He was formerly Head of Design Thinking and Lean Enterprise at Philip Morris International.


YANIV GARTY

Yaniv Garty is a former Intel VP and CEO of Intel Israel. Garty joined Intel as part of the acquisition of Envara and rose through the ranks to serve as the general manager of Intel’s Wireless Connectivity Solutions business group.


GEORGE GLACKIN

George Glackin is the founder of the Hatch Innovation Hub, a startup incubator based in Asheville, North Carolina. George founded Hatch following a 35-year career at Procter & Gamble, where he led innovation teams on major brands and led efforts to create new businesses for the company.


JOHN GRECO

John Greco is Director of Market Insight for Automotive segments at Analog Devices. He has worked in product marketing, application engineering, and in strategic planning during his career.


CHRISTINE GRIFFIN

Christine Griffin is a principal at Change Logic. She was previously a founder CEO of a technology startup and management consultant at McKinsey & Company.


SIMON HILL

Simon Hill is the founder and CEO of Wazoku, a B corporation and leader in the global innovation management software sector. Simon is a TEDx speaker, author of One Smart Crowd, and a passionate believer in the potential of people aided by technology to drive innovation at scale towards Wazoku’s mission to change the world, one idea at a time.


EUGENE IVANOV

Dr. Eugene Ivanov is a technical and business writer and editor. He is interested in open innovation, innovation management, and technology.


UWE KIRSCHNER

Dr. Uwe Kirschner is vice president of Bosch Management Consulting and partner, Business Model Innovation, at Robert Bosch GmbH.


KAIHAN KRIPPENDORF

Kaihan Krippendorff is the founder and CEO of Outthinker, a think tank that builds corporate communities and conducts research on business strategy, innovation, and technology. He is a keynote speaker and advisor of leading organizations shaping the future.


ERICH KRUSCHITZ

Erich Kruschitz is the founder and chief exploration officer for SanusX, a corporate startup of UNIQA Insurance Group, and deputy chair of the supervisory board for PremiQaMed Group.


NARENDRA LALJANI

Narendra Laljani is a management educator, consultant, and coach. He has worked at board level with international corporations and has also taught for several leading MBA programs. Narendra is the program director of the Henley Business School Executive Management Program.


MICHAEL NICHOLS

Michael Nichols is a director of corporate ventures for MANN+HUMMEL and honorary practice fellow at Imperial College Business School.


ALEXANDER PETT

Alex Pett is a leadership coach, advisor, and consultant, with many decades of experience working with C-suite executives and their teams. He was previously head of leadership development at Kingfisher Group and BT Global Services in the UK.


RICHARD ROBERTSON

Richard Robertson is partner and leader for content development at Netherlands-based Human Insight. He also lectures on strategic diversity and organizational ecology.


BEA SCHOFIELD

Bea works with organizations to build innovation capabilities and increase innovation success. She is a specialist in crowdsourced innovation, putting important problems out to internal or external crowds to capture, evaluate, and implement ideas and solutions.


SARAH SPOTO

Sarah Spoto is head of marketing for General Motors, Europe. She was previously director of brand strategy and innovation at GM Premium Import (The Durant Guild) in Shanghai, China.


TONY ULWICK

Tony Ulwick is the pioneer of jobs-to-be-done theory, the inventor of the Outcome-Driven Innovation® (ODI) process, and the founder of the strategy and innovation consulting firm Strategyn.


KRISTIN VON DONOP

Kristin is a principal at Change Logic. She advises senior leadership teams on how to accelerate execution of growth and innovation strategies.


CHARLES VAILLANT

Charles is MANN+HUMMEL chief technology officer and chief digital officer. He is responsible for new technologies, corporate ventures, digital ventures, Big Data analytics, and digital transformation. He is known for creating entrepreneurial cultures that effectively challenge the status quo and building business strategies aimed at reaching optimal growth and profitability.

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