Thinkers
Every person the library's catalogs cite, 115 in Political Tactics, 691 in Thinking Tools, and 423 in Organizational Structures. Each has a page of their own: their works, then what each catalog says of them and the entries that draw on them.
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53 thinkersFran Ackermann
Management scientist
Thinking ToolsRussell L. Ackoff
Systems thinker and management scientist, 1919 to 2009
Thinking ToolsOrganizational StructuresPaul S. Adler
Organization theorist
Organizational StructuresRalph W. Adler
Accounting scholar
Organizational StructuresTamara Adlin
Experience strategist
Thinking ToolsPhilippe Aghion
Economist, born 1956
Organizational StructuresFrancis J. Aguilar
Management scholar, 1932 to 2013
Thinking ToolsChristina L. Ahmadjian
Sociologist and management scholar
Organizational StructuresSönke Ahrens
Author and coach
Thinking ToolsGöran Ahrne
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresYoji Akao
Quality engineer, 1928 to 2016
Thinking ToolsGeorge A. Akerlof
Economist, born 1940
Political TacticsDavid S. Alberts
Military command-and-control researcher, published in the U.S. Department of Defense's Command and Control Research Program series, born 1942
Organizational StructuresMarcus Alexander
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresOliver Alexy
Organization scholar, born 1980
Organizational StructuresDavid Allen
Productivity consultant, born 1945
Thinking ToolsFranklin Allen
Financial economist, born 1956
Thinking ToolsJohn Allspaw
Software operations engineer
Thinking ToolsGenrich Altshuller
Engineer and inventor, 1926 to 1998
Thinking ToolsTeresa M. Amabile
Psychologist and management scholar, born 1950
Political TacticsRoy Amara
Futurist, 1925 to 2007
Thinking ToolsTerry L. Amburgey
Organization theorist
Organizational StructuresPaul C. Amrhein
Psychologist
Thinking ToolsDeborah G. Ancona
Management scholar
Political TacticsDavid F. Andersen
System dynamics scholar
Thinking ToolsDavid J. Anderson
Software manager
Thinking ToolsLorin W. Anderson
Educational psychologist, born 1945
Thinking ToolsPhilip Anderson
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresVirginia Anderson
Systems thinking writer
Thinking ToolsKenneth R. Andrews
Management scholar, 1916 to 2005
Thinking ToolsJoshua D. Angrist
Economist, born 1960
Thinking ToolsG. E. M. Anscombe
Analytic philosopher, 1919 to 2001
Thinking ToolsH. Igor Ansoff
Strategic management theorist, 1918 to 2002
Thinking ToolsVladimir Antikarov
Finance author
Thinking ToolsKatsuki Aoki
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresMasahiko Aoki
Economist, 1938 to 2015
Organizational StructuresNicholas Argyres
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresChris Argyris
Organizational theorist, 1923 to 2013
Thinking ToolsAristotle
Philosopher, 384 to 322 BCE
Thinking ToolsHal R. Arkes
Psychologist
Political TacticsThinking ToolsElliot Aronson
Social psychologist, born 1932
Political TacticsThinking ToolsKenneth Arrow
Economist, 1921 to 2017
Thinking ToolsW. Brian Arthur
Economist, born 1945
Thinking ToolsSolomon E. Asch
Social psychologist, 1907 to 1996
Political TacticsOrley Ashenfelter
Labor economist, born 1942
Thinking ToolsSusan J. Ashford
Management scholar
Political TacticsRon Ashkenas
Management consultant and writer, born 1950
Organizational StructuresJostein Askim
Political scientist (public administration)
Organizational StructuresAnthony G. Athos
Management scholar
Thinking ToolsLou Atkins
Behavior change researcher
Thinking ToolsPeter Augsdorfer
Innovation management scholar
Political TacticsRobert J. Aumann
Mathematician and game theorist, born 1930
Thinking ToolsRobert Axelrod
Political scientist, born 1943
Political TacticsThinking Tools
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93 thinkersFrancis Bacon
Philosopher and statesman, 1561 to 1626
Thinking ToolsCarliss Y. Baldwin
Economist
Organizational StructuresJohn Ballard
Management scholar
Thinking ToolsK. W. Bamforth
Former miner and researcher at the Tavistock Institute
Organizational StructuresArindam Banerjee
Computer scientist
Thinking ToolsJames R. Barker
Organizational communication scholar
Organizational StructuresKaren Barkey
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresWilliam P. Barnett
Organizational theorist
Thinking ToolsJonathan Baron
Psychologist, born 1944
Political TacticsChristopher A. Bartlett
Strategy scholar, born 1943
Organizational StructuresMin Basadur
Creativity researcher, born 1939
Thinking ToolsFrédéric Bastiat
Economist, 1801 to 1850
Thinking ToolsGregory Bateson
Anthropologist, 1904 to 1980
Thinking ToolsJulie Battilana
Organizational behavior scholar, born 1977
Political TacticsAlex Bavelas
Social psychologist, 1913 to 1993
Thinking ToolsThomas Bayes
Minister and mathematician, c. 1701 to 1761
Thinking ToolsMax H. Bazerman
Behavioral economist and negotiation scholar, born 1955
Political TacticsMichael R. Beauregard
Quality engineering
Thinking ToolsBeth A. Bechky
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresRichard Beckhard
Organization development pioneer, 1918 to 1999
Thinking ToolsMichael L. Begeman
Software researcher
Thinking ToolsWilliam W. Behrens III
Systems modeler
Thinking ToolsShlomo Benartzi
Behavioral economist
Political TacticsYochai Benkler
Legal scholar and political economist
Organizational StructuresWarren G. Bennis
Organization and leadership scholar, 1925 to 2014
Organizational StructuresJeremy Bentham
Philosopher and jurist, 1748 to 1832
Thinking ToolsJanine M. Benyus
Natural sciences writer, born 1958
Thinking ToolsInsoo Kim Berg
Family therapist, 1934 to 2007
Thinking ToolsChristian Berggren
Industrial management scholar
Organizational StructuresAdolf A. Berle
Corporate law scholar, 1895 to 1971
Thinking ToolsJacob Bernoulli
Mathematician, 1655 to 1705
Thinking ToolsBetsy Beyer
Site reliability engineering
Thinking ToolsClement Bezold
Futurist
Thinking ToolsJeff Bezos
Business executive, born 1964
Thinking ToolsNicole Woolsey Biggart
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresGregory A. Bigley
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresJulian Birkinshaw
Strategy and international management scholar
Organizational StructuresFischer Black
Financial economist, 1938 to 1995
Thinking ToolsSusan Blackmore
Psychologist, born 1951
Thinking ToolsOlivier Blanchard
Macroeconomist, born 1948
Thinking ToolsSteve Blank
Entrepreneur and educator, born 1953
Thinking ToolsPeter M. Blau
Sociologist, 1918 to 2002
Organizational StructuresJulian Bleecker
Designer and technologist
Thinking ToolsMarcia W. Blenko
Management consultant
Political TacticsJan-Petter Blom
Social anthropologist, 1927 to 2021
Thinking ToolsBenjamin S. Bloom
Educational psychologist, 1913 to 1999
Thinking ToolsNicholas Bloom
Economist, born 1973
Organizational StructuresSusan L. Blumberg
Marriage researcher
Thinking ToolsCatherine Blumer
Psychologist
Thinking ToolsDavid Bohm
Theoretical physicist, 1917 to 1992
Thinking ToolsPhillip Bonacich
Mathematical sociologist
Thinking ToolsMichael Harris Bond
Cross-cultural psychologist
Thinking ToolsGeorge Boole
Mathematician and logician, 1815 to 1864
Thinking ToolsMary E. Boone
Management consultant
Thinking ToolsNeil H. Borden
Marketing professor, 1895 to 1980
Thinking ToolsStephen P. Borgatti
Social network scholar
Thinking ToolsJohn Borstel
Writer
Thinking ToolsPeter Boumgarden
Strategy and organization scholar
Organizational StructuresPierre Bourdieu
Sociologist and anthropologist, 1930 to 2002
Political TacticsDavid G. Bowers
Organizational psychologist (University of Michigan Institute for Social Research)
Organizational StructuresGeorge E. P. Box
Statistician, 1919 to 2013
Thinking ToolsJohn R. Boyd
Military strategist, 1927 to 1997
Thinking ToolsAlan P. Brache
Process consultant
Thinking ToolsDavid L. Bradford
Management scholar
Political TacticsDaniel J. Brass
Organizational behavior scholar, 1948 to 2025
Political TacticsThinking ToolsFernand Braudel
Historian, 1902 to 1985
Thinking ToolsHarry Braverman
Political economist, 1920 to 1976
Organizational StructuresRichard A. Brealey
Financial economist, born 1936
Thinking ToolsTodd Bridgman
Management scholar
Thinking ToolsGlenn W. Brier
Meteorologist and statistician, 1913 to 1998
Thinking ToolsJoseph P. Broschak
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresJohn Seely Brown
Organizational researcher and computer scientist, born 1940
Thinking ToolsJohn L. Brown
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresJuanita Brown
Dialogue practitioner
Thinking ToolsSunni Brown
Visual thinking consultant
Thinking ToolsWilfred Brown
Industrialist, 1908 to 1985
Organizational StructuresJerome Bruner
Cognitive psychologist, 1915 to 2016
Thinking ToolsNils Brunsson
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresColin Bryar
Former Amazon executive
Thinking ToolsDavid A. Buchanan
Organizational behavior scholar
Organizational StructuresWarren E. Buffett
Investor, born 1930
Thinking ToolsJ. Stuart Bunderson
Organizational behavior scholar
Organizational StructuresRobert A. Burgelman
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresEdmund Burke
Statesman and political philosopher, 1729 to 1797
Thinking ToolsLawton R. Burns
Health care management scholar
Organizational StructuresTom Burns
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresRonald S. Burt
Sociologist, born 1949
Political TacticsRichard M. Burton
Organization design scholar, born 1939
Organizational StructuresRobert A. Baruch Bush
Mediation scholar
Thinking ToolsC. T. Lawrence Butler
Consensus trainer
Thinking ToolsJohn Buttrick
Economic historian
Organizational StructuresTony Buzan
Popular psychology writer, 1942 to 2019
Thinking ToolsWilliam C. Byham
Industrial psychologist, born 1936
Thinking Tools
C
76 thinkersRichard C. Cabot
Physician, 1868 to 1939
Thinking ToolsRoberta Calderwood
Decision researcher
Thinking ToolsDavid F. Caldwell
Management scholar
Political TacticsLindsey D. Cameron
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresAndrew Campbell
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresDonald T. Campbell
Psychologist, 1916 to 1996
Thinking ToolsJoseph Campbell
Comparative mythologist, 1904 to 1987
Thinking ToolsLauren N. P. Campbell
Organizational psychologist
Organizational StructuresArnaldo Camuffo
Management and organization scholar
Organizational StructuresStuart Candy
Futurist and designer
Thinking ToolsPeter Cappelli
Management and labor scholar
Organizational StructuresDavid Card
Labor economist, born 1956
Thinking ToolsBill Carr
Former Amazon executive
Thinking ToolsMehmet Chakkol
Operations management scholar
Organizational StructuresJames Champy
Management consultant and writer
Organizational StructuresAlfred D. Chandler Jr.
