John Sviokla

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Dr. John J. Sviokla is Vice Chairman, Global Managing Director of Innovation and Research, directs the firm’s think tank – the Diamond Exchange – and is a member of firm’s Board of Directors. John works with a variety of clients as a knowledge leader in strategy and marketing.

Recently client work includes completing a global social media strategy for a Fortune 500 company; crafting a product/market strategy for a leading financial services institution; birthing a new product – called the investor network; guiding a product strategy in the identity space for a major credit bureau, and helping to build a services strategy for a large physician organization.

John has a regular blog at the Harvard Business Review (discussionleader.hbsp.com/sviokla). He is, and has been, on the editorial boards of many journals; has consulted to large and small firms around the world, and lectures at many institutions including Northwestern, Oxford, and MIT. John is also an active speaker for conventions and companies on many topics including innovation, competition, and leadership.

Prior to joining Diamond, John was a professor at the Harvard Business School for 12 years. In this capacity, he authored more than 100 articles, cases, videos, teleseminars and edited numerous books. His seminal articles in the Harvard Business Review, "Managing in the Marketspace" and "Exploiting the Virtual Value Chain, “were among the first harbingers of the growth of the Internet world.

Education

He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College with high honors from the visual and environmental studies department. He completed is his MBA with Distinction and DBA with a major in management information systems both from Harvard Business School.

• Digital IQ results show that financial firms are ahead of the innovation curve. Read the Wall Street & Technology article here.
• Read the Third Annual Digital IQ Report
• Harvard Business Review: John Sviokla on the use of analytics in changing consumers’ health and wealth behaviors
• Read "Can Behavioral Economics Alter the Healthcare Cost Curve?"
• Read "Me-Too’ Growth Risks Diamond’s Business Design 2010 Study"
• Wall Street Journal: John on “The IT Platform: The First Shall Not Be First”
• Watch John’s CNBC video "Fighting Fear With Hope"
• John and Diamond Fellow Dan Ariely discuss why bankers might be better off working for $0 than $500K in Harvard Business Online. Watch John’s appearance on Fox Business News as he discusses the issue.
• Listen to John’s radio spot on CIO Talk Radio on how well is IT and IT leadership positioned to enable user driven innovation.
  
• John is a conversation starter on the Harvard Business website.
• Read John’s Business Week article "What Facebook’s Stumble Can Teach Your Company"
• Read "Mergers and Acquisitions in the Age of Business Platforms ", a white paper by Caroline Calkins, and Dr. John Sviokla.
• Listen to John’s radio spot on WCPT 850-AM on topics from new business models to technology’s impact on traditional marketing.

Contact John Sviokla