Speaking
I speak on
topics related to business, strategy and technology. From conceiving and implementing
FAST strategies to pragmatic technology approaches, I seek to challenge traditional
assumptions and help uncover simple, yet profitable solutions best suited to
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Papers
- Moving
from Push to Pull - Emerging Models for Mobilizing Resources
(PDF)
John Hagel and John Seely Brown
- Capturing
the Real Value from Offshoring in Asia (PDF)
John Hagel
- The
Agile Dance of Architectures – Reframing IT Enabled Business Opportunities
(PDF)
John Hagel and John Seely Brown
- Overview
of Working Paper Series (PDF)
John Hagel and John Seely Brown
- Break
On Through to the Other Side: A Missing Link in Redefining the Enterprise
(PDF)
John Hagel and John Seely Brown
- The
Secret to Creating Value from Web Services Today: Start Simply (PDF)
John Hagel, John Seely Brown and Dennis Layton-Rodin
- Service
Grids: The Missing Link in Web Services (PDF)
John Hagel and John Seely Brown
- Some
Security Considerations for Service Grids (PDF)
Martin Milani and John Seely Brown
- Control
versus Trust: Mastering a Different Management Approach (PDF)
John Hagel and John Seely Brown
- Orchestrating
Business Processes - Harnessing the Value of Web Services Technology (PDF)
John Hagel and John Seely Brown
- Orchestrating
Loosely Coupled Business Processes: The Secret to Successful Collaboration
(PDF)
John Hagel, John Seely Brown and Scott Durchslag
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Work Experience
- Publications
- Academic Background
- Awards and Honors
- Affiliations
- Interviews
Work
Experience
2007 - present
John is co-chairman for Deloitte LLP's Center for the Edge with nearly 30 years of experience as a management consultant, author, speaker and entrepreneur. He has served as senior vice president of strategy at Atari, Inc., and is the founder of two Silicon Valley startups. Author of "The Power of Pull," "Net Gain," "Net Worth," "Out of the Box" and "The Only Sustainable Edge," John holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University, a B.Phil from Oxford University and a J.D. and MBA from Harvard University.
2001 - 2007
Independent management consultant and author
2000 - 2001
12 Entrepreneuring, Inc. - Chief Strategy Officer
San Francisco-based operating company focused on building businesses in
the Web services technology arena.
Led a team responsible for:
- Evaluating new
investment opportunities
- Providing strategic counsel to 12's Partner Companies
- Synthesizing perspectives
on the likely evolution of Web services technology and the implications
for business value creation
1984 - 2000
McKinsey & Company - Principal
Global Leader of McKinsey's Strategy Practice and Electronic
Commerce Practice (which I founded and led from 1993-2000). Served
a broad range of clients across the world, focusing on strategic management
and operational performance improvement using information technology as
a key enabler.
1982-1984
Atari, Inc.
- Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning
Helped lead successful turnaround of Atari's Home Computer Division; helped
to build profitable application software business
1980-1982
Sequoia Group, Inc. - Founder and CEO
- Founded and led
systems house selling turnkey computer systems to physicians
- Built start-up
to $5 million in revenue, becoming the largest provider in its vertical
market
- Sold the company
to MetPath, the largest clinical lab company in the U.S.
1978-1984
Boston Consulting Group - Consultant
Served senior management of a broad range of large enterprises on business
strategy issues
Books (see
writing)
- The Only Sustainable Edge: Why Business Strategy Depends on Productive Friction and Dynamic Specialization, published in 2005, this book makes the case that executives need to fundamentally re-think business strategy at three levels: sources of strategic advantage, management techniques required to build this advantage and approaches to developing business strategy. Learn more about the book.
- Out
of the Box: Strategies for Achieving Profits Today and Growth Tomorrow
through Web Services, published in 2002, this book explores
the business implications of Web services, a new generation of technology.
The book also discusses what businesses must do to address growing pressures
for profitability and growth. Learn
more about the book.
- Net Worth: Shaping Markets When Customers Make the Rules, published in 1999, focuses on the opportunities and issues related to capturing information about customers online. It has been featured on business book bestseller lists in the United States as well as being translated into ten languages.
- Net Gain: Expanding Markets Through Virtual Communities, published by Harvard Business School Press in 1997, has been on the business book bestseller lists in the United States, and has been translated into twelve languages.
- Two other books
- published 25 years ago - were also successful in their categories
Assessing the Criminal: Restitution, Retribution and the Legal Process (Cambridge: Ballinger Publishing, 1977)
Alternative Energy Strategies: Constraints and Opportunities (New York: Praeger, 1976)
Articles
I have published articles in a broad range
of business publications, including the Harvard Business Review, the Wall
Street Journal, the Financial Times, the McKinsey Quarterly and CIO Magazine.