Business historian, 1918 to 2007
Organizational StructuresVarun Chandola
Computer scientist
Thinking ToolsSea-Jin Chang
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresDan Charnas
Journalist and author
Thinking ToolsAbraham Charnes
Operations researcher, 1917 to 1992
Thinking ToolsWilliam G. Chase
Cognitive psychologist, 1940 to 1983
Thinking ToolsMark Chaves
Sociologist of religion
Organizational StructuresGeorge Cheney
Communication scholar
Organizational StructuresAlbert Cherns
Social scientist, 1921 to 1987
Organizational StructuresSuzanne Chevalier
Computer security specialist
Thinking ToolsJohn Child
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresYu-kai Chou
Gamification designer, born 1986
Thinking ToolsPrithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresRaymond E. Christal
Research psychologist
Thinking ToolsClayton M. Christensen
Management scholar, 1952 to 2020
Political TacticsThinking ToolsC. Roland Christensen
Business professor, 1919 to 1999
Thinking ToolsAngèle Christin
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresChrysippus of Soli
Stoic philosopher, c. 279 to c. 206 BCE
Thinking ToolsC. West Churchman
Systems philosopher, 1913 to 2004
Thinking ToolsRobert B. Cialdini
Social psychologist, born 1945
Political TacticsThinking ToolsClaudio U. Ciborra
Information systems scholar
Organizational StructuresMarcus Tullius Cicero
Roman statesman and orator, 106 to 43 BCE
Thinking ToolsBurton R. Clark
Sociologist of higher education
Organizational StructuresDai Clegg
Software developer
Thinking ToolsAnne Clinton-Cirocco
Decision research
Thinking ToolsDel Close
Improvisation teacher, 1934 to 1999
Thinking ToolsRonald H. Coase
Economist, 1910 to 2013
Political TacticsAllan R. Cohen
Management scholar
Political TacticsSusan G. Cohen
Organizational behavior scholar
Organizational StructuresRobert E. Cole
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresHenry J. Coleman
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresAllan Collins
Cognitive scientist, 1936 to 2026
Thinking ToolsTantum Collins
Co-author of a military memoir
Organizational StructuresDavid J. Collis
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresAsli M. Colpan
Business historian and strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresJeff Conklin
Design rationale researcher
Thinking ToolsAdam Connor
Design leader
Thinking ToolsMelvin Conway
Computer scientist
Organizational StructuresAlan Cooper
Software designer, born 1952
Thinking ToolsRobert G. Cooper
Product innovation scholar, born 1943
Thinking ToolsWilliam W. Cooper
Operations researcher, 1914 to 2012
Thinking ToolsTom Copeland
Financial economist
Thinking ToolsRichard A. Cosier
Management scholar
Thinking ToolsPaul T. Costa Jr.
Personality psychologist, born 1942
Thinking ToolsStephen R. Covey
Educator and author, 1932 to 2012
Thinking ToolsNelson Cowan
Cognitive psychologist, born 1951
Thinking ToolsCatherine Durnell Cramton
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresRobert Platt Crawford
Journalism professor, 1893 to 1970
Thinking ToolsLee J. Cronbach
Educational psychologist, 1916 to 2001
Thinking ToolsPat Croskerry
Diagnostic error researcher
Thinking ToolsRob Cross
Management scholar
Thinking ToolsMichel Crozier
Sociologist, 1922 to 2013
Political TacticsJeffrey Cruikshank
Writer
Thinking ToolsJames W. Culliton
Marketing professor
Thinking ToolsJonathon N. Cummings
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresStephen Cummings
Management scholar
Thinking ToolsThomas G. Cummings
Organization development scholar, born 1944
Organizational StructuresGraeme Currie
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresAndrew Curry
Futurist
Thinking ToolsRichard M. Cyert
Economist, 1921 to 1998
Political TacticsBarbara Czarniawska
Organization scholar
Organizational Structures
D
58 thinkersRichard L. Daft
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresLinus Dahlander
Strategy and innovation scholar
Organizational StructuresErnest Dale
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresNorman C. Dalkey
Forecasting researcher
Thinking ToolsMelville Dalton
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresHung Dang
Information security
Thinking ToolsGeorge B. Dantzig
Operations researcher, 1914 to 2005
Thinking ToolsJohn M. Darley
Social psychologist, 1938 to 2018
Political TacticsCharles Darwin
Naturalist, 1809 to 1882
Thinking ToolsThomas H. Davenport
Management scholar, born 1954
Thinking ToolsPaul A. David
Economic historian, 1935 to 2023
Thinking ToolsAndrew Davies
Innovation and project management scholar
Organizational StructuresAlison Davis-Blake
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresStanley M. Davis
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresRobert B. Davison
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresRichard Dawkins
Evolutionary biologist, born 1941
Thinking ToolsGeorge S. Day
Marketing and strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresEdward de Bono
Physician and author, 1933 to 2021
Thinking ToolsSteve de Shazer
Psychotherapist, 1940 to 2005
Thinking ToolsUlbo de Sitter
Sociologist, 1930 to 2010
Organizational StructuresFederica De Stefano
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresThomas A. de Vries
Organizational scholar
Organizational StructuresLeslie A. DeChurch
Organizational psychologist, born 1974
Organizational StructuresEdward L. Deci
Psychologist, born 1942
Thinking ToolsMargaret Deery
Tourism and hospitality scholar
Organizational StructuresRobert J. DeFillippi
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresSidney Dekker
Safety scientist
Thinking ToolsAndré L. Delbecq
Management scholar, 1936 to 2016
Thinking ToolsRick Delbridge
Organization and employment relations scholar
Organizational StructuresJudith DeLozier
NLP developer
Thinking ToolsBenoît Demil
Strategy and organization scholar
Organizational StructuresW. Edwards Deming
Statistician, 1900 to 1993
Thinking ToolsDaniel C. Dennett
Philosopher, 1942 to 2024
Thinking ToolsEsther Derby
Organizational consultant
Thinking ToolsRené Descartes
Philosopher and mathematician, 1596 to 1650
Thinking ToolsWouter Dessein
Economist
Organizational StructuresH. William Dettmer
Management consultant
Thinking ToolsMorton Deutsch
Social psychologist, 1920 to 2017
Political TacticsTimothy M. Devinney
International business scholar
Organizational StructuresJulia DiBenigno
Organizational sociologist
Organizational StructuresKim Dikert
Software engineering scholar
Organizational StructuresWilhelm Dilthey
Philosopher, 1833 to 1911
Thinking ToolsPaul DiMaggio
Sociologist, born 1951
Organizational StructuresAvinash K. Dixit
Economist, born 1944
Political TacticsEileen M. Donahue
Personality psychologist
Thinking ToolsLex Donaldson
Organization theorist, born 1947
Organizational StructuresRonald Dore
Sociologist, 1925 to 2018
Organizational StructuresD. Harold Doty
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresChris Doucouliagos
Economist
Organizational StructuresGeoffroy Douillé
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresMichael Doyle
Meeting facilitator
Thinking ToolsYves L. Doz
Strategy scholar, born 1947
Organizational StructuresRobert Drazin
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresPeter F. Drucker
Management writer, 1909 to 2005
Thinking ToolsOrganizational StructuresAnnie Duke
Decision strategist, born 1965
Thinking ToolsRobert B. Duncan
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresAnthony Dunne
Critical designer
Thinking ToolsJane E. Dutton
Management scholar
Political Tactics
E
21 thinkersBob Eberle
Educator
Thinking ToolsMurray Edelman
Political scientist, 1919 to 2001
Political TacticsColin Eden
Management scientist, 1943 to 2026
Thinking ToolsAmy C. Edmondson
Organizational behavior scholar, born 1959
Political TacticsThinking ToolsOrganizational StructuresMark R. Edwards
Performance appraisal author
Thinking ToolsRichard Edwards
Economist
Organizational StructuresWilliam G. Egelhoff
International management scholar
Organizational StructuresKathleen M. Eisenhardt
Strategy and organization scholar, born 1947
Political TacticsOrganizational StructuresDwight D. Eisenhower
General and president, 1890 to 1969
Thinking ToolsLinda Elder
Educational psychologist
Thinking ToolsRichard M. Emerson
Sociologist
Political TacticsFred E. Emery
Social scientist (Tavistock Institute of Human Relations), 1925 to 1997
Organizational StructuresLaura Empson
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresGerard Endenburg
Engineer and company director
