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 […]

Speaking at Technological Innovation in Government: Toward Open and Smart Government Symposium

I will be speaking on Big Data at the Technological Innovation in Government: Toward Open and Smart Government Symposium organized by the Section for Science & Technology in Government of the American Society for Public Administration. Other speakers at the event include Jane Fountain (UMass), Elizabeth Bruce (MIT), Chris Osgood (Office of New Urban Mechanics, City of Boston), […]

Big Data goes to Germany and Slovenia

I will be giving two talks this week on my Big Data report. The first presentation will take place at the Fakultät für Informatik, Technische Universität München on March 12 (See here for more details). I will then fly to Slovenia to give a talk at the Faculty of Information Studies in Slovenia on March 14.

TechniCity – MOOC – A Vision for Smart Cities

While at Ohio State University, I recorded lectures for the TechniCity MOOC. This course is being offered by two of my colleagues, Jennifer Evans-Cowley, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Administration, City and Regional Planning Section, Ohio State University and Tom Sanchez, Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Tech. Check it out!

Speaking at the GSA on the Future of Challenges and Contests in the Public Sector

On April 18, I will deliver a webinar from the General Services Administration on the future of challenges in the public sector. This presentation will draw on my work funded by the IBM Center for the Business of Government on Challenge.gov. The webinar will also highlight findings from my recent work that is looking at how […]

ASPA 2013 – Collective Intelligence in the Public Sector

I just returned from the 2013 Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration in New Orleans. I participated on a panel titled, Institutionalizing Social Media in the Public Sector, moderated by John Kamensky (IBM Center for the Business of Government). Panelist included: Ines Mergel (Maxwell School, Syracuse University), Tanya M. Kelley (Arizona State University), […]

Baumer Lecture at Ohio State University – Designing Smart Cities

I will be visiting The Ohio State University on February 6th, 2013. During my visit, I will deliver a talk as part of the Baumer Lecture Series in Ohio State’s Knowlton School of Architecture. My talk will outline how technologies are changing the face of urbanization. Specifically, I will outline how citizens are leveraging technologies […]

Speaking at the Society for Information Management’s Advanced Practices Council

I will be presenting my research on innovation and intrapreneurship to the Advanced Practices Council (APC) of the Society of Information Management. This presentation is based on my recent book, Intrapreneurship: Managing Ideas within Your Organization, and will take place in Atlanta, GA on January 22, 2013. An organization’s ability to compete and continuously renew itself is […]