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Howard Yu is a Hong Kong-born academic and author who is the LEGO professor of management and innovation at IMD Business School.[1] He has been the director of the IMD's Center for Future Readiness since 2020.[2][3] He is also the director of Advanced Management Program (AMP) and Future Readiness Strategy (FRS) open program of IMD.[4][5]

Yu is the author of the book, Leap.[6][7] He has been a regular contributor on Harvard Business Review,[8] MIT Sloan Management Review,[9] Channel News Asia,[10] and Forbes.[11]

Early life and education

Born in Hong Kong, Yu holds a BBA from the University of Hong Kong and a DBA in general management from Harvard Business School, which he completed under the supervision of Clayton Christensen and Joseph Bower.[2][5]

Career

In 2018, his book, Leap: How to Thrive in a World Where Everything Can be Copied, was published.[12] It was also included in Strategy+Business list.[13] The book was also included in Inc.'s Best Strategy Books of 2018.[14] It was awarded a gold medal of the Axiom business book awards in 2019.[15]

In 2020, he became the director of the IMD Center for Future Readiness, which was established with the help of The LEGO Group.[5]

Howard is the current LEGO professor at the IMD Business School.[2][16]

His other works include Future Readiness Indicator, which he developed to gauge post-pandemic economy.[17][6]

Research

His research focuses on what generates sustainable growth and what holds back firms and companies.[2] He studies innovation across sectors to find trends and enabling technology.[2]

His recent work includes Future Readiness Indicators for several industries to gauge industry incumbents' preparedness.[17][18][19]

Bibliography

  • Yu, Howard H.; Shih, Willy C. (2018). Taiwan's PC Industry, 1976–2010: The Evolution of Organizational Capabilities
  • Yu, Howard (2018). Leap: How to Thrive in a World Where Everything Can be Copied

Honors and awards

References

  1. ^ "Howard Yu, a professor with a profound message for educators". Australian Financial Review. July 8, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Geller, Laura W. "Howard Yu Disrupts Disruptive Innovation". Strategy+Business.
  3. ^ "The Future Readiness Indicator - What does it mean to be future–ready?". IMD business school.
  4. ^ "How Companies Can 'Leap' Ahead of their Competition". August 2, 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Howard Yu". www.imd.org.
  6. ^ a b "Using creativity to foil copycats".
  7. ^ Schachter, Harvey (June 21, 2018). "Why fruitless debates occur over, and over … and over again" – via The Globe and Mail.
  8. ^ Yu, Howard; Shan, Jialu; Boutalikakis, Angelo; Tempel, Lawrence; Balian, Zuriati (March 21, 2022). "What Makes a Company "Future Ready"?" – via hbr.org.
  9. ^ Meister, Howard Yu and Alyson. "How Future Thinking Can Derail Your Company's Present". MIT Sloan Management Review.
  10. ^ "Howard Yu". CNA.
  11. ^ "Howard Yu - Howard H. Yu". Forbes.
  12. ^ "FT business books of the month: June edition". June 5, 2018.
  13. ^ Lancefield, David. "Best Business Books 2018: Strategy". Strategy+Business.
  14. ^ "Inc.'s Best Strategy Books of 2018".
  15. ^ "2019 Medalists".
  16. ^ Schachter, Harvey (June 21, 2018). "Why fruitless debates occur over, and over … and over again" – via The Globe and Mail.
  17. ^ a b Warner, Kelsey (December 15, 2021). "How future-proof are Apple, Twitter and Spotify? Not very, researchers find". The National.
  18. ^ "Tesla most 'future-ready' carmaker, China's BYD rising: Report". Aljazeera.
  19. ^ "Tesla, Lululemon, Mastercard among top future-ready companies on aggressiveness, digitisation: IMD".

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