Organizational StructuresK. Anders Ericsson
Psychologist, 1947 to 2020
Thinking ToolsAgner Krarup Erlang
Mathematician and engineer, 1878 to 1929
Thinking ToolsAuguste Escoffier
Chef, 1846 to 1935
Thinking ToolsAmitai Etzioni
Sociologist, 1929 to 2023
Organizational StructuresLeonhard Euler
Mathematician, 1707 to 1783
Thinking ToolsAnn J. Ewen
Performance appraisal author
Thinking ToolsJames Alfred Ewing
Physicist and engineer, 1855 to 1935
Thinking Tools
F
48 thinkersKatherine Faust
Sociologist
Thinking ToolsAnne-Laure Fayard
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresHenri Fayol
Mining engineer and executive, 1841 to 1925
Organizational StructuresEmilie R. Feldman
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresJackie Fenn
Technology analyst
Thinking ToolsEwan Ferlie
Public management scholar
Organizational StructuresEnrico Fermi
Physicist, 1901 to 1954
Thinking ToolsFabrizio Ferraro
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresLeon Festinger
Social psychologist, 1919 to 1989
Political TacticsPatrick Field
Dispute resolution author
Thinking ToolsRoger L. Firestien
Creative problem solving
Thinking ToolsBrady M. Firth
Organizational psychologist
Organizational StructuresBaruch Fischhoff
Decision scientist, born 1946
Thinking ToolsRoger Fisher
Legal scholar and negotiation expert, 1922 to 2012
Political TacticsThinking ToolsRonald A. Fisher
Statistician and geneticist, 1890 to 1962
Thinking ToolsDonald W. Fiske
Psychologist
Thinking ToolsRob Fitzpatrick
Entrepreneur and author
Thinking ToolsFelix R. FitzRoy
Economist
Organizational StructuresØystein D. Fjeldstad
Strategy and organization scholar
Organizational StructuresNeil Fligstein
Sociologist, born 1951
Organizational StructuresFrancis J. Flynn
Management scholar
Political TacticsBent Flyvbjerg
Economic geographer, born 1952
Thinking ToolsBJ Fogg
Behavior scientist, born 1963
Thinking ToolsJoseph P. Folger
Mediation scholar
Thinking ToolsMary Parker Follett
Management theorist, 1868 to 1933
Thinking ToolsJay W. Forrester
Systems scientist, 1918 to 2016
Thinking ToolsRobert E. Forsythe
Economist
Thinking ToolsTiago Forte
Productivity writer
Thinking ToolsNicolai J. Foss
Organizational economist, born 1964
Organizational StructuresRichard N. Foster
Management consultant, born 1941
Thinking ToolsDiane Foucar-Szocki
Creative problem solving educator
Thinking ToolsMichel Foucault
Philosopher and historian, 1926 to 1984
Political TacticsBenjamin Franklin
Printer, scientist, and statesman, 1706 to 1790
Thinking ToolsJerome L. Franklin
Organizational researcher
Organizational StructuresMats Fred
Political scientist (Malmö University and Lund University)
Organizational StructuresRobert F. Freeland
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresR. Edward Freeman
Philosopher and management scholar, born 1951
Thinking ToolsJo Freeman
Political scientist and writer
Organizational StructuresJohn Freeman
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresLinton C. Freeman
Sociologist, 1927 to 2018
Thinking ToolsRichard B. Freeman
Labor economist
Organizational StructuresGottlob Frege
Logician and philosopher, 1848 to 1925
Thinking ToolsJames W. Friedman
Economist, 1936 to 2016
Thinking ToolsW. Mark Fruin
Business historian and organization scholar
Organizational StructuresDrew Fudenberg
Economist and game theorist, born 1957
Thinking ToolsGina Fuhrich
Historian
Organizational StructuresTakahiro Fujimoto
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresChris Fussell
Co-author of a military memoir
Organizational Structures
G
70 thinkersJohn J. Gabarro
Management scholar
Political TacticsHans-Georg Gadamer
Philosopher, 1900 to 2002
Thinking ToolsRavi S. Gajendran
Organizational behavior scholar
Organizational StructuresMarc Galanter
Legal scholar
Organizational StructuresJay R. Galbraith
Organization design scholar, 1939 to 2014
Organizational StructuresRobert M. Galford
Management consultant
Thinking ToolsAdam D. Galinsky
Social psychologist, born 1969
Political TacticsFrancis Galton
Polymath and statistician, 1822 to 1911
Thinking ToolsD. Charles Galunic
Organization and strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresJos Gamble
Scholar of employment relations
Organizational StructuresDean L. Gano
Root cause analysis practitioner
Thinking ToolsDan Gardner
Journalist and author
Thinking ToolsPraerit Garg
Software engineer
Thinking ToolsLuis Garicano
Economist
Organizational StructuresScott Garrabrant
AI alignment researcher
Thinking ToolsDavid A. Garvin
Management scholar
Thinking ToolsHeiko Gebauer
Service management scholar
Organizational StructuresClifford Geertz
Cultural anthropologist, 1926 to 2006
Thinking ToolsTamar Szabo Gendler
Philosopher, born 1965
Thinking ToolsDedre Gentner
Cognitive psychologist
Thinking ToolsHorst Geschka
Innovation researcher, 1938 to 2025
Thinking ToolsIsaac Getz
Management scholar (ESCP Business School)
Organizational StructuresSumantra Ghoshal
Strategy and organization scholar, 1948 to 2004
Organizational StructuresCristina B. Gibson
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresAmedeo Giorgi
Phenomenological psychologist, born 1931
Thinking ToolsBarney G. Glaser
Sociologist, 1930 to 2022
Thinking ToolsJerome C. Glenn
Futurist, born 1945
Thinking ToolsWilliam H. Glick
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresDavid H. Gobeli
Project management scholar
Organizational StructuresFrédéric C. Godart
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresErving Goffman
Sociologist, 1922 to 1982
Political TacticsThinking ToolsLewis R. Goldberg
Personality psychologist, 1932 to 2026
Thinking ToolsAlbert Goldman
Cultural critic, 1927 to 1994
Thinking ToolsEliyahu M. Goldratt
Management theorist, 1947 to 2011
Thinking ToolsPeter M. Gollwitzer
Social psychologist, born 1950
Thinking ToolsCharles Goodhart
Economist, born 1936
Thinking ToolsMichael Goodman
Systems thinking practitioner
Thinking ToolsMichael Goold
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresTheodore J. Gordon
Futurist
Thinking ToolsWilliam J. J. Gordon
Inventor and psychologist, 1919 to 2003
Thinking ToolsGary Gorton
Economist, born 1951
Organizational StructuresHermann Heinrich Gossen
Economist, 1810 to 1858
Thinking ToolsV. A. Graicunas
Management consultant
Organizational StructuresTim Grance
Computer security specialist
Thinking ToolsMark Granovetter
Sociologist, born 1943
Political TacticsThinking ToolsOrganizational StructuresAdam M. Grant
Organizational psychologist, born 1981
Political TacticsDave Gray
Designer
Thinking ToolsJ. A. Muir Gray
Physician
Thinking ToolsCharles H. Green
Trust consultant
Thinking ToolsDavid I. Green
Economist
Thinking ToolsRobert Greene
Author of popular books on power and strategy, born 1959
Political TacticsRoyston Greenwood
Organization scholar, born 1944
Organizational StructuresLindred L. Greer
Organizational behavior scholar
Organizational StructuresHal Gregersen
Management scholar
Thinking ToolsRainer Greifeneder
Social psychologist
Thinking ToolsLarry E. Greiner
Management scholar, 1933 to 2013
Organizational StructuresJoseph Grenny
Corporate trainer
Thinking ToolsChristopher Gresov
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresSamuel B. Griffith
Marine general and translator, 1906 to 1983
Thinking ToolsJohn Grinder
Linguist, born 1940
Thinking ToolsMorton Grodzins
Political scientist, 1917 to 1964
Thinking ToolsRob Grootendorst
Argumentation theorist, 1944 to 2000
Thinking ToolsAllen Grossman
Nonprofit management scholar
Organizational StructuresAndy Grove
Intel executive, 1936 to 2016
Thinking ToolsRanjay Gulati
Organization and strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresLuther Gulick
Public administration scholar, 1892 to 1993
Organizational StructuresJohn J. Gumperz
Linguist, 1922 to 2013
Thinking ToolsDavid H. Gustafson
Decision researcher
Thinking ToolsBjørn Gustavsen
Social scientist, 1938 to 2018
Organizational StructuresWilliam D. Guth
Strategy scholar
Thinking Tools
H
95 thinkersJ. Richard Hackman
Social and organizational psychologist, 1940 to 2013
Organizational StructuresThomas Haipeter
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresKristina Håkansson
Work sociologist
Organizational StructuresCatherine Hakim
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresDorthe Døjbak Håkonsson
Organization design scholar
Organizational StructuresWilliam E. Halal
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresEdward T. Hall
Anthropologist, 1914 to 2009
Thinking ToolsJay Hall
Group decision researcher
Thinking ToolsRichard H. Hall
