Tom Davenport

Tom Davenport is a world-renowned thought leader and author, is the President’s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management at Babson College, a Fellow of the MIT Center for Digital Business, and an independent senior advisor to Deloitte's Chief Data and Analytics Officer Program.

An author and co-author of 25 books and more than 300 articles, he helps organizations to transform their management practices in digital business domains such as artificial intelligence, analytics, information and knowledge management, process management, and enterprise systems. 

He's been named:
A "Top Ten Voice in Tech" on LinkedIn in 2018
The #1 voice on LinkedIn among the "Top Ten Voices in Education 2016"
One of the top 50 business school professors in the world in 2012 by Fortune magazine
One of the 100 most influential people in the technology industry in 2007 by Ziff-Davis
The third most important business/technology analyst in the world in 2005 by Optimize magazine
One of the top 25 consultants in the world in 2003

For more information: http://www.tomdavenport.com/

Visiting Professor

Management Science Department, University of Strathclyde Business School

Professor of AI Strategy

At undergraduate and postgraduate levels I teach various topics on Information Management and Knowledge Management. To the postgraduate research students I teach Research Philosophy.

Associate Professor of Information & Knowledge Management

I was running a 3-year compulsory program for all the undergraduate students of the Strathclyde Business School. 1,500+ students and about 50 faculty and teaching assistants. The purpose of the job, however, was the overhaul of the program. I have completely redesigned both the content and the delivery, initiated and led porting to a new technological platform, including numerous technological developments as well as innovative teaching-learning practices and modes of assessment. I also lead the first phase of the implementation of these changes; it will take another two years until all of these are rolled out.

Director of the Management Development Programme

Assistant Professor

Corvinus University of Budapest

I conduct research in the areas of AI, creativity, knowledge management, and strategizing. I also mentor junior researchers and doctoral students.

Research Professor

Faculty of Economics and Business Zagreb

Teaching Research Philosophy to the doctoral students of the Faculty of Economics and Business and research collaboration.

Appointed as a member of the National Standards Development Committee ART/1 Artificial intelligence

Committee Member

Visiting researcher in the Corvinus Institute of Advanced Studies

Senior Research Fellow

Széchenyi University Doctoral Program in Transdisciplinarity and Management

Doctus

Since 2002: Conducting development of Intelligent Portals
Since 2000: Algorithm development for Doctus KBS Shell
Since 1998: Knowledge Engineering

Consultant

Google Innovation Lab for Food Experiences

The Google Innovation Lab for Food Experiences is a global collaborative network for leading thinkers and doers in the food space to apply their knowledge and passion towards imagining and shaping the future of food.

Participant

Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Teaching various topics on Business Decision Making and Creative Problem Solving.

Lecturer

I am Professor of AI Strategy at the Department of Management Science, University of Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow, UK.  I also hold a Visiting Professor appointment at the Management Department, Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia since 2009, as well as a Senior Research Fellowship at the Corvinus Institute of Advanced Studies, Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary 2023-2024.  I have been appointed member of the British Standard Institution's Artificial Intelligence Committee (BSI ART/001).

My scholarly research focuses on talent, creativity, intuition, and the grandmaster-apprentice relationship. I conducted in-depth open-ended interviews with 20 top scientists, including 17 Nobel Laureates and two Eckert-Mauchly Award winners, in order to understand the thinking of scientists at the highest level of mastery.

As a practitioner, 1999-2004 I spearheaded the development of AI software, a knowledge-based expert system shell, compared various AI solutions, and explored the validity of AI.  In my consultancy work, I advise companies on AI implementation to support complex decisions through modelling expert knowledge and on fostering grandmaster-apprentice relationships to improve organizational learning.  Since April 2023, as part of my sabbatical, I have been working with Intanify on developing an AI platform for helping companies with their intangible assets.

To date, I have written 30+ journal papers, three books, 15 book chapters, and 100+ conference papers.  Since 2018, I have delivered 20+ talks on Human Mind and AI in New York, London, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Manama, Lausanne, Budapest, and Birmingham, including several IEEE keynote talks, two TEDx talks, and other prestigious conference appearances.

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