Top global executives join forces to support the Institute's
mission of making AI research for advancing business and society
accessible to all
BOSTON, July 11,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Digital Data Design
Institute at Harvard (D^3) today
announced the launch of its Advisory Council and Industry Council
to further its focus on using AI and digital technologies to
advance business and society. The Advisory Council, made up of
industry visionaries, will work with D^3 and Harvard Business School leadership to build and
scale the structures needed to drive the future of global business
with AI. In addition, the Industry Council, composed of senior
leaders across industries working with AI and digital technologies,
will collaborate with Harvard and
Harvard Business School faculty at D^3
to identify the greatest potential impact of the Institute's
research.
"By leveraging insights from top global executives and industry
leaders, D^3's Advisory and Industry Councils will ensure that our
faculty's research continues its long tradition of influencing
business and society," said Karim
Lakhani, Faculty Chair at the Digital Data Design Institute
at Harvard and Dorothy and Michael
Hintze Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
Advisory Council members bring diverse expertise and global
perspectives, invaluable to the mission of driving the future of
business. Each Council member serves a term of four years to drive
longer-term impact for the Institute.
Members of D^3's Advisory Council include:
- Marcelo Claure (Co-Chair
of Advisory Council), Founder and CEO at Claure Group; Group Vice
Chairman at SHEIN
- Scott Cook (Co-Chair of
Advisory Council), Founder and Chairman of the Executive Committee
at Intuit
- Bill Ackman, Founder and
CEO at Pershing Square Capital Management
- Stéphane Bancel, Founding CEO at Moderna
- Teresa Hillary Clarke,
Chair and CEO at Africa.com
- Mary Callahan Erdoes, CEO
of Asset & Wealth Management at JP Morgan Chase
- Vladimir Jacimovic, CEO
and Founder at ContinuumLab.ai
- Heidi Messer, Co-Founder
and Chairman at Collective[i]
- Mickey (Hiroshi) Mikitani, Chairman and CEO at Rakuten
Group, Inc.
- Dave Munichiello,
Managing Partner at Google Ventures
- Satya Nadella, Chairman
and CEO at Microsoft
- Mark Nunnelly, Chairman
at Toolbox Holdings and Foundation; Special Limited Partner at Bain
Capital
- Yoshimi (Iyadomi) Shinohara, Founder and CEO at Yokohama
Ventures
- Sir Martin Sorrell,
Founder and Executive Chairman at S4 Capital
Industry Council members, who will serve one-year terms, will
offer faculty and their researchers at the Institute insights on
high impact research opportunities across sectors and geographies.
The Industry Council will provide guidance on the potential
business impact of the research coming out of D^3. Industry Council
members will review proposed field experiments, offering strategic
advice on their relevance, reach, and impact, to foster rapid and
impactful research outcomes.
Members of D^3's Industry Council include:
- Karim Lakhani (Co-Chair
of Industry Council), Faculty Chair at D^3, Dorothy and Michael
Hintze Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School
- Robin Greenwood (Co-Chair
of Industry Council), George Gund Professor of Finance and Banking
and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development at Harvard Business School
- Victor Aguilar, Chief
Research, Development, and Innovation Officer at P&G
- Debbie Botha, Co-Founder
and Managing Director at Dalebrook Media
- Francoise Brougher,
Former COO at Pinterest
- Philip Erdoes, Co-Founder
and CEO at Bear Cognition; Founder and CEO at Bear Ventures
- Raul Galamba de Oliveira,
Chairman of the Board at CTT, Correios de Portugal
- Namrita Raina, Chief
Nuclear Physicist at Medanta
- Wakana Tanaka, Head of
Country, Japan at LinkedIn
"Launching the Advisory and Industry Councils marks a pivotal
moment for D^3," said Jen Stave,
Launch Director at the Digital Data Design Institute at
Harvard. "By convening the brightest
minds across industries, we're fostering ongoing dialogue to ensure
our research addresses the most pressing challenges in AI and
digital technology. This will allow us to further our mission of
providing the world with Harvard and
Harvard Business School faculty-led
research and insights on how to handle the exponential changes to
business that are underway."
For more information, visit d3.harvard.edu.
About Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard:
The Digital Data Design Institute
at Harvard (D^3) provides
research-driven insights, accessible to anyone in the world, on
using AI and digital technologies to advance business and society.
Emerging from Harvard Business School
under the leadership of Dean Srikant
Datar and founded on the premise that AI technology is only
half of the answer and that businesses must also revamp their
processes to harness AI's potential, D^3 is made up of a global
network of multidisciplinary faculty, researchers and scientists,
business leaders, and entrepreneurs. D^3 consists of numerous
research labs and focuses on five themes: Human-Centered
Technology, Emerging AI-based Operating and Business Models,
Evolution of Business Technology, Future of Work, and Data Privacy
Security and Regulations. For more information, please visit
d3.harvard.edu.
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