Dean Named One of the World’s Most Influential Management Thinkers
Toronto, October 14, 2009 –Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management, was named as one of the world’s 50 most influential living management thinkers in the Thinkers 50 ranking published in The Times (London, UK) today. Prof. Martin was cited for his work in developing Integrative Thinking and the ranking noted “his 2007 book The Opposable Mind: How Successful Leaders Win Through Integrative Thinking brought a fresh perspective to bear on leadership.” He was the only Dean of a business school to be named to the list and he placed 32nd overall. He was also one of only four Canadians to be named to the list which also included Don Tapscott, an adjunct professor at the Rotman School, who placed 39th.
Prof. Martin’s research work is in Integrative Thinking, Business Design, Corporate Social Responsibility and Country Competitiveness and he also writes extensively on design. He has written seven Harvard Business Review articles and published four books including his latest book, The Design of Business: Why Design Thinking is the Next Competitive Advantage which will be published this month by Harvard Business Press. He is also the author of The Responsibility Virus: How Control Freaks, Shrinking Violets -- And the Rest of Us -- Can Harness The Power of True Partnership, published by Basic Books, and The Future of the MBA: Designing the Thinker of the Future, with Mihnea Moldoveanu, published by Oxford University Press.
In 2007 Prof. Martin was named a BusinessWeek 'B-School All-Star' for being one of the 10 most influential business professors in the world. BusinessWeek also named him one of seven 'Innovation Gurus' in 2005, and in 2004, he won the Marshall McLuhan Visionary Leadership Award. At the Rotman School, he also holds the Premier's Chair in Competitiveness and Productivity and is Director of the AIC Institute for Corporate Citizenship.
Launched in 2001, the Thinkers 50 has established itself as the definitive biennial guide to which thinkers and ideas are in – and which have been consigned to business history. The complete list and further details are available online at www.thinkers50.com . The results will also be featured by Forbes and Forbes India.
The Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto is redesigning business education for the 21st century with a curriculum based on Integrative Thinking. Located in the world’s most diverse city, the Rotman School fosters a new way to think that enables the design of creative business solutions. The School is currently raising $200 million to ensure Canada has the world-class business school it deserves. For more information, visit rotman.utoronto.ca. Ken McGuffin
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