Ideas matter. Approaches matter. Methods matter. Because flawed ideas, approaches, and methods yield bad answers, or "solutions" that don't work, or they waste valuable time and energy in fruitless exercises with no lasting impact.
One of the ways Monitor maintains the leading approaches in the world on disciplines critical to growth is by having, within our firm, many original thinkers and published authors. (We also draw on the capabilities of many thought leaders outside the firm—see Talent Network.)
Monitor thought leaders support core disciplines: Strategy, Marketing and Pricing, Innovation and Product Development, Organization and Leadership, Economic Development, and Security. Here is a sample of our thought leaders:
Strategy
Marketing and Pricing
Innovation
Organization and Leadership
Economic Development and Security
Chris Argyris
Chris Argyris is a director of Monitor and Professor Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is known for his seminal work in the area of Organizational Learning and is the author of numerous books and articles on the subject. A complete list of his books and articles can be found on Amazon and Harvard Business Review.
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Bruce Chew
Bruce Chew is a partner at Monitor and an authority on technology and operations management. A former Harvard Business School professor, he joined Monitor in 1993. He focuses on enhancing the performance of firms' production and logistics, managing complexity and effective product development. His articles can be found on Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review.
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Tom Copeland
Tom Copeland is Chairman Emeritus of Monitor Corporate Finance. He has been a consultant to over 200 companies in 34 countries around the world, and is a leading authority on valuation. His numerous books and articles can be found on Amazon and Harvard Business Review.
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Joe Fuller
Joseph Fuller is a co-founder of Monitor and works with clients in a variety of industries, particularly those with a heavy reliance on technology. He has deep experience in two of the world's most dynamic sectors, life sciences and telecommunications, and has advised leading companies and regulatory bodies in both industries. An extensive contributor to Monitor's intellectual property, his interest in research began during his collaboration with Professor Michael Porter of Harvard Business School on the development of the concepts presented in Porter's book, Competitive Advantage. In recent years, he has worked closely with Professor Michael Jensen on the interaction of the capital markets and companies' decision-making processes with a particular focus on corporate governance. Widely published, his work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, The Washington Post, and Harvard Business Review.
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Mark Fuller
Mark Fuller is the chairman of Monitor. He plays an active role in the development and management of a select number of client relationships and has participated in many of Monitor's projects dealing with the enhancement of national or regional competitiveness. Formerly, Fuller served as an assistant professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School. He is the author of Japan's Business Renaissance.
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Katherine Fulton
Katherine Fulton is a partner at Monitor and president of the Monitor Institute, the vehicle through which Monitor applies its knowledge, expertise, skill and capital to solving complex social problems. She is the co-author of Looking Out for the Future: An Orientation for Twenty-First Century Philanthropists. Her efforts have won her both a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University and a Lyndhurst Foundation prize for community service, and her innovative course design at Duke University was featured in Time magazine.
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Bernie Jaworski
Bernie Jaworski is a partner at Monitor and President of Monitor Executive Development, Monitor's company specializing in executive development and capability building. A former marketing professor at the University of Southern California, Dr. Jaworski is a prolific writer. His major books and articles can be found on Amazon and Harvard Business Review.
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Michael Jensen
Michael Jensen is a Senior Advisor at Monitor. He is Jesse Isidor Professor of Business Administration Emeritus, Harvard Business School. In 1990, he was named "Scholar of the Year" by the Eastern Finance Association and one of the "Year's 25 Most Fascinating Business People" by Fortune magazine. His numerous books and articles can be found at Harvard Business Review and Amazon.
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Ron Jonash
Ronald Jonash is partner at Monitor and specializes in the strategic management of technology and innovation, R&D, and the management of product development. He is the author of The Innovation Premium: How Next Generation Companies Are Achieving Peak Performance and Profitability.
David Kantor
David Kantor is a systems psychologist, organizational consultant and director of Monitor Kantor Enterprises. Through his teaching and publications, he has made a significant contribution to the fields of family systems and organizational intervention theory and practice. New communications and leadership products developed at Monitor include the Leadership Model Building Program, the Kantor Profiles Suite and O-deck.
