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:
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 a co-founder of Monitor and its former chairman and CEO. He focuses on developing critical elements of Monitor's next generation of intellectual property. 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 former senior partner at Monitor, and was a co-founder and co-leader of Monitor’s e-commerce practice as well as its executive education unit. Bernie currently serves as the Peter F. Drucker Chair in Management and the Liberal Arts at Claremont Graduate University (CGU), a post awarded to “an internationally recognized scholar who carries on the Drucker legacy of tempering sound business practices with a commitment to social responsibility,” according to CGU. His former positions have included executive vice president for North America at the Switzerland-based international business school IMD, as well as teaching posts at the University of Southern California, the University of Arizona, and Harvard Business School. He is the co-author of four textbooks on e-commerce, as well as the co-author of Best Face Forward: Why Companies Must Improve Their Service Interfaces With Customers.
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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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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 its global networks and thought leadership initiatives. Previously he was president 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, a partner at Monitor for ten years, joined New Profit, Monitor's strategic partner, as Chief Executive Partner in 2010. For 30 years, Diana has advised leaders and studied firms that are changing the way people work, think, and live. In her research, Diana observes leaders and organizations over a period of years and studies her own efforts to transform their leadership and their firms. By reflecting on both her successes and failures, she has come to understand what it takes for leaders to build in themselves and embed in their organizations the ability to innovate, learn, and grow. Her most recent book, The Elephant in the Room: How Relationships Make or Break the Success of Leaders and Organizations, shows how relationships affect the success of leaders and organizations. She is also the author of Divide or Conquer: How Great Teams Turn Conflict into a Strength, and the co-author (with Chris Argyris and Robert Putnam) of Action Science, a seminal text on intervention theory and research..
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Chris Meyer
Christopher Meyer is a Founder of Monitor Talent. From 2004 to 2009 he was the Chief Executive of Monitor Networks, a Monitor Group company. Chris is a recognized expert on the trends shaping business and economic developments. His most recent book is It's Alive: The Coming Convergence of Information, Biology, and Business. He has also co-authored Blur: The Speed of Change in the Connected Economy and Future Wealth with Stan Davis, and contributed to publications such as Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Fast Company, Time, The Wall Street Journal Business Week, and Business 2.0.
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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, and Harvard Business Review.
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Doug Randall
Doug Randall is Managing Partner of Monitor 360 and a partner at Monitor with nearly 20 years of professional experience serving governments and private sector organizations in strategic planning, scenario thinking, networking, and complexity management. Doug is a recognized thought leader on managing uncertainty, designing effective institutionalization programs, and a select set of geopolitical issues. He has lectured at the Wharton School, Stanford, and National Defense University. He has published pieces in the Financial Times, Wired magazine, and Strategy & Learning. Doug was previously co-head of the consulting practice at Global Business Network (GBN). Doug received his BA, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania and his MBA from the Wharton School.
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Peter Schwartz
Peter Schwartz, an internationally renowned strategist and futurist, is a founder of Global Business Network (GBN). Peter is senior vice president for global relations and strategic planning for Salesforce.com, and a member of the Monitor Talent network. He consults, publishes, and lectures widely and has served as a script consultant on such films as Deep Impact, War Games, and Sneakers.
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