Biography
Paul Leonardi is an innovation and organizational change keynote speaker, UC Santa Barbara Professor, and consultant to companies on the management of innovation. His research, teaching, and consulting focus on helping companies to create and share knowledge more effectively. To do this, he examines on how implementing new technologies and harnessing the power of informal social networks can help companies take advantage of their knowledge assets to create innovative products and services. He is a frequent speaker on topics of innovation, change management, leading remote and global teams, and market validation. In addition to speaking and consulting, he has published over 80 articles and chapters in peer-reviewed journals and management outlets, including the Harvard Business Review and the Sloan Management Review. His latest book, The Digital Mindset: What it Takes to Thrive in the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI, presents two decades worth of research into the skills that lead to performance and innovation in today’s workplace.