Dr. George Westerman
Senior Lecturer
MIT Sloan School of Management
CIO Award Team Member 2022 (Co-chair), 2021 (Co-chair), 2020 (Co-chair), 2019 (Co-chair), 2018 (Co-chair), 2017 (Co-chair), 2016 (Co-chair), 2015 (Co-chair)
Speaker/Panelist 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015
CIO Award Leadership Panel (2022)
Re-imagining Leadership in the Next Normal…Are CIOs prepared? (Episode #10) (2021)
2021 CIO Award Presentation and Panel (Episode #11) (2021)
Episode #5: Digital Transformation (2020DLS)
Insights from the Leadership Award Finalists (2020)
Reimagining Leadership in the Next Normal… Are CIOs prepared? (2020)
Insights from the Leadership Award Finalists (2019)
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)