Talks in Norway – BI, Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology, and SINTEF
Starting on Thursday, I will be visiting Norway to give several invited lectures. My first stop will be at the BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo. I will be delivering my talk to the Leadership and Organizational Behaviour group. Disastrous Large-Scale Technology Projects in the Public Sector: Unpacking Complexity I will examine what accounts for ‘complexity’ when we […]
Big Data Analytics and the US Social Security Administration, Information Polity
Rashmi Krishnamurthy and I have a paper accepted for publication in Information Polity. The paper, Big Data Analytics: The Case of the Social Security Administration, is one of the many case studies conducted during my research for my report on Big Data, published by the IBM Center for the Business of Government. Public agencies are investing significant resources […]
Collective Intelligence 2014
Rashmi Krishnamurthy and I will be presenting on Challenge.gov at the Collective Intelligence 2014 Conference at MIT next week. You might also find my paper on Challenge.gov, with Ines Mergel, in Public Administration Review of interest.
Herbert A. Simon Best Paper Award
Kena Fedorschak, Srivatsav Kandala, Rashmi Krishnamurthy, and I won the Herbert A. Simon Best Paper Award at the Ninth International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology. The paper, Data Analytics and Human Trafficking, highlights our efforts toward building IT solutions to combat human trafficking at the ASU Decision Theater. To read more about paper, please click here. […]
Mobile App Development in Highly Regulated Industries Report Released
The Advanced Practices Council of the Society for Information Management has just published my report, Mobile App Development in Highly Regulated Industries: Risks, Rewards and Recipes. I co-authored the report with my former graduate student, Paul Simons, who serves as the CEO of iHear Network. Executive Summary Mobile computing has the potential to be as disruptive to […]
Keynote at the 3rd International Conference on Management and Organization
I will be delivering a keynote lecture at the 3rd International Conference on Management and Organization organized by the Slovenian Academy of Management. My talk, Ideas, Knowledge Management, and Innovation Walk into a Bar: An Incomplete Theory of Intrapreneurship, will draw on my book and recent work on designing challenges/competitions for innovation. I will also […]
Stanford Social Innovation Research – Big Data
I co-authored an article on the role of big data for social innovation in the current issue of Stanford Social Innovation Research. Nonprofits and other social change organizations are lagging their counterparts in the scientific and business communities in collecting and analyzing the vast amounts of data that are being generated by digital technology. Four […]
Big Data and Local Government
I will be leading a webinar for the Alliance for Innovation on Big Data and Local Government on April 29, 2014. I will be joined by Chris Kelly (Director of Information Technology for Olathe, KS) and Matthew Esquibel (IT Division Manager for Austin, TX). You can read my report on Big Data here.
ASU School of Public Affairs – Distinguished Research Award
Received the ASU School of Public Affairs Distinguished Research Award for 2013-2014. I want to acknowledge the contributions made by the graduate students, researchers, and practitioners that I have the opportunity to collaborate with and learn from on a daily basis. See here for the list of all award recipients.
Smart Cities Financing Guide – Smart Cities Council
In collaboration with my colleagues, David Swindell, Jonathan GS Koppell, and Kendra L. Smith, I authored the Smart Cities Financing Guide for the Smart Cities Council. This guide highlights 28 of the most promising financial tools — including alternatives to the traditional funding mechanisms municipalities have used for decades. It also includes: Detailed analyses of each option based […]