Academic
Background
MBA - Harvard Business School - 1978
JD - Harvard Law School - 1978
B.Phil. - Oxford University - 1974
BA - Wesleyan University - 1972
- Accenture (2003) - Top 100 Business Gurus
- Network World (2002) - 50 Most Powerful People in Networking
- World Economic
Forum (2000) - Forum Fellow
- Business Week
(1999) - Named one of the 25 most influential people in electronic business
- Upside (1999)
- Designated one of the Elite 100 Most Influential People in the Digital
World
- McKinsey Award
- Best articles published in Harvard Business Review
1999 - Unbundling the Corporation
2001 - Your Next IT Strategy
Affiliations
World Economic Forum - Forum Fellow
Icosystem - Board of Advisors
Grand Central - Advisory Board
NorthStar - Advisory Board
Rearden Commerce - Advisory Board
International Academy of Management - Member
Harvard Business School Research Center - former Steering Committee member
In addition to the print interviews below, I have been interviewed on a variety of broadcast networks, including the BBC, NBC, CNBC and PBS.
"Offshoring's Next Wave" Consulting Magazine, September/October 2005
"Strategy at the Edge" Harvard Business School, June 16, 2005
"Can Your Firm Develop a Sustainable Edge?" Knowledge@Wharton, June 15, 2005.
"The Only Sustainable Edge" ], Technation (NPR interview with Moira Gunn), June 14, 2005.
"Outsourcing" Washington Post, June 2, 2005.
"A Broader View of Offshoring" Business Week, May 31, 2005
"Can We All Get Along?" Gelf Magazine, Magazine, May 10, 2005.
"Driving Innovation at the Edge of the Enterprise" ComputerWorld, May 9, 2005.
"IT Strategies" IT Conversations (audio interview with Doug Kaye), September 7, 2003
"Q&A with John Hagel: Understanding Productivity" Cisco Business Strategies, August 18, 2003
"Rebuttal to Nick Carr's 'Dangerous' Article" Gurus Online, July 2003
“Conversation
with John Hagel”, CIO Magazine, February 1, 2003
“Q&A with
John Hagel, III”, Cisco Thought Leadership Newsletter, January
17, 2003
“The
Future of Web Services”, Forbes.com, December 9, 2002
“Web
Services and the Development of Value Chains: Insights from John Hagel”,
Internet World, December 4, 2002
“Using
Web Services to Tame Technology”, HBS Working Knowledge, December
2, 2002
“Q&A:
John Hagel on the Business Impact of Web Services”, Computerworld,
November 4, 2002
“Can Web Services Help IT Emerge From Gloom and Doom?”, Internet Week, October 22, 2002
"The
Next IT Strategy: The Information Utility" Computerworld October
8, 2001
"Brand New Branding", Darwin Magazine, July 2001
"E-Business, Though Battered, Can Recapture Its Edge, Says John Hagel", ebizChronicle.com, March 28, 2001
"John Hagel - Defend or Attack", CIO Web Business Magazine, April 1, 1999
"John
Hagel's Required Reading for Net Newbies and Giants Alike", Business
Week, March 17, 1999
"Infomediation",
Onewwworld.com, 1999
"It Takes a Village to Make a Mall", Wired, August 1997
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Blogs
- The Big Shift (HBR)
- EdgePerspectives blog
Books
The
Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion
by John Hagel III, John Seely Brown, and Lang Davison
ALSO
The
Only Sustainable Edge: Why Business Strategy Depends on Productive Friction
and Dynamic Specialization
by John Hagel III and John Seely Brown
- Out
of the Box: Strategies for Achieving Profits Today and Growth Tomorrow through
Web Services
by John Hagel III
- Net
Worth: Shaping Markets When Customers Make the Rules
by John Hagel, III and Marc Singer
- Net
Gain: Expanding Markets through Virtual Communities
By John Hagel, III and Arthur G. Armstrong
Deloitte
ongoing
research:
The 2009 Shift Index
The Big Shift Index: Uncovering the Emerging Logic of Deep Change
www.edgeperspectives.com
Cloud Computing working papers
BusinessWeek
The Next Wave of Open Innovation
April, 2009
Does the Experience Curve Matter Today?
April, 2009
Peer-to-Patent: A System for Increasing Transparency
March, 2009
How World of Warcraft Promotes Innovation
January, 2009
Harrah's New Twist on Prediction Markets
December, 2008
Innovation for Hard Times
November 2008
How SAP Seeds Innovation
July 2008
Student Activism Can Change the World
May 2008
Myelin Repair Foundation's
Institutional Innovation
May 2008
Learning from Facebook
April 2008
Learning from Tata's Nano
February 2008
Catching the Innovation Wave
January 2008
Phoning from the Edge
January 2008
Embrace the Edge - or Perish
November 2007
Funding Invention vs.
Managing Innovation
February 2006
Articles
- Creation Nets: Harnessing the Potential of Open Innovation (co-authored with John Seely Brown) April, 2006
- Connecting Globalization & Innovation: Some Contrarian Perspectives (Prepared for the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland January 25 – 30, 2006; co-authored with John Seely Brown)
- "The
Benefits of a Long Distance Relationship" (co-authored with John Seely Brown),
August 9, 2005
- "Feed R&D - Or Farm It Out?" (HBR Case Study with Commentary co-authored with John Seely Brown), July 2005
- "Productive Friction: How Difficult Business Partnerships Can Accelerate Innovation" (co-authored with John Seely Brown), February 2005
- "From Push to Pull: The Next Frontier of Innovation" (co-authored with John Seely Brown), 2005, No.3
- "Innovation Blowback: Disruptive Management Practices from Asia" (co-authored with John Seely Brown), 2005, No.1
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