John Seely Brown

John Seely Brown

John Seely Brown (also known as JSB) is a researcher who specializes in organizational studies with a particular bent towards the organizational implications of computer-supported activities.

His research interests include the management of radical innovation, digital culture, ubiquitous computing, autonomous computing and organizational learning. JSB is also the namesake of John Seely Brown Symposium on Technology and Society, held at the University of Michigan School of Information. The first JSB symposium in 2000 featured a lecture by Stanford Professor of Law Lawrence Lessig, titled "Architecting Innovation," and a panel discussion, "The Implications of Open Source Software," featuring Brown, Lessig and the William D. Hamilton Collegiate Professor of Complex Systems at SI, Michael D. Cohen. Subsequent events were held in 2002, 2006 and 2008.

Major positions and roles

• Independent co-chair of the Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation (present)
• Senior fellow, Annenberg Center for Communication at USC (present)
• Chief scientist of Xerox Corporation (1992 - April 2002)
• Director of the Xerox PARC research center (1990 - June 2000)
• Cofounder of the Institute for Research on Learning
• Board member of multiple companies, including Amazon, Corning, MacArthur Foundation and Polycom
• Advisory board member of several private companies, including Innovation Exchange and H5
• Former board member of In-Q-Tel^[1]

Education, degrees and awards

• BA from Brown University, 1962 (mathematics and physics)
• PhD from University of Michigan, 1970 (computer and communication sciences)
• Honorary Doctor of Science from Brown University, May 2000
• Honorary Doctor of Science in Economics from London Business School, June 2001
• Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Claremont Graduate School, May 2004
• Honorary Doctor of Science from University of Michigan, April 2005

Publications

• "Research that Reinvents the Corporation", Harvard Business Review, 1991
• The Social Life of Information (with Paul Duguid)
• "The Only Sustainable Edge" (with John Hagel III)
• More than 100 papers in academic journals

References

External links

• John Seely Brown's website
• Big Shift Blog with John Hagel and Lang Davison -- Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation
• The 2009 Shift Index: Measuring the forces of long-term change
• John Seely Brown's BusinessWeek columns (co-authored with John Hagel)
• John Seely Brown's collaborative site with John Hagel
• "Keeping things simple" article in vodafone-receiver magazine nr.18
• Meet John Seely Brown, Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation]
• John Seely Brown Symposium