Dr. George Westerman
Senior Lecturer
MIT Sloan School of Management
CIO Award Team Member 2020 (Co-chair), 2019 (Co-chair), 2018 (Co-chair), 2017 (Co-chair), 2016 (Co-chair), 2015 (Co-chair)
Speaker/Panelist 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015
Episode #5: Digital Transformation (2020DLS)
Insights from the Leadership Award Finalists (2020)
Reimagining Leadership in the Digital Age… Are CIOs prepared? (2020)
Insights from the Leadership Award Finalists (2019)
Creating a Digital Culture (2018)
Insights from the Leadership Award Finalists (2018)
The CIO Adventure: Insights from the Leadership Award Finalists (2017)
Preparing for the Future of Work (2017)
Developing your Organization’s Skills for the Digital Future (2016)
Leading Digital: A Manifesto for IT and Business Executives (2015)
Dr. George Westerman works at the dynamic intersection of executive leadership and technology strategy. During more than 16 years with MIT Sloan School of Management, he has written three award-winning books, including Leading Digital: Turning Technology Into Business Transformation. As a pioneering researcher on digital transformation, He has published papers in Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Organization Science, and other top journals. He is now launching a new MIT initiative focused on rethinking the process of workforce learning around the world.
He is co-chair of the MIT Sloan CIO Leadership Awards, faculty advisor to (and former member of) the Board of Directors for the Technology Business Management Council, and a member of the Digital Strategy Roundtable for the US Library of Congress. He works frequently with senior management teams and industry groups around the world. Prior to earning a Doctorate from Harvard Business School, he gained more than 13 years of experience in product development and technology leadership roles.
- Why CIOs should take the role of business co-creator (2019-06-07)
- JetBlue’s Eash Sundaram wins symposium’s CIO Leadership Award (2019-06-07)
- The CIO’s next role: Business co-creator (2019-06-06)
- 5 digital leadership lessons from the trenches (2019-05-30)
- MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Announces Winner of the 2019 CIO Leadership Award (2019-05-22)
- MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Announces 2019 Leadership Award Nominations (2019-01-09)
- 2018 tech events: The year in photos (2018-12-20)
- 2018 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium in photos: A SearchCIO snapshot (2018-06-11)
- MIT CIO: What is digital culture, why it’s needed and how to get it (2018-05-29)
- 8 lessons for IT chiefs: MIT Sloan CIO Symposium 2018 (2018-05-25)
- MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Announces Winner of the 2018 CIO Leadership Award (2018-05-23)
- MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Announces Winner of the 2018 CIO Leadership Award (2018-05-23)
- How to set up for digital transformation success (2018-05-02)
- MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Names Leading Chief Information Officers as Finalists for 2018 Leadership Award (2018-04-19)
- DBS : rsquo; David Gledhill wins prestigious MIT Sloan CIO Leadership award (2017-05-29)
- Five ways to prepare tech employees for the future of work (2017-05-25)
- MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Announces Winner of the 2017 CIO Leadership Award (2017-05-24)
- Digital transformation: MIT’s Westerman shares new lessons (2017-05-17)
- Narrowing the Search for Exceptional CIOs (2017-05-01)
- MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Names Leading Chief Information Officers as Finalists for 2017 Leadership Award (2017-04-20)
- MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Announces 2017 Leadership Award Nominations (2017-01-24)
- CIO advice: How to build skills for a digital future (2016-06-22)
- Making room for the Millennial generation (2016-06-07)
- Falling into the tech skills gap? Try a new recruiting tack (2016-05-31)
- MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Announces Winner of the 2016 CIO Leadership Award (2016-05-18)
- What Is Driving the Digital Economy? (2016-04-07)
- Leading Digital: Q&A with George Westerman (2016-02-12)
- Call for Nominations: The 2016 MIT Sloan CIO Leadership Award (2016-01-19)
- CIO is pushing the right buttons (2015-10-30)
- Blurring the Lines Between IT and Business (2015-05-22)
- From Digitally Disrupted to Digital Master (2015-05-21)
- MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Announces Winner of the 2015 CIO Leadership Award (2015-05-20)