Paul Leonardi

Duca Family Professor of Technology Management · UC Santa Barbara · company speakers →

Dr. Paul Leonardi is the Duca Family Professor of Technology Management at UC Santa Barbara. He holds appointments in the Technology Management Program and the Department of Communication. Dr. Leonardi’s research, teaching, and consulting focus on helping companies to create and share knowledge more effectively. He is interested in how implementing new technologies and harnessing the power of informal social networks can help companies take advantage of their knowledge assets to create innovative products and services. He has authored more than 60 articles that have appeared in top journals across the fields of Management, Communication, and Information Systems. He also publishes his work for managers and executives in outlets such as Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review. He is the author of four books on technological innovation and organizational change, including the award-winning, Car Crashes Without Cars and Technology Choices. His latest book, co-authored with Tsedal Neeley is The Digital Mindset: What it Really Takes to Thrive in the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI. At UCSB, he is director of the Ph.D. program in Organization Studies within the Department of Technology Management. Previously, he served as the founding director of the Master of Technology Management (MTM) program, a professional management program for technical leaders, which he launched in 2015 and ran until 2019.

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