Meet our speakers, who are active leaders in the T.I.M.E. (Technology, Information, Media, Entertainment) areas.
Nicholas Carr
IT Guru
Author, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
A former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review(HBR), Nicholas Carr writes and speaks on technology, business, and culture. His intriguing 2003 Harvard Business Review article “IT Doesn't Matter,” was an instant sensation, setting the stage for the global debate on the strategic value of information technology in business. His 2004 book, Does IT Matter?: Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage(Harvard Business School Press), was a bestseller and kept the worldwide business community discussing the role of computers and IT in business. Already a business bestseller, his 2008 book, The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google, examines the future of computing and its implications for business and society.
His article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” in the July/August 2008 issues of The Atlantic has generated much discussion and debate related to the Internet’s effect on cognition. Carr’s newest book, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains(W. W. Norton & Company, 2010), which examines the intellectual and social consequences of the Internet, develops the argument in that article further. It has received unprecedented international acclaim and has been reviewed in all major news publications.
The spring 2008 edition of CIO Insight named Carr's Does IT Matter? one of the all-time "Top 15 Most Groundbreaking Management Books" and Ziff Davis included him as one of only a handful of IT management thought leaders on their "100 Most Influential People in IT" list. Earlier in his career, Carr was a principal at Mercer Management Consulting. He holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an MA in English literature from Harvard University.
His article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” in the July/August 2008 issues of The Atlantic has generated much discussion and debate related to the Internet’s effect on cognition. Carr’s newest book, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains(W. W. Norton & Company, 2010), which examines the intellectual and social consequences of the Internet, develops the argument in that article further. It has received unprecedented international acclaim and has been reviewed in all major news publications.
The spring 2008 edition of CIO Insight named Carr's Does IT Matter? one of the all-time "Top 15 Most Groundbreaking Management Books" and Ziff Davis included him as one of only a handful of IT management thought leaders on their "100 Most Influential People in IT" list. Earlier in his career, Carr was a principal at Mercer Management Consulting. He holds a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an MA in English literature from Harvard University.
