2005-2006 Fellows
2005-2006 Fellows:
Charles Grantham is a co-founder of the Work Design Collaborative and the Future of Work program. Charlie has spent more than twenty years studying and writing about the future of work. He is also the founder and chief scientist of the Institute for the Study of Distributed Work, based in Prescott, Arizona, where he manages an extensive applied research program focused on the emergence of the electronic workplace. He is recognized as an international expert on the design of information and organizational systems that support these new forms of work. Charlie received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Maryland. He also holds degrees in Psychology and Urban Economics from the University of Maryland. He has published five books and more than a dozen technical articles in fields ranging from computer science to psychiatry. His latest book is Consumer Evolution, released in late 2002. He is also the author of The Future of Work, published in 1999.
Louise Kehoe is an executive media communications consultant. In her consulting activities Louise draws on her many years of experience as a senior technology business journalist, most recently as the Financial Times senior technology commentator. As the former “dean of the Silicon Valley press corp” (an informal title conferred by her peers), Louise has superb media contacts and a deep understanding of how the press works. She spent much of her journalistic career at the Financial Times establishing the international newspaper, editorial presence in the Silicon Valley in the early 1980s and going on to lead coverage of the rapidly growing and changing technology sector. She wrote extensively about high technology industries for more than 20 years. Prior to leaving the Financial Times in 2003, Louise wrote a weekly column in which she commented on a broad range of issues relating to the technology sector. She was also involved in the editorial development of the FT„¢s web site and acted as a consultant to the FT group managing director on the publishing group„¢s Internet strategy. Louise holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons.) degree in physics, from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.
James Ware is a cofounder of the Work Design Collaborative and the Future of Work program. He has more than 30 years experience in research, executive education, consulting and management, including five years on the faculty of the Harvard Business School. A recognized expert in fostering collaborative inquiry that produces both learning and action, he has led more than a dozen sponsored research projects on topics such as electronic commerce channel strategies, web-enabling business processes, IT executive leadership and staff development, and building business performance scorecards. He was the lead author of The Search for Digital Excellence, (McGraw-Hill, 1998), an early compendium of ebusiness case studies demonstrating the impact of the Internet on business and society. Jim holds Ph.D., M.A., and B.Sc. degrees from Cornell University and an MBA (With Distinction) from the Harvard Business School. He is currently chairman of the board of trustees of Heald College.
Michael Wiley has been a leader in creating corporate strategy and fostering change through the innovative use of grassroots communication, leading-edge technology and new media applications for more than 15 years. His experience includes agency, association and global assignments as well as involvement with various Internet startups in the mid-nineties. Michael was recruited by GM in 1997 to help guide their burgeoning Internet/intranet efforts and was behind the development of one of the first personalized employee portals which was honored by CIO Magazine in 1999. In addition, he has developed new media and web-based programs to help GM improve both internal and external communications globally, including GMability.com, the GM Media Online, GMTV, and the GM FastLane Blog. He has been the recipient of various industry honors and awards and has been frequently quoted by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, National Public Radio and others. Michael works at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan.
Christopher Barger was IBM’s blogger-in-chief and led the company’s blogging and podcasting initiatives, helping IBM to embrace new media.
Karen Christensen is CEO of Berkshire Publishing Group and has an extensive background in trade and academic publishing on both sides of the Atlantic. Karen„¢s primary responsibility is bringing together global teams and building productive relationships with experts and organizations around the world. Karen also focuses on extending the company, U.S. business networks and developing connections guanxi - in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Karen has been involved in regional and national IT business organizations and initiated the Berkshire Encyclopedia of Human-Computer Interaction, edited by William Bainbridge of the National Science Foundation, and is developing further technology projects. For almost five years she served on the Berkshire Hills Regional School Committee, where she was involved in curriculum alignment, library development, and technology applications for teachers and students. In addition, Karen is an award-winning author and writes two blogs Berkshire Blog and the Armchair Environmentalist.
Steve Crescenzo has helped thousands of communicators improve both their print and electronic communication efforts. A former editor of The Ragan Report, he now heads Crescenzo Communications, Inc., a full-service consulting firm specializing in employee communications. Recognized as one of the nation„¢s leading experts in employee publications, Crescenzo has taught seminars at IABC„¢s International Conferences and chapter and district events throughout America and Europe. Steve recently was voted the Number One-Rated Speaker at the 2003 IABC International Conference in Toronto. He currently works on four communication-related publications. He is a senior editor and columnist for both The Ragan Report and The Journal of Employee Communication Management, and a columnist and contributing writer for Corporate Writer and Editor.
Jean-Baptiste Su is the media and technology correspondent for La Tribune and managing editor, co-founder at International Media Publishing Group; columnist at L Expansion et L Etudiant, SocPresse-Le Figaro. Previously, he was the US correspondent at Groupe Tests, managing editor of the Network & Telecom section at Decision Informatique and an editor with IDG.
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