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Larry Keeley
Larry Keeley is a partner at Monitor, and the president and co-founder of Doblin Inc. He is an acclaimed author, speaker, and teacher on the role of innovation and business. Over the last 25 years, Larry has advised hundreds of clients on how to use rational, repeatable methods to achieve innovation effectiveness. Larry was named by Business Week as one of the "Seven Gurus of Innovation." He is also on the faculty and Board of the IIT Institute of Design in Chicago and is a highly rated teacher at the Kellogg Graduate School of Business.
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Eamonn Kelly
Eamonn Kelly is a partner at Monitor and head of Global Business Network (GBN), Monitor's scenario and strategy consulting group. For over a decade, Kelly has been at the forefront of exploring the emergence of a new economic, social, and geopolitical order and its far-reaching consequences for organizations and individuals. His latest book, Powerful Times: Rising to the Challenge of Our Uncertain World offers a compelling look at the dynamic tensions shaping the future and creating profound new challenges and opportunities. His other books and articles can be found on Amazon.
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Diana McLain Smith
Diana McLain Smith is a partner at Monitor focusing on team and organizational performance. For the past 25 years Diana has studied and advised leaders and their teams on how to build relationships strong enough to master their toughest challenges. Throughout her career, Diana has written about teams and intervention. Her new book, Divide Or Conquer: How Great Teams Turn Conflict into Strength distills 25 years of research to show how relationships make or break the success of leaders and their teams. Diana's other writings can be found in California Management Review (“Too Hot to Handle? How to Manage Relationship Conflict” co-authored with Amy Edmondson), Peter Senge's The Dance of Change (“Climbing Out of the Muck” and “The Muck Stops Here”), and Brown and Wiig's Corporate Communication (“Keeping a Strategic Dialogue Moving”). While earning her doctoral degree at Harvard, she co-wrote Action Science, a classic text on intervention, with Chris Argyris and Robert Putnam.
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Chris Meyer
Christopher Meyer is a partner at Monitor and head of Monitor Networks, the firm's "human capital intermediary," providing Monitor and its clients access to leading thinkers in business and science, and offering these individuals stimulating opportunities to collaborate. Chris is a recognized expert on the trends shaping business and economic developments. His major works can be found on Amazon, Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review.
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Tom Nagle
Tom Nagle is a partner at Monitor and founder of the Strategic Pricing Group, Monitor's company focused on pricing and value capture strategies. Dr. Nagle is a frequent keynote speaker and former professor of marketing and strategy at the University of Chicago and Boston University. He is the author of the bestselling book The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing, and has published in MIT Sloan Management Review and Harvard Business Review.
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Michael Porter
Michael Porter is a co-founder of Monitor and the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor at Harvard Business School. Named one of the top 50 business intellectuals of our time, Mike Porter is the author of 16 books and over 80 articles. His book, Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors, published in 1980, and a companion book, Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance, defined the field. His numerous works can be found on Amazon, Harvard Business Review.
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Jeffrey Rayport
Jeffrey Rayport is a partner at Monitor and head of Marketspace. A former professor at Harvard Business School, Jeffrey developed and taught the first graduate level e-commerce course in the US. He is a recognized expert on the impact of emerging digital technologies on the opportunities for innovation in companies' go-to-market strategies, especially in information-intensive industries such as media and entertainment, retail, and financial services. His books and articles can be found on Amazon and Harvard Business Review.
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Peter Schwartz
Peter Schwartz, an internationally renowned strategist and futurist, is a partner at Monitor and founder of Global Business Network (GBN). Peter is also a venture partner of Alta Partners, a venture capital firm in San Francisco, and serves on the boards of numerous organizations and companies. He consults, publishes, and lectures widely and has served as a script consultant on such films as Deep Impact, War Games, and Sneakers. His books can be found on Amazon.
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