Adam Gordon
Dr, Associate professor
Fuglesangs Allé 4
building 2628, M210B
8210 Aarhus V
Denmark
Phone: +4587165974
Mobile: +4593509017
Ph.D., UCT Graduate School of Business
MBA, INSEAD
MSc, University of Houston
Research areas
- Business and economics > Management > Innovation foresight strategy innovation futures design thinking systems thinking Strategic planning
Profile
Dr Adam Gordon is Associate Professor in the Aarhus BSS OSA Strategic Foresight Research Network, where he is also developing the executive education platform and custom leadership programming. His academic areas span foresight, strategy, and innovation, and the application of these tools to management and board leadership. Adam has lectured at over a dozen universities and business schools, including INSEAD, Aalto EE, and Monash GSB. He is editor of the IEEE TEMS Journal special edition on strategic foresight and innovation (2020). He is an editorial board member of Futures & Foresight Science, and has been an editorial board member of World Future Review: Journal of Strategic Foresight, and Foresight: Journal of Applied Forecasting. He is the author of Future Savvy: Quality in Foresight (Amacom Press) and has posted in the management literature at forbes.com/leadership since 2010. Adam is a former Director of Executive Education at the University of Witwatersrand.
Academic journal review assignments: Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Futures & Foresight Science; Futures, IEEE-TEMS.
Lecturing posts and invitations: Aarhus BSS; INSEAD; Cedep; Copenhagen Business School; Aalto Business School; Monash GSB; UCT-GSB; WBS; Ontario College of Arts & Design; Stanford Center for Professional Development; Edinburgh Napier University; Moscow SOM (Skolkovo); Massey GSM; DCDM Mauritius.
Research interests:
- Business and economics > Marketing and Strategy > Strategy Strategic Foresight
- Business and economics > Management > Innovation Learning Innovation; Learning & Futures Thinking
- Business and economics > Management > Innovation Design Thinking & Industry-Technology Foresight
Professional & Executive Education
2019: Aarhus BSS: Teaching With Simulations
2018: Oxford University: Oxford Scenarios Programme
2014: Witwatersrand Business School: Instructional Design Programme
2014: American Society for Training & Development, Washington DC: Action Learning
2013: Babson College: Designing and Delivering Executive Education
2011: Stanford Center for Professional Development. Innovative Futures Program
2011: Ivey Business School: Case Teaching Workshop
1999: Wharton School, Philadelphia: Global Market Management Certificate
1997: MIT-Sloan: Technology Management Program
Escaping the 'Faster Horses' Trap: Bridging Strategic Foresight and Design-Based Innovation
Gordon, A. V., Rohrbeck, R. & Schwarz, J. O., Aug 2019, In : Technology Innovation Management Review. 9, 8, p. 30-42 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
- In preparation
The Effect of Venture Strategic Disintegration and Structural Integration on Parent Value, in the Context of New Digital Business Models
Kum, M. E., Gordon, A. V. & Kortmann, S. C. J. J., 13 May 2019, (In preparation) In : Journal of Business Venturing.Research output: Contribution to journal/Conference contribution in journal/Contribution to newspaper › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Corporate Foresight Benchmarking Report 2018: How leading firms build a superior position in markets of the future
Rohrbeck, R., Kum, M. E., Jissink, T. & Gordon, A., 14 May 2018, Aarhus BSS, School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University. 18 p.Research output: Book/anthology/dissertation/report › Report › Research
IN-Board Nordic Academy
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organisation of workshop, seminar or course
Technological Forecasting and Social Change (Journal)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts › Research
Sino-Danish Centre for Education and Research
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
Oh The Irony Of 'We'll Be Like Singapore' From A Brexit With No Plan
Press/Media: Press / Media
If You Watched Senators Question Zuckerberg You Know Why CIOs Belong On Company Boards
Press/Media: Press / Media
'MicroMasters' Surge As MOOCs Go From Education To Qualification
Press/Media: Press / Media
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