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresCharna Halpern
Improvisation teacher, born 1952
Thinking ToolsGary Hamel
Management writer and strategy scholar, born 1954
Organizational StructuresGary G. Hamilton
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresMichael Hammer
Computer scientist and management writer, 1948 to 2008
Organizational StructuresTrevor Hancock
Futurist
Thinking ToolsCharles Handy
Management writer and social philosopher, 1932 to 2024
Organizational StructuresRobert J. Hanlon
Writer
Thinking ToolsMichael T. Hannan
Sociologist, born 1943
Organizational StructuresMorten T. Hansen
Management scholar
Thinking ToolsHenry Hansmann
Legal scholar and economist
Organizational StructuresJeffrey R. Hanson
Network analyst
Thinking ToolsRobin Hanson
Economist, born 1959
Thinking ToolsGarrett Hardin
Ecologist, 1915 to 2003
Thinking ToolsGilbert Harman
Philosopher, 1938 to 2021
Thinking ToolsMichael V. Harper
Military affairs
Thinking ToolsReuben T. Harris
Organization development author
Thinking ToolsPaul M. Harrison
Sociologist of religion
Organizational StructuresMikel J. Harry
Quality engineer, 1951 to 2017
Thinking ToolsJohn C. Harsanyi
Economist, 1920 to 2000
Thinking ToolsAnne-Wil Harzing
International management scholar
Organizational StructuresRichard E. Hayes
Military command-and-control researcher, published in the U.S. Department of Defense's Command and Control Research Program series, born 1942
Organizational StructuresR. Brian Haynes
Clinical epidemiologist
Thinking ToolsH. Hayward
Forecasting researcher
Thinking ToolsPeter Hayward
Foresight educator
Thinking ToolsHenry Hazlitt
Economic journalist, 1894 to 1993
Thinking ToolsChip Heath
Organizational behavior scholar, born 1963
Political TacticsDan Heath
Author
Political TacticsCharles Heckscher
Sociologist of work and organizations
Organizational StructuresBo Hedberg
Management scholar
Thinking ToolsGunnar Hedlund
International business scholar
Organizational StructuresSheila Heen
Negotiation educator
Thinking ToolsG. W. F. Hegel
Philosopher, 1770 to 1831
Thinking ToolsRonald A. Heifetz
Psychiatrist and scholar of public leadership, born 1951
Political TacticsPiet Hein
Poet and designer, 1905 to 1996
Thinking ToolsRobert A. Heinlein
Science fiction writer, 1907 to 1988
Thinking ToolsH. W. Heinrich
Industrial safety engineer, 1886 to 1962
Thinking ToolsOlaf Helmer
Futurist and logician, 1910 to 2011
Thinking ToolsBruce Henderson
Management consultant, 1915 to 1992
Thinking ToolsJames D. Herbsleb
Software engineering scholar
Organizational StructuresHermagoras of Temnos
Rhetorician
Thinking ToolsDavid B. Hertz
Operations researcher, c. 1919 to 2011
Thinking ToolsLajos Héthy
Labor sociologist (director of the Institute of Labour Research, Budapest, at the time of Héthy 1986)
Organizational StructuresSylvia Ann Hewlett
Economist and author, born 1946
Political TacticsShozo Hibino
Management scholar
Thinking ToolsWilliam Edmund Hick
Experimental psychologist, 1912 to 1974
Thinking ToolsDavid J. Hickson
Organizational theorist, 1931 to 2016
Political TacticsOrganizational StructuresTakashi Hikino
Business historian
Organizational StructuresAustin Bradford Hill
Epidemiologist, 1897 to 1991
Thinking ToolsCharles W. L. Hill
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresLinda A. Hill
Harvard Business School professor
Political TacticsFrederick S. Hillier
Operations researcher
Thinking ToolsPamela J. Hinds
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresC. R. Hinings
Organization scholar, born 1937
Organizational StructuresToshiro Hiromoto
Management accounting scholar
Organizational StructuresBoris Hirsch
Labor economist
Organizational StructuresLarry Hirschhorn
Organizational consultant and writer
Organizational StructuresAlbert O. Hirschman
Economist, 1915 to 2012
Political TacticsMichael Hobday
Innovation scholar
Organizational StructuresAnthony Hodgson
Systems and futures thinker
Thinking ToolsBryce G. Hoffman
Author and consultant, born 1969
Thinking ToolsDouglas Hofstadter
Cognitive scientist, born 1945
Thinking ToolsGeert Hofstede
Social psychologist, 1928 to 2020
Thinking ToolsWesley Newcomb Hohfeld
Legal scholar, 1879 to 1918
Thinking ToolsLuke Hohmann
Product management consultant
Thinking ToolsJohn R. Hollenbeck
Organizational psychologist
Organizational StructuresJohn Holmberg
Sustainability researcher
Thinking ToolsBengt Holmström
Economist, born 1949
Thinking ToolsAnn Holum
Education researcher
Thinking ToolsKeith Holyoak
Cognitive psychologist, born 1950
Thinking ToolsChristian Homburg
Marketing scholar
Organizational StructuresRobert E. Hoskisson
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresCarl I. Hovland
Psychologist, 1912 to 1961
Political TacticsMichael Howard
Software security engineer
Thinking ToolsRonald A. Howard
Decision analyst, 1934 to 2024
Thinking ToolsDouglas W. Hubbard
Management consultant
Thinking ToolsGeorge P. Huber
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresJonathan Hughes
Management consultant
Political TacticsRuthanne Huising
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresAlbert S. Humphrey
Management consultant, 1926 to 2005
Thinking ToolsDan Hunter
Law professor
Thinking ToolsJ. Stuart Hunter
Statistician, born 1923
Thinking ToolsWilliam G. Hunter
Statistician
Thinking ToolsLeonid Hurwicz
Economist, 1917 to 2008
Thinking ToolsEdmund Husserl
Philosopher, 1859 to 1938
Thinking ToolsAanund Hylland
Economist and decision theorist, born 1949
Thinking ToolsRay Hyman
Psychologist, born 1928
Thinking Tools
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Management scholar
Thinking ToolsHerminia Ibarra
Organizational behavior scholar
Political TacticsMasaaki Imai
Management consultant, 1930 to 2023
Thinking ToolsKazuo Inamori
Founder of Kyocera, 1932 to 2022
Organizational StructuresSohail Inayatullah
Futures researcher, born 1958
Thinking ToolsHarrington Ingham
Psychologist, 1916 to 1995
Thinking ToolsAaron Irizarry
Product designer
Thinking ToolsDavid Isaacs
Organizational consultant
Thinking ToolsWilliam Isaacs
Dialogue scholar
Thinking ToolsScott G. Isaksen
Creativity researcher
Thinking ToolsKaoru Ishikawa
Quality management engineer, 1915 to 1989
Thinking ToolsKiyohiko Ito
Strategic management scholar
Organizational Structures
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22 thinkersGregory Jackson
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresMariela E. Jaffé
Social psychologist
Thinking ToolsSimon Jäger
Economist
Organizational StructuresIrving L. Janis
Research psychologist, 1918 to 1990
Political TacticsThinking ToolsJustin J. P. Jansen
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresElliott Jaques
Psychoanalyst and organization theorist, 1917 to 2003
Organizational StructuresJohan Jensen
Mathematician, 1859 to 1925
Thinking ToolsMichael C. Jensen
Financial economist, 1939 to 2024
Thinking ToolsOrganizational StructuresWilliam Stanley Jevons
Economist and logician, 1835 to 1882
Thinking ToolsTodd Jick
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresUwe Jirjahn
Economist
Organizational StructuresOliver P. John
Personality psychologist
Thinking ToolsBarry Johnson
Organizational consultant
Thinking ToolsBrian David Johnson
Futurist
Thinking ToolsGerry Johnson
Strategy scholar
Thinking ToolsKim Howard Johnson
Author and actor, born 1955
Thinking ToolsMark Johnson
Philosopher, born 1949
Thinking ToolsMark Johnson
Operations management scholar
Organizational StructuresKeith Johnstone
Theater educator, 1933 to 2023
Thinking ToolsChris Jones
Site reliability engineer
Thinking ToolsAlbert R. Jonsen
Bioethicist, 1931 to 2020
Thinking ToolsJoseph M. Juran
Quality management engineer, 1904 to 2008
Thinking Tools
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60 thinkersHerman Kahn
Futurist and strategist, 1922 to 1983
Thinking ToolsDaniel Kahneman
Psychologist, 1934 to 2024
Political TacticsThinking ToolsArne L. Kalleberg
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresImmanuel Kant
Philosopher, 1724 to 1804
Thinking ToolsRosabeth Moss Kanter
Sociologist and management scholar, born 1943
Political TacticsOrganizational StructuresLeonid V. Kantorovich
Mathematician and economist, 1912 to 1986
Thinking ToolsRobert S. Kaplan
Accounting scholar, born 1940
Thinking ToolsStephen B. Karpman
Psychiatrist
Thinking ToolsAmy Kates
Organization design practitioner and writer
Organizational StructuresTakao Kato
Labor economist
Organizational StructuresMichael L. Katz
Economist
Thinking ToolsJiro Kawakita
Cultural anthropologist, 1920 to 2009
Thinking ToolsJames E. Kelley Jr.
