This is a group of outside business executives, entrepreneurs, and world class academics who review what we are doing, advise us and debate the issues, trends and new skills & tools that are emerging in the innovation space. They play a key role in advancing our practice, as well as participate as appropriate with our clients.
The purpose of the CRI Advisory Board is to provide an innovative forum for the interchange of business and academic best practices in the area of innovation, and to collaboratively "change the game" in innovation through the creative conceptualization and implementation of breakthrough program concepts for client companies.
In addition to CRI's leadership team, our esteemed Advisory Board includes:
Stan Gryskiewicz
Dr. Gryskiewicz is a consultant and an international authority in leadership, creativity, innovation and change management. An author, a keynote speaker, and a researcher, he has explored these topics domestically and globally in various settings such as research and product development, manufacturing, service delivery, educational institutions, NGOs and government. His Ph.D. is in Organizational Psychology from the University of London. Read More...
Linda Kanner
Linda Kanner is a serial entrepreneur and advisor to CEOs of early-stage, high-growth companies. She is a founding partner of The Orchard Group, which operates as a turnkey advisory board to early-stage technology companies. Most recently she was CEO of HBN Shoe, a venture-funded footwear technology company. Prior to that, she was involved in two venture-funded Internet companies, first as CEO of First Business Financial (now OneCore.com) and then as COO of edu.com, which she co-founded in 1998 with her son, raising $40 million and growing the company to 125 people before it was sold. She is presently assisting him again in launching a sports marketing company, with its first offering a sports-entertainment DVD - "City of Champions: Best of Boston Sports." Read More...
Elie Ofek
Elie Ofek is a Professor in the Marketing unit at Harvard Business School. At HBS he teaches an MBA elective and an Exec-Ed course on the relationship between Marketing and Innovation. In the past he taught the required first year MBA course in marketing. Read More...
Mark Rice
Mark P. Rice, PhD, has been named WPI's first Dean of the School of Business. Rice takes the helm during an exciting time in WPI history as the former Department of Management has been elevated to a School of Business. With full AACSB accreditation, WPI's business programs have gained significant stature. Its MBA program was recently recognized by BusinessWeek as the best part-time MBA program in the nation, and by Enterpreneur.com as a top 10 program with an emphasis on entrepreneurship. Read More...