Leadership in the management of technology and innovation in business.

A House Divided: The Role of Technology, Strategy, Organization, and Culture in the Subprime Crisis
Last issue, we saw how automation may have played a role in the subprime meltdown. Now we examine how strategy, organization and culture contributed to the collapse. Raj Rajkotia, EMTM ‘07, found himself living the issues he studied in his IT Strategy course as part of the post-merger team (Countrywide Financial and Bank of America). Raj says that the lack of integration among the different parts of the mortgage business contributed to the subprime crisis. >>more

How Having Flare Harms our Environment
Energy and its implications for the environment and economy are dominating headlines and proving to be one of the great technological challenges of our time. As faculty and alumni struggle with these issues, one alumnus is focusing on making energy consumption more efficient. Fred Maiden, ‘01, started Energy Research Solutions, a non-profit whose main goal is to stop the flaring of natural gas worldwide by 2020. What is flaring and why is it bad? >>more

Leading in a World of Permanent Vulnerability
Pattern recognition under conditions of constant volatility can help leaders convert uncertainty to knowable risk. And scenario planning can help recognize these patterns by identifying key drivers and strategic uncertainties — often, the difference between rapid response and rapid regret. Prof. Eric Clemons discusses scenarios and resonant marketing with alumni and students during the EMTM Emerging Technologies Seminar in August. >>more

Diversity, Collaboration and Math Boot Camp —
and This Was Only Orientation!
For four days in August, new EMTM students had an experience that ran the gamut from statistics to team building to classroom etiquette to math boot camp. A few, like David Proctor, found it to be “very exciting and daunting at the same time, but... we are all in the same boat.” For some, however, that boat is traveling farther than others: first-year student Alex Shkrebelo is commuting from Russia. >>more

EMTM Profiles: Rising Above the Rest
Read the stories of six graduates of the EMTM program who propelled themselves into more senior and wide ranging positions — expanding their opportunities while making an impact on their businesses. In the words of a recent alumna, “EMTM has enabled me to think differently, to think bigger. Because of that I’m getting opportunities in my career that I never thought were possible.” >>more