Roberto Verganti is Professor of Leadership and Innovation at the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano, where he is a founder of Leadin’Lab, the laboratory on LEAdership, Design and INnovation. Roberto Verganti is Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics – House of Innovation, where he is Director of The Garden – Center for Design and Leadership. He also visiting lecturer at the Harvard Business School, where he teaches Design Theory and Practice. Roberto is an Ambassador of the European Innovation Council, at the European Commission. At Politecnico di Milano he has been the founder and first director of the School of Doctoral Programs and of the Alta Scuola Politecnica ...
Education
Master of Science: Electronics Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.
Roberto research focuses on how to create meaningful innovations and organizations in a changing world. His studies lie at the intersection between leadership, design and technology management. He is the author of “Overcrowded”, MIT Press - 2017, and of “Design-Driven Innovation”, Harvard Business Press - 2009, which has been selected by the Academy of Management as one of the best 6 management books published in 2008 and 2009. He has issued more than 150 articles on journals such as the Harvard Business Review, Management Science, Research Policy and is in the Hall of Fame of the Journal of Product Innovation Management, from which he received the 2020 Albert Page Best Paper Award to the article “Innovation and Design in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” and where he acts today as an Associate Editor. He has been featured on The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Financial Times, Forbes, BusinessWeek. Roberto is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review online magazine.