| Research Institute of Management Innovation at Kinki University |
researcher |
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Role: Advisory Board Member |
| Order of Angel (Student Club) |
researcher |
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Role: Faculty Advisor |
| Design + Business Club (Student Club) |
researcher |
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Role: Faculty Advisor |
| Human Capital Club (Student Club) |
researcher |
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Role: Faculty Advisor |
| M-Powered (Student Club) |
researcher |
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Role: Faculty Advisor |
| United States Air Force |
researcher |
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Strategic advisor to senior USAF leadership on innovation and organizational transformation. Works with Department of Defense fellows. |
| United States Space Force |
researcher |
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Strategic innovation advisor to USSF leadership |
| NATO |
researcher |
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Delivers innovation programs and strategic advice to NATO forces through Intellectual Edge Alliance |
| Joint Chiefs of Staff |
researcher |
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Strategic advisor on innovation and organizational transformation |
| Republic of Singapore Armed Forces |
researcher |
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Innovation strategy advisor through Intellectual Edge Alliance partnership |
| Apple Inc. |
researcher |
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Served on advisory board, helping launch the platform that became iTunes |
| Alice Lloyd Scholars Program, University of Michigan |
affiliated |
1982-01-01 — 1985-12-31 |
Selected as an Alice Lloyd Scholar and served as an instructor in Michigan's interdisciplinary Pilot Program, noted for progressive, student-centered pedagogy. |
| Aspen Institute |
fellow |
1993-01-01 — 1993-12-31 |
Selected as a Fellow of the Aspen Institute think tank 'Tomorrow's Corporation'. Designed and led a CEO/professor symposium titled 'How Far to Ithaca,' using the metaphor of Odysseus to explore futures thinking. |
| CSC Index Vanguard Group |
affiliated |
1994-01-01 — 1995-12-31 |
Appointed to the Vanguard Group, an elite think tank of industry leaders and management theorists convened by CSC Index. |
| Board of Advisors, UM School of Library & Information Science |
researcher |
1991-01-01 |
Appointed to the Board of Advisors, helping bridge innovation methods with information systems and emerging digital tools. |
| University of Michigan President's Office |
collaborator |
1992-01-01 — 1992-12-31 |
Consulted with the Office of the President to develop university-wide innovation strategies, including advising the Chief Information Officer on academic–corporate partnerships. |
| NYU Medical Center Dean's Office |
collaborator |
1995-01-01 — 1995-12-31 |
Led a strategic innovation partnership that helped design a large-scale reengineering process, later replicated across several U.S. academic medical centers. |
| Federal Reserve Bank |
collaborator |
2003-01-01 — 2003-12-31 |
Consulted to the Federal Reserve Bank on how to establish high growth innovation ecosystems. |
| American Medical Association |
collaborator |
2007-01-01 — 2007-12-31 |
Developed innovation curriculum for U.S. physicians focused on healthcare transformation. |
| U.S. Air Force / AFWERX |
collaborator |
2008-01-01 |
Began enduring partnership with U.S. Air Force, leading to AFWERX and NATO collaborations. Selected to lead highly selective seminar for U.S. Air Force Fellows in 2022, training rising military leaders in adaptive innovation, cross-cultural agility, and change readiness. |
| Multidisciplinary Action Projects (MAP), Ross School of Business |
affiliated |
1991-01-01 |
Founding Faculty. Played a leading role in creating the MAP initiative at Ross, combining action-based learning with innovation consulting for global corporations. |
