Business Management Pundit

Robert Morison is a highly accomplished business researcher, writer, discussion leader, and management consultant. He has been leading breakthrough research at the intersection of business, technology, and human asset management for more than 20 years, working with over 300 major organizations and writing or editing more than 150 research reports and management guides on topics ranging from workforce management and business innovation to business process reengineering, collaborative business models, and business analytics. His work combines insight, innovation, and pragmatic attention to how organizations work and change. Robert has recently been a commentator on workforce issues on Nightly Business Report on PBS.

An award-winning author, his forthcoming book (with co-authors Tom Davenport and Jeanne Harris) will be published by Harvard Business School Press in early 2010. Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results will show how organizations can create an analytical capability that enables them to routinely make better decisions in every aspect of their business.  His other major publications include:

• Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills and Talent (with Ken Dychtwald and Tamara Erickson), Harvard Business Press, 2006.
• “Teaming Up to Crack Innovation and Enterprise Integration” (with James Cash and Michael Earl), Harvard Business Review, 2008.
• “It’s Time to Retire Retirement” (with Ken Dychtwald and Tamara Erickson), Harvard Business Review, 2004. Winner of the McKinsey Award as best HBR article of 2004.

Bob is an engaging speaker and discussion leader – always interactive, thought-provoking, action-oriented, and witty. His range of topics includes:

• Ensuring Your Talent Supply
• Building an Analytical Organization
• Organizing to Innovate
• Business Collaboration – Let’s Get Serious
• Reinventing Employee Computing

Bob has held innovation leadership positions with The Concours Group, CSC Index and General Electric Information Services Company. He holds an A.B. from Dartmouth College and an M.A. from Boston University.