Operations researcher
Thinking ToolsKatherine C. Kellogg
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresJohn E. Kelly
Industrial sociologist
Organizational StructuresJennifer Kemeny
Systems thinking consultant
Thinking ToolsDavid G. Kendall
Probabilist, 1918 to 2007
Thinking ToolsKaren Kent
Computer security specialist
Thinking ToolsSherman Kent
Intelligence analyst, 1903 to 1986
Thinking ToolsRobert L. Kentle
Personality research
Thinking ToolsCharles Kepner
Management consultant
Thinking ToolsHorst Kern
Industrial sociologist
Organizational StructuresSteve Kerr
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresNorman L. Kerth
Software consultant
Thinking ToolsDavid J. Ketchen Jr.
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresDongil D. Keum
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresTarun Khanna
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresAlfred Kieser
Organization theorist
Organizational StructuresSara Kiesler
Social psychologist and computer scientist
Organizational StructuresW. Chan Kim
Strategy scholar, born 1951
Political TacticsThinking ToolsDaniel H. Kim
Systems thinking educator
Thinking ToolsDaniel King
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresJames L. Kinneavy
Rhetorician, 1920 to 1999
Thinking ToolsRudyard Kipling
Writer, 1865 to 1936
Thinking ToolsGary Klein
Research psychologist, born 1944
Political TacticsThinking ToolsPeter G. Klein
Economist, born 1966
Organizational StructuresArt Kleiner
Business writer
Thinking ToolsLeonard Kleinrock
Computer scientist, born 1934
Thinking ToolsPaul Klemperer
Economist, born 1956
Thinking ToolsTrevor Kletz
Process safety engineer, 1922 to 2013
Thinking ToolsAnne Marie Knott
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresDavid Knowles
Historian of the religious orders; Benedictine monk; Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, 1954 to 1963, 1896 to 1974
Organizational StructuresRon Kohavi
Computer scientist
Thinking ToolsLoren Kohnfelder
Software security engineer
Thinking ToolsKazuo Koike
Labor economist
Organizational StructuresDeborah M. Kolb
Organizational and negotiation scholar
Political TacticsAlfred Korzybski
Philosopher (general semantics), 1879 to 1950
Thinking ToolsPhilip Kotler
Marketing professor, born 1931
Thinking ToolsJohn P. Kotter
Management scholar, born 1947
Political TacticsThinking ToolsDavid Krackhardt
Organizational network scholar
Political TacticsThinking ToolsKornelius Kraft
Economist
Organizational StructuresRalf Th. Krampe
Psychologist
Thinking ToolsDavid R. Krathwohl
Educational psychologist, 1921 to 2016
Thinking ToolsAlan B. Krueger
Economist, 1960 to 2019
Thinking ToolsHarold W. Kuhn
Mathematician, 1925 to 2014
Thinking ToolsVipin Kumar
Computer scientist
Thinking ToolsSven Kunisch
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresLudwig Kuntz
Health care management scholar
Organizational StructuresWerner Kunz
Information scientist
Thinking ToolsCynthia F. Kurtz
Narrative researcher
Thinking Tools
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60 thinkersGiuseppe Labianca
Management scholar
Thinking ToolsGeorge Lakoff
Cognitive linguist, born 1941
Thinking ToolsSteven P. Lalley
Statistician, born 1954
Thinking ToolsFrederic Laloux
Management writer, born 1969
Organizational StructuresKlodiana Lanaj
Organizational psychologist
Organizational StructuresEllen J. Langer
Psychologist, born 1947
Political TacticsClaus W. Langfred
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresAnn Langley
Organization and strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresGerald J. Langley
Quality improvement consultant, born 1950
Thinking ToolsPierre-Simon Laplace
Mathematician and astronomer, 1749 to 1827
Thinking ToolsCraig Larman
Software developer and organizational consultant
Organizational StructuresDiana Larsen
Agile consultant
Thinking ToolsErik W. Larson
Project management scholar
Organizational StructuresCasper Lassenius
Software engineering scholar
Organizational StructuresBibb Latané
Social psychologist, born 1937
Political TacticsH. G. Lawley
Chemical engineer
Thinking ToolsPaul R. Lawrence
Organizational theorist, 1922 to 2011
Political TacticsOrganizational StructuresDavid A. Lax
Negotiation scholar and adviser
Political TacticsEdward Lazear
Economist, 1948 to 2020
Political TacticsEmmanuel Lazega
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresFrançois Le Lionnais
Writer and mathematician, 1901 to 1984
Thinking ToolsEdmund P. Learned
Business policy scholar
Thinking ToolsDavid LeBlanc
Software security author
Thinking ToolsXavier Lecocq
Strategy and organization scholar
Organizational StructuresFiona Lee
Organizational psychologist
Political TacticsGwendolyn K. Lee
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresIvy Lee
Publicist, 1877 to 1934
Thinking ToolsJu-Yeon Lee
Marketing scholar
Organizational StructuresMichael Y. Lee
Organizational behavior scholar
Organizational StructuresMin Kyung Lee
Human-computer interaction scholar
Organizational StructuresSaerom (Ronnie) Lee
Strategy and organization scholar
Organizational StructuresDean Leffingwell
Software executive and author
Organizational StructuresSiew Meng Leong
Marketing and international business scholar
Organizational StructuresDavid P. Lepak
Human resource management scholar
Organizational StructuresLiz Lerman
Choreographer, born 1947
Thinking ToolsJosh Lerner
Economist
Organizational StructuresChristopher Lettl
Innovation and management scholar
Organizational StructuresEdward H. Levi
Legal scholar, 1911 to 2000
Thinking ToolsRoy Levien
Technologist and strategist
Thinking ToolsTheodore Levitt
Marketing scholar, 1925 to 2006
Thinking ToolsKurt Lewin
Social psychologist, 1890 to 1947
Thinking ToolsDavid Lewis
Philosopher, 1941 to 2001
Thinking ToolsE. St. Elmo Lewis
Advertising writer, 1872 to 1948
Thinking ToolsSarah Lichtenstein
Decision researcher
Thinking ToolsGerald J. Lieberman
Operations researcher, 1925 to 1999
Thinking ToolsHila Lifshitz-Assaf
Innovation and organization scholar
Organizational StructuresRensis Likert
Social psychologist (University of Michigan Institute for Social Research), 1903 to 1981
Organizational StructuresJames R. Lincoln
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresLars Lindkvist
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresMarsha M. Linehan
Psychologist, born 1943
Thinking ToolsMarty Linsky
Lecturer on public leadership, born 1940
Political TacticsHarold A. Linstone
Systems scientist, 1924 to 2016
Thinking ToolsPeter Lipton
Philosopher of science, 1954 to 2007
Thinking ToolsKarl N. Llewellyn
Legal scholar, 1893 to 1962
Thinking ToolsWilliam Forster Lloyd
Economist, 1794 to 1852
Thinking ToolsJay W. Lorsch
Organizational theorist, 1932 to 2025
Political TacticsOrganizational StructuresDan Lovallo
Strategy and decision scholar
Political TacticsThinking ToolsJoseph Luft
Psychologist, 1916 to 2014
Thinking ToolsNiklas Luhmann
Sociologist, 1927 to 1998
Thinking ToolsRolf A. Lundin
Management scholar
Organizational Structures
M
105 thinkersJames Macanufo
Design and facilitation
Thinking ToolsAlan MacCormack
Technology management scholar
Organizational StructuresDonald MacGregor
Decision researcher
Thinking ToolsErnst Mach
Physicist and philosopher, 1838 to 1916
Thinking ToolsNiccolò Machiavelli
Florentine diplomat and political theorist, 1469 to 1527
Political TacticsAlan Mackworth
Computer scientist, born 1945
Thinking ToolsIan C. MacMillan
Entrepreneurship scholar
Political TacticsHodaka Maeura
Labor researcher (The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training)
Organizational StructuresFlorentine Maier
Nonprofit management and organization scholar (WU Vienna)
Organizational StructuresDavid H. Maister
Scholar and adviser on professional service firms, born 1947
Thinking ToolsOrganizational StructuresDeepak Malhotra
Negotiation scholar (Harvard Business School)
Political TacticsBenoit Mandelbrot
Mathematician, 1924 to 2010
Thinking ToolsDavid Manheim
Public policy researcher and decision theorist
Thinking ToolsDarrell Mann
Innovation researcher
Thinking ToolsCharles C. Manz
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresJames G. March
Organizational theorist, 1928 to 2018
Political TacticsOrganizational StructuresHoward J. Markman
Psychologist
Thinking ToolsHoward Marks
Investor, born 1946
Thinking ToolsMichelle A. Marks
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresAlfred Marshall
Economist, 1842 to 1924
Thinking ToolsFrank Martela
Philosopher and organizational researcher, born 1981
Organizational StructuresMagoroh Maruyama
Cybernetician, 1929 to 2018
Thinking ToolsEric S. Maskin
Economist, born 1950
Thinking ToolsAbraham H. Maslow
Psychologist, 1908 to 1970
Thinking ToolsRichard O. Mason
Management scientist
Thinking ToolsJohn A. Mathews
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresJohn E. Mathieu
Organizational psychologist
Organizational StructuresJames G. Matusik
Organizational scholar
Organizational StructuresRenée Mauborgne
Strategy scholar, born 1963
Political TacticsThinking ToolsMarc Maurice
Sociologist, 1924 to 2011
Organizational StructuresNicholas Mays
Health policy scholar
Organizational StructuresE. Jerome McCarthy
Marketing scholar, 1928 to 2015
Thinking ToolsChris McChesney
Management consultant and author
Political TacticsStanley McChrystal
Retired United States Army general, born 1954
Organizational StructuresCharles T. McCormick
Legal scholar, 1889 to 1963
Thinking ToolsRobert R. McCrae
Personality psychologist, born 1949
Thinking ToolsRobin E. McDermott
Quality consultant
Thinking ToolsJane McGonigal
Game designer and researcher, born 1977
Thinking ToolsRita Gunther McGrath
Strategy scholar, born 1959
Political TacticsRobert B. McKersie
Labor relations scholar
Thinking ToolsRon McMillan
Corporate trainer
Thinking ToolsMark McNeilly
Business writer
Thinking ToolsTerry McNulty
Organization and governance scholar
Organizational StructuresDennis Meadows
Systems scientist, born 1942
Thinking ToolsDonella H. Meadows
Systems scientist, 1941 to 2001
Thinking ToolsGardiner C. Means
Economist, 1896 to 1988
Thinking ToolsWilliam H. Meckling
Economist, 1921 to 1998
Thinking ToolsOrganizational StructuresPaul E. Meehl
Clinical psychologist, 1920 to 2003
Thinking ToolsAjay Mehra
Social network scholar
Thinking ToolsKenneth J. Meier
Public administration scholar
Organizational StructuresAubrey L. Mendelow
Management scholar
Thinking ToolsCarl Menger
Economist, 1840 to 1921
Thinking ToolsBen Mepham
Bioethicist
Thinking ToolsMaurice Merleau-Ponty
Phenomenologist, 1908 to 1961
Thinking ToolsRebecca R. Merrill
Writer
Thinking ToolsA. Roger Merrill
Time management writer
Thinking ToolsJessica R. Mesmer-Magnus
Organizational psychologist
Organizational StructuresAlex Mesoudi
Cultural evolution researcher
Thinking ToolsRobert Metcalfe
Engineer, born 1946
Thinking ToolsNicholas Metropolis
Physicist, 1915 to 1999
Thinking ToolsErin Meyer
Management scholar, born 1971
Thinking ToolsJohn W. Meyer
Sociologist, born 1935
Organizational StructuresDebra E. Meyerson
Management scholar
Political TacticsRobert Michels
Sociologist, 1876 to 1936
Organizational StructuresSusan Michie
Health psychologist, born 1955
Thinking ToolsDavid F. Midgley
Marketing and international business scholar
Organizational StructuresChristophe Midler
Management scholar (project management and innovation)
Organizational StructuresRaymond J. Mikulak
Quality consultant
Thinking ToolsGrant Miles
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresLawrence D. Miles
Engineer, 1904 to 1985
Thinking ToolsRaymond E. Miles
Organization scholar, 1932 to 2019
Organizational StructuresStanley Milgram
Social psychologist, 1933 to 1984
Political TacticsPaul Milgrom
Economist, born 1948
Thinking ToolsJohn Stuart Mill
Philosopher, 1806 to 1873
Thinking ToolsDonald Miller
Author and marketer, born 1971
Thinking ToolsEric J. Miller
Social scientist (Tavistock Institute of Human Relations)
Organizational StructuresGeorge A. Miller
Cognitive psychologist, 1920 to 2012
Thinking ToolsWilliam R. Miller
Clinical psychologist, born 1947
Thinking ToolsJudson Mills
Social psychologist
Thinking ToolsD. Quinn Mills
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresMichael Minkov
Cross-cultural researcher
Thinking ToolsBarbara Minto
Business writing consultant
Thinking ToolsHenry Mintzberg
Management scholar, born 1939
Political TacticsOrganizational StructuresDeborah J. Mitchell
Decision research
Thinking ToolsMaxim Miterev
Project management scholar
Organizational StructuresSusan Albers Mohrman
Organization design scholar, born 1946
Organizational StructuresEthan Mollick
Management professor, born 1975
Thinking ToolsUgo Montanari
Computer scientist, born 1943
Thinking ToolsChristopher W. Moore
Mediator
Thinking ToolsGeoffrey A. Moore
Management consultant and author, born 1946
Political TacticsThinking ToolsJames F. Moore
Strategy researcher
Thinking ToolsJacob L. Moreno
Psychiatrist, 1889 to 1974
Thinking ToolsMichael Morgan
Management writer
Thinking ToolsOskar Morgenstern
Economist, 1902 to 1977
Thinking ToolsTimothy Morris
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresMark Mortensen
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresLuke Muehlhauser
Writer and grantmaker
Thinking ToolsCharles T. Munger
Investor, 1924 to 2023
Thinking ToolsAllan H. Murphy
Meteorologist
Thinking ToolsNiall Richard Murphy
Site reliability engineering
Thinking ToolsThomas Mussweiler
Social psychologist
Political TacticsDaniel Muzio
Management and professions scholar
Organizational StructuresCarol Myers-Scotton
Linguist, born 1934
Thinking ToolsStewart C. Myers
Financial economist, born 1940
Thinking ToolsRoger B. Myerson
Economist, born 1951
Thinking Tools
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23 thinkersGerald Nadler
Industrial engineer, 1924 to 2014
Thinking ToolsSharda Nandram
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresJohn F. Nash Jr.
Mathematician, 1928 to 2015
Thinking ToolsForrest Nelson
Economist
Thinking ToolsRichard R. Nelson
Economist, 1930 to 2025
Thinking ToolsJohn C. Nesbit
Educational psychologist
Thinking ToolsGeorge R. Neumann
Economist
Thinking ToolsAllen Newell
Computer scientist, 1927 to 1992
Thinking ToolsM. E. J. Newman
Physicist
Thinking ToolsSusan E. Newman
Education researcher
Thinking ToolsSebastian Nielen
Economist
Organizational StructuresMark E. Nissen
Information sciences and organization design scholar
Organizational StructuresHui Niu
Education researcher
Thinking ToolsNitin Nohria
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresThomas W. Nolan
Improvement scientist
Thinking ToolsIkujiro Nonaka
Organizational theorist, 1935 to 2025
Thinking ToolsOrganizational StructuresDonald A. Norman
Cognitive scientist, born 1935
Thinking ToolsDouglass C. North
Economic historian, 1920 to 2015
Thinking ToolsDavid P. Norton
Management consultant, born 1941
Thinking ToolsJoseph D. Novak
Educator, 1930 to 2023
Thinking ToolsE. Michael Nussbaum
Educational psychologist
Thinking ToolsMichael Nygard
Software architect
Thinking ToolsPaul C. Nystrom
Organization scholar
Thinking Tools
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19 thinkersBørge Obel
Organization design scholar, born 1948
Organizational StructuresWilliam Ocasio
Organization scholar, born 1955
Organizational StructuresWilliam of Ockham
Philosopher and theologian, c. 1287 to 1347
Thinking ToolsTaiichi Ohno
Production engineer and manager, 1912 to 1990
Thinking ToolsOrganizational StructuresGerardo A. Okhuysen
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresMichael Boyer O'Leary
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresJohan P. Olsen
Political scientist, born 1939
Political TacticsGary M. Olson
Human-computer interaction scholar
Organizational StructuresJudith S. Olson
Human-computer interaction scholar
Organizational StructuresMancur Olson
Economist, 1932 to 1998
Political TacticsSiobhán O'Mahony
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresCharles A. O'Reilly III
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresHans Christian Ørsted
Physicist and chemist, 1777 to 1851
Thinking ToolsAlex F. Osborn
Advertising executive, 1888 to 1966
Thinking ToolsMartin J. Osborne
Economist
Thinking ToolsSharon M. Oster
Economist
Organizational StructuresFrank Ostroff
Management consultant and writer
Organizational StructuresElinor Ostrom
Political economist, 1933 to 2012
Thinking ToolsWilliam Ouchi
Organization scholar, born 1943
Organizational Structures
P
48 thinkersMaria Paasivaara
Software engineering scholar
Organizational StructuresStella Pachidi
Information systems and organization scholar
Organizational StructuresLuca Pacioli
Mathematician, c. 1447 to 1517
Thinking ToolsScott E. Page
Complexity scientist
Thinking ToolsKrishna Palepu
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresDavid Palfreyman
Scholar of higher education governance
Organizational StructuresVilfredo Pareto
Economist and sociologist, 1848 to 1923
Thinking ToolsAndrew Parker
Management researcher
Thinking ToolsSidney J. Parnes
Creativity researcher, 1922 to 2013
Thinking ToolsBlaise Pascal
Mathematician and philosopher, 1623 to 1662
Thinking ToolsRichard T. Pascale
Management scholar, born 1938
Thinking ToolsKerry Patterson
Business writer
Thinking ToolsBruce Patton
Negotiation specialist
Thinking ToolsRichard Paul
Critical thinking scholar, 1937 to 2015
Thinking ToolsMark V. Pauly
Health economist, born 1941
Thinking ToolsJudea Pearl
Computer scientist, born 1936
Thinking ToolsCharles Sanders Peirce
Philosopher and logician, 1839 to 1914
Thinking ToolsSofia Pemsel
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresJohannes M. Pennings
Organization theorist
Organizational StructuresNancy Pennington
Cognitive psychologist
Thinking ToolsCharles Perrow
Sociologist, 1925 to 2019
Organizational StructuresThomas J. Peters
Management writer, born 1942
Thinking ToolsJennifer Petoff
Site reliability engineering
Thinking ToolsPetrarch (Francesco Petrarca)
Poet and humanist, 1304 to 1374
Thinking ToolsJeffrey Pfeffer
Organizational theorist, born 1946
Political TacticsOrganizational StructuresChristian Pfeifer
Labor economist
Organizational StructuresEdmund Phelps
Economist, born 1933
Thinking ToolsJulien R. Phillips
Management consultant
Thinking ToolsLawrence D. Phillips
Decision psychologist
Thinking ToolsAshly Pinnington
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresJeffrey K. Pinto
Project management scholar
Thinking ToolsJörn-Steffen Pischke
Economist
Thinking ToolsPlato
Philosopher, c. 428 to 347 BCE
Thinking ToolsFred Polak
Futurologist, 1907 to 1985
Thinking ToolsMichael Polanyi
Chemist and philosopher, 1891 to 1976
Thinking ToolsAnna Pollert
Sociologist of work
Organizational StructuresRobert Pool
Science writer
Thinking ToolsKarl Popper
Philosopher of science, 1902 to 1994
Thinking ToolsMichael E. Porter
Strategy scholar, born 1947
Thinking ToolsEric A. Posner
Legal scholar, born 1965
Thinking ToolsWalter W. Powell
Sociologist, born 1951
Organizational StructuresC. K. Prahalad
Strategy scholar, 1941 to 2010
Organizational StructuresAndrea Prencipe
Innovation scholar
Organizational StructuresGeorge M. Prince
Creativity consultant, 1918 to 2009
Thinking ToolsJohn Pruitt
User experience researcher
Thinking ToolsDerek S. Pugh
Organization scholar, 1930 to 2015
Organizational StructuresStuart Pugh
Engineering design scholar, 1929 to 1993
Thinking ToolsPhanish Puranam
Organization scholar
Organizational Structures
Q
2 thinkersRaymond Queneau
Writer, 1903 to 1976
Thinking ToolsJames Brian Quinn
Strategy and management scholar
Organizational Structures
R
67 thinkersFiona Raby
Designer, born 1963
Thinking ToolsChris Raddats
Marketing and service scholar
Organizational StructuresJames W. Ragan
Management scholar
Thinking ToolsHatim A. Rahman
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresHoward Raiffa
Decision theorist and negotiation scholar, 1924 to 2016
Political TacticsThinking ToolsSebastian Raisch
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresJawwad Raja
Operations management scholar
Organizational StructuresRaghuram G. Rajan
Economist
Organizational StructuresJørgen Randers
System dynamicist, born 1945
Thinking ToolsAnatol Rapoport
Mathematical psychologist, 1911 to 2007
Political TacticsThinking ToolsEthan M. Rasiel
Business writer
Thinking ToolsMark Raskino
Technology analyst
Thinking ToolsJohn Rawls
Philosopher, 1921 to 2002
Thinking ToolsEric S. Raymond
Software developer and open source advocate
Organizational StructuresMarkus Reitzig
Organization scholar, born 1972
Organizational StructuresLeonie Reutner
Psychology researcher
Thinking ToolsDavid Ricardo
Economist, 1772 to 1823
Thinking ToolsA. Kenneth Rice
Social scientist (Tavistock Institute of Human Relations)
Organizational StructuresChet Richards
Strategist
Thinking ToolsGeorge P. Richardson
System dynamicist
Thinking ToolsW. Scott Richardson
Physician
Thinking ToolsEric Ries
Entrepreneur, born 1978
Thinking ToolsLuis A. Rios
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresLeonard L. Riskin
Law professor
Thinking ToolsTom Ritchey
Morphological analysis researcher
Thinking ToolsHorst Rittel
Design theorist, 1930 to 1990
Thinking ToolsJan W. Rivkin
Strategy scholar, born 1966
Organizational StructuresDan Roam
Business author
Thinking ToolsHenry Martyn Robert
U.S. Army engineer and author of a manual of parliamentary procedure, 1837 to 1923
Political TacticsKarl-Henrik Robèrt
Oncologist, born 1947
Thinking ToolsMichael A. Roberto
Management scholar
Thinking ToolsCharlotte Roberts
Organizational learning
Thinking ToolsKarlene H. Roberts
Organizational scholar
Organizational StructuresBrian J. Robertson
Practitioner and developer of Holacracy
Organizational StructuresJohn B. Robinson
Environmental policy scholar
Thinking ToolsFritz Roethlisberger
Industrial researcher, 1898 to 1974
Organizational StructuresCarl R. Rogers
Psychologist, 1902 to 1987
Thinking ToolsEverett M. Rogers
Communication scholar and rural sociologist, 1931 to 2004
Political TacticsThinking ToolsJeffrey Rohlfs
Economist
Thinking ToolsBernd Rohrbach
Marketing consultant
Thinking ToolsJon Roland
Writer
Thinking ToolsStephen Rollnick
Clinical psychologist
Thinking ToolsA. Georges L. Romme
Organization design scholar (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Organizational StructuresSherwin Rosen
Economist, 1938 to 2001
Political TacticsPaul R. Rosenbaum
Statistician
Thinking ToolsMarshall B. Rosenberg
Clinical psychologist, 1934 to 2015
Thinking ToolsWilliam M. C. Rosenberg
Physician
Thinking ToolsAlex Rosenblat
Ethnographer of technology and work
Organizational StructuresGail Ross
Psychologist
Thinking ToolsLee Ross
Social psychologist, 1942 to 2021
Political TacticsRichard B. Ross
Organizational learning consultant
Thinking ToolsStephen A. Ross
Financial economist, 1944 to 2017
Thinking ToolsW. D. Ross
Moral philosopher, 1877 to 1971
Thinking ToolsMike Rother
Lean researcher, born 1958
Thinking ToolsJoyce Rothschild-Whitt
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresDan Rothstein
Education researcher
Thinking ToolsBrian Rowan
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresDonald B. Rubin
Statistician, born 1943
Thinking ToolsAlan M. Rugman
International business scholar, 1945 to 2014
Organizational StructuresRichard P. Rumelt
Strategy scholar, born 1942
Organizational StructuresGeary A. Rummler
Performance consultant, 1937 to 2008
Thinking ToolsBertrand Russell
Philosopher and logician, 1872 to 1970
Thinking ToolsC. P. Russell
Advertising writer
Thinking ToolsRaymond Russell
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresJ. Edward Russo
Decision research
Thinking ToolsRichard M. Ryan
Psychologist, born 1953
Thinking ToolsGilbert Ryle
Philosopher, 1900 to 1976
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115 thinkersThomas L. Saaty
Operations researcher, 1926 to 2017
Thinking ToolsDavid L. Sackett
Physician and epidemiologist, 1934 to 2015
Thinking ToolsStephen R. Sacks
Economist (comparative economic systems)
Organizational StructuresGerald R. Salancik
Organizational theorist, 1943 to 1996
Political TacticsOrganizational StructuresWilliam Samuelson
Economist
Political TacticsRon Sanchez
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresWilliam R. Sandberg
Management scholar
Thinking ToolsEmmanuel Sander
Cognitive psychologist
Thinking ToolsLuz Santana
Education advocate
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Strategy and organization scholar
Organizational StructuresT. M. Scanlon
Moral philosopher, born 1940
Thinking ToolsGoetz R. Schaude
Creativity researcher
Thinking ToolsThomas C. Schelling
Economist, 1921 to 2016
Political TacticsThinking ToolsHoward M. Schilit
Accounting analyst
Thinking ToolsRobert Schlaifer
Statistician, 1914 to 1994
Thinking ToolsFriedrich Schleiermacher
Theologian and philosopher, 1768 to 1834
Thinking ToolsLeonard A. Schlesinger
Business educator, born 1952
Political TacticsHelmut Schlicksupp
Creativity researcher
Thinking ToolsFrank A. Schmid
Economist
Organizational StructuresOtto H. Schmitt
Biophysicist and engineer, 1913 to 1998
Thinking ToolsJakob Schneider
Service designer
Thinking ToolsBenjamin Schoefer
Economist
Organizational StructuresKevan Scholes
Strategy writer
Thinking ToolsMyron Scholes
Financial economist, born 1941
Thinking ToolsPeter R. Scholtes
Management consultant, 1938 to 2009
Thinking ToolsDonald Schön
Philosopher and planning scholar, 1930 to 1997
Thinking ToolsClaudia Bird Schoonhoven
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresGregory Schraw
Educational psychologist
Thinking ToolsGeorg Schreyögg
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresEugene M. Schwartz
Advertising copywriter
Thinking ToolsPeter Schwartz
Futurist, born 1946
Thinking ToolsRoger M. Schwarz
Organizational psychologist
Thinking ToolsDavid M. Schweiger
Management scholar
Thinking ToolsCharles R. Schwenk
Management scholar
Thinking ToolsW. Richard Scott
Sociologist of organizations
Organizational StructuresStanley E. Seashore
Organizational psychologist (University of Michigan Institute for Social Research)
Organizational StructuresJames K. Sebenius
Economist and negotiation scholar
Political TacticsReinhard Selten
Economist, 1930 to 2016
Thinking ToolsRicardo Semler
Chief executive of Semco
Organizational StructuresPeter M. Senge
Systems scientist, born 1947
Thinking ToolsGraham Sewell
Organization and labor process scholar
Organizational StructuresSonali K. Shah
Strategy and innovation scholar
Organizational StructuresCarl Shapiro
Economist, born 1955
Thinking ToolsRafael Shapiro
TRIZ co-founder
Thinking ToolsLloyd S. Shapley
Mathematician and economist, 1923 to 2016
Thinking ToolsBill Sharpe
Futures researcher
Thinking ToolsJ. C. Shaw
Systems programmer, 1922 to 1991
Thinking ToolsPaschal Sheeran
Social psychologist
Thinking ToolsG. Richard Shell
Negotiation scholar (Wharton)
Political TacticsBill Shepard
Creative problem solving practitioner
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Social psychologist, 1906 to 1988
Political TacticsWalter A. Shewhart
Statistician, 1891 to 1967
Thinking ToolsLimor Shifman
Communication scholar
Thinking ToolsMasahiro Shimotani
Business historian (Fukui Prefectural University at the time of Shimotani 2012)
Organizational StructuresShigeo Shingo
Industrial engineer, 1909 to 1990
Thinking ToolsJohn Shook
Lean management author
Thinking ToolsAdam Shostack
Security specialist
Thinking ToolsG. Lynn Shostack
Banking executive
Thinking ToolsRichard H. Shultz Jr.
International security scholar
Organizational StructuresOlivier Sibony
Strategy professor, born 1967
Thinking ToolsNicolaj Siggelkow
Strategy scholar, born 1970
Organizational StructuresBrian S. Silverman
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresDavid Silverman
Co-author of a military memoir
Organizational StructuresHerbert A. Simon
Political scientist, economist, and cognitive scientist, 1916 to 2001
Political TacticsThinking ToolsOrganizational StructuresSimonides of Ceos
Greek lyric poet, c. 556 to 468 BCE
Thinking ToolsWesley D. Sine
Organization and entrepreneurship scholar
Organizational StructuresMatthew Skelton
Practitioner writer on software delivery
Organizational StructuresTheda Skocpol
Political scientist and sociologist
Organizational StructuresPhilip E. Slater
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresDennis P. Slevin
Management scholar
Thinking ToolsAlfred P. Sloan Jr.
Business executive, 1875 to 1966
Organizational StructuresArt Smalley
Lean practitioner
Thinking ToolsAdam Smith
Moral philosopher and economist, 1723 to 1790
Thinking ToolsBryan J. Smith
Organizational learning consultant
Thinking ToolsJohn E. Smith
Philosopher, 1921 to 2009
Thinking ToolsBill Smith
Quality engineer, 1929 to 1993
Thinking ToolsCharles C. Snow
Organization scholar, born 1945
Organizational StructuresJohn Snow
Physician and epidemiologist, 1813 to 1858
Thinking ToolsDave Snowden
Knowledge management researcher, born 1954
Thinking ToolsDurward K. Sobek II
Lean management researcher
Thinking ToolsJonas Söderlund
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresRoy A. Sorensen
Philosopher
Thinking ToolsArndt Sorge
Organization scholar, born 1945
Organizational StructuresChristopher J. Soto
Personality psychologist
Thinking ToolsA. Michael Spence
Economist, born 1943
Political TacticsThinking ToolsMark Spitznagel
Investor, born 1971
Thinking ToolsG. M. Stalker
Social scientist, born 1925
Organizational StructuresRobert Stalnaker
Philosopher, born 1940
Thinking ToolsScott M. Stanley
Psychologist
Thinking ToolsWilliam H. Starbuck
Organizational scientist, born 1934
Thinking ToolsDavid Stark
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresKen Starkey
Organization and strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresBarry M. Staw
Organizational behavior scholar
Political TacticsBruce Sterling
Science fiction author, born 1954
Thinking ToolsJohn D. Sterman
System dynamicist
Thinking ToolsMarc Stickdorn
Service designer
Thinking ToolsArthur L. Stinchcombe
Sociologist, 1933 to 2018
Organizational StructuresPatricia D. Stokes
Psychologist
Thinking ToolsDouglas Stone
Negotiation scholar
Thinking ToolsJohn M. Stopford
International business scholar, 1939 to 2011
Organizational StructuresJoseph L. Strange
Military theorist
Thinking ToolsMarilyn Strathern
Social anthropologist, born 1941
Thinking ToolsDavid Straus
Facilitator
Thinking ToolsAnselm L. Strauss
Sociologist, 1916 to 1996
Thinking ToolsWolfgang Streeck
Sociologist, born 1946
Organizational StructuresHans Strikwerda
Organization and management control scholar
Organizational StructuresGordon R. Sullivan
US Army general, 1937 to 2024
Thinking ToolsLawrence H. Summers
Economist, born 1954
Thinking ToolsSun Tzu (Sunzi)
Chinese military strategist, traditional author of The Art of War, traditionally 544 to 496 BCE
Political TacticsThinking ToolsCass R. Sunstein
Legal scholar, born 1954
Political TacticsJames Surowiecki
Journalist, born 1967
Thinking ToolsLawrence Susskind
Urban planner and mediator, born 1947
Political TacticsThinking ToolsAl Switzler
Corporate trainer
Thinking ToolsJörg Sydow
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresMaxim Sytch
Organization and strategy scholar
Organizational Structures
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Sociologist of religious organizations
Organizational StructuresHiroshi Takeda
Accounting historian
Organizational StructuresHirotaka Takeuchi
Management scholar, born 1946
Thinking ToolsOrganizational StructuresNassim Nicholas Taleb
Risk analyst and essayist, born 1960
Thinking ToolsDiane Tang
Computer scientist
Thinking ToolsTed Tapper
Scholar of higher education governance
Organizational StructuresFrederick Winslow Taylor
Mechanical engineer, 1856 to 1915
Organizational StructuresFredrik Tell
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresClemens Tesch-Römer
Psychologist
Thinking ToolsPhilip E. Tetlock
Political psychologist, born 1954
Thinking ToolsPaul Thagard
Philosopher and cognitive scientist, born 1950
Thinking ToolsRichard H. Thaler
Behavioral economist, born 1945
Political TacticsThinking ToolsStefan H. Thomke
Innovation scholar
Thinking ToolsJames D. Thompson
Sociologist, 1920 to 1973
Organizational StructuresWilliam N. Thorndike Jr.
Private equity investor
Thinking ToolsEinar Thorsrud
Psychologist, 1923 to 1985
Organizational StructuresJean Tirole
Economist, born 1953
Organizational StructuresAlvin Toffler
Writer and futurist, 1928 to 2016
Organizational StructuresRobert Torrens
Economist, 1780 to 1864
Thinking ToolsStephen Toulmin
Philosopher, 1922 to 2009
Thinking ToolsSakichi Toyoda
Inventor, 1867 to 1930
Thinking ToolsDonald J. Treffinger
Creativity researcher
Thinking ToolsBenjamin Tregoe
Management consultant
Thinking ToolsLenos Trigeorgis
Finance professor
Thinking ToolsEric L. Trist
Social scientist (Tavistock Institute of Human Relations), 1909 to 1993
Organizational StructuresEdward Tsang
Computer scientist
Thinking ToolsEdward R. Tufte
Statistician, born 1942
Thinking ToolsErnest C. Tupes
Personnel psychologist
Thinking ToolsCatherine J. Turco
Economic and organizational sociologist
Organizational StructuresRodney Turner
Project management scholar
Organizational StructuresMurray Turoff
Computer scientist, 1936 to 2022
Thinking ToolsMichael L. Tushman
Organization scholar, born 1947
Organizational StructuresAmos Tversky
Cognitive psychologist, 1937 to 1996
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6 thinkersStanislaw Ulam
Mathematician, 1909 to 1984
Thinking ToolsDave Ulrich
Management scholar, born 1953
Organizational StructuresAnthony W. Ulwick
Innovation consultant
Thinking ToolsOsamu Umezaki
Labor economist and historian of personnel management (Hosei University)
Organizational StructuresLyndall Urwick
Management consultant and writer, 1891 to 1983
Organizational StructuresWilliam Ury
Anthropologist and negotiation expert, born 1953
Political TacticsThinking Tools
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29 thinkersTheodore N. Vail
Telephone executive, 1845 to 1920
Thinking ToolsMelissa A. Valