Ryan L. Raffaelli, PhD (@RyanLRaffaelli) is the Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He examines how innovations transform industries, organizational reinvention, and leading change. His research introduces the concept of "technology reemergence," a process whereby organizations and industries faced with technological change reinvent themselves. He also studies how leaders infuse values and meaning into institutions during periods of instability.
At Harvard, Professor Raffaelli created and teaches the MBA elective course "Leadership Execution and Action Planning" (LEAP) and serves on the faculty of several executive education programs, including "Leading and Building a Culture of Innovation” and "Leading Change and Organizational Renewal." He has advised leaders of numerous Fortune 500 companies, startups, global nonprofits, and government agencies.