Description
About the Author
John Seely Brown is a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California and the independent co-chairman of the Deloitte Center for the Edge. In a previous life, he was the Chief Scientist of Xerox Corporation and the director of its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), where he was deeply involved in the management of radical innovation and in the formation of corporate strategy and strategic positioning of Xerox as The Document Company. Paul Duguid is an adjunct full professor at the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley and formerly Professorial Research Fellow at Queen Mary, University of London. Author social media/website info: deloitte.com/us/en/pages/center-for-the-edge/topics/center-for-the-edge.html; people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~duguid/; johnseelybrown.com/; twitter.com/jseelybrown
Reviews
Praise for The Social Life of Information:
"A thoughtful and challenging read that belongs on the bookshelf of anyone trying to invent or make sense of the new world of information." - Amazon
"Essential Reading for Modern Managers" - Businessweek
"An intellectual gem" - Publisher's Weekly
"This deserves to be one of the best-read books of the internet age." - The Financial Times
"The Social Life of Information will help technologists keep an eye on the bigger picture and avoid the tunnel vision that can lead promising companies down blind alleys." - Eric Schmidt
Book Information
ISBN 9781633692411
Author John Seely Brown
Format Hardback
Page Count 352
Imprint Harvard Business Review Press
Publisher Harvard Business Review Press
Weight(grams) 567g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 155mm * 30mm