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John Hagel or John Hagel III is an author and former consultant who specializes in the intersection of business strategy and information technology

Information technology

Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

. In 2007, Hagel, along with John Seely Brown

John Seely Brown

John Seely Brown is a researcher who specializes in organizational studies with a particular bent towards the organizational implications of computer-supported activities....

and Lang Davison, founded the Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation. Hagel is also involved with a number of other organizations, including the World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....

, Innovation Exchange

Innovation Exchange

Innovation Exchange Inc. is an open innovation vendor. IX operates a website which acts as a platform for companies and non-profit organizations to present innovation challenges to a community of innovators. This community is constituted of individuals as well as small and midsize businesses...

with John Seely Brown

John Seely Brown

John Seely Brown is a researcher who specializes in organizational studies with a particular bent towards the organizational implications of computer-supported activities....

and Henry Chesbrough

Henry Chesbrough

Henry Chesbrough coined the term open innovation and is the author of Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology...

, the International Academy of Management, and the Aspen Institute

Aspen Institute

The Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1950 as the Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies. The organization is dedicated to "fostering enlightened leadership, the appreciation of timeless ideas and values, and open-minded dialogue on contemporary issues." The...

. He is credited with inventing the term "infomediary

Infomediary

An infomediary works as a personal agent on behalf of consumers to help them take control over information gathered about them for use by marketers and advertisers...

" in his book, NetWorth. with Marc Singer, published by the Harvard Business School Press in 1999.

Major positions and roles

Co-Chairman of the Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation (present)
Aspen Institute
Aspen Institute
The Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1950 as the Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies. The organization is dedicated to "fostering enlightened leadership, the appreciation of timeless ideas and values, and open-minded dialogue on contemporary issues." The...
Advisory board member of open innovation
Open Innovation
Although the idea and discussion about some consequences date back at least to the 60s, open innovation is a term promoted by Henry Chesbrough, a professor and executive director at the Center for Open Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley, in his book Open Innovation: The new...

vendor Innovation Exchange
Innovation Exchange
Innovation Exchange Inc. is an open innovation vendor. IX operates a website which acts as a platform for companies and non-profit organizations to present innovation challenges to a community of innovators. This community is constituted of individuals as well as small and midsize businesses...
Fellow, World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum is a Swiss non-profit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva, best known for its annual meeting in Davos, a mountain resort in Graubünden, in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland....
Icosystem - Board of Advisors
Grand Central
Grand Central
-Transportation:* Grand Central Airport, a general aviation airport in Midrand, South Africa* Grand Central Airport , major location of early commercial air travel in California* Grand Central Parkway, in Queens, New York City...

- Advisory Board
NorthStar - Advisory Board
Rearden Commerce - Advisory Board
International Academy of Management - Advisory

Education, degrees and awards

MBA - Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...

- 1978
JD - Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...

- 1978
B.Phil. - Oxford University - 1974
BA - Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...

- 1972

Publications

"The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things In Motion", (with John Seely Brown
John Seely Brown
John Seely Brown is a researcher who specializes in organizational studies with a particular bent towards the organizational implications of computer-supported activities....

and Lang Davison), Basic Books
Basic Books
Basic Books is a book publisher founded in 1952 and located in New York. It publishes books in the fields of psychology, philosophy, economics, science, politics, sociology, current affairs, and history.-History:...

, 2010
"The Only Sustainable Edge: Why Business Strategy Depends on Productive Friction and Dynamic Specialization" (2005) with John Seely Brown
John Seely Brown
John Seely Brown is a researcher who specializes in organizational studies with a particular bent towards the organizational implications of computer-supported activities....
"Out of the Box: Strategies for Achieving Profits Today and Growth Tomorrow through Web Services" (2002) with John Seely Brown
John Seely Brown
John Seely Brown is a researcher who specializes in organizational studies with a particular bent towards the organizational implications of computer-supported activities....
"Net Worth: Shaping Markets When Customers Make the Rules" (1999) with Marc Singer
Marc Singer
Marc Singer is a Canadian-born American actor best known for his roles in the Beastmaster film series and as Mike Donovan in the original 1980s TV series V.-Personal life:...
"Net Gain: Expanding Markets Through Virtual Communities" (1997) with Arthur G. Armstrong
"Assessing the Criminal: Restitution, Retribution and the Legal Process" (1977)
"Alternative Energy Strategies: Constraints and Opportunities" (1976)

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