Verganti Roberto
Full Professor
Verganti Roberto
Full Professor
Roberto Verganti is Professor of Leadership and Innovation at the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano, where he is a founder of Leadin’Lab, the laboratory on LEAdership, Design and INnovation.
Roberto Verganti is Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics – House of Innovation, where he is Director of The Garden – Center for Design and Leadership. He also visiting lecturer at the Harvard Business School, where he teaches Design Theory and Practice.
Roberto is an Ambassador of the European Innovation Council, at the European Commission.
Career
Master of Science: Electronics Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.
Research
Roberto research focuses on how to create meaningful innovations and organizations in a changing world. His studies lie at the intersection between leadership, design and technology management.
He is the author of “Overcrowded”, MIT Press - 2017, and of “Design-Driven Innovation”, Harvard Business Press - 2009, which has been selected by the Academy of Management as one of the best 6 management books published in 2008 and 2009.
He has issued more than 150 articles on journals such as the Harvard Business Review, Management Science, Research Policy and is in the Hall of Fame of the Journal of Product Innovation Management, from which he received the 2020 Albert Page Best Paper Award to the article “Innovation and Design in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” and where he acts today as an Associate Editor.
He has been featured on The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Financial Times, Forbes, BusinessWeek. Roberto is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review online magazine.
Selected Publications
Magnanini S.| Trabucchi D.| Buganza T.| Verganti R. (2021), "Collaborate as a flock in the organization: how selection and synthesis influence knowledge convergence within a complex adaptive system", Journal of Knowledge Management, 26, 142-165
Magistretti S.| Allo L.| Verganti R.| Dell’Era C.| Reutter F. (2021), "The microfoundations of design sprint: how Johnson & Johnson cultivates innovation in a highly regulated market", Journal of Knowledge Management, 25, 88-104
Ainamo A.| Dell'Era C.| Verganti R. (2021), "Radical circles and visionary innovation: Angry birds and the transformation of video games", Creativity and Innovation Management, 30, 439-454
Trabucchi D.| Buganza T.| Verganti R. (2021), "Quantity or quality? Value creation in two-sided platforms", Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 33, 162-175
Dell'Era C.| Magistretti S.| Cautela C.| Verganti R.| Zurlo F. (2020), "Four kinds of design thinking: From ideating to making, engaging, and criticizing", Creativity and Innovation Management, 29, 324-344
Community service
- Co-Director of the Executive Programme in Design and Innovation Leadership , 01/01/2010 - to date
- Director of the Doctoral Program in Management Engineering, 01/01/1999 - 31/12/1999
- Founder and First Director of the School of Doctoral Programs of Politecnico di Milano , 01/01/2000 - 31/12/2003
- Founder and first Director of the Alta Scuola Politecnica, the School of excellence of Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino, 01/01/2004 - 01/09/2007
- Member of the PhD Board - PhD in Management Engineering, 01/09/1999 - 31/12/2013
- Member of the editorial Board - CERN IdeaSquare Journal of Experimental Innovation.She Ji. The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation. Design Management Journal. Research in Engineering Design.
- Member of the editorial board, Journal of Product Innovation Management from 2000 to 2016, and then Associate Editor from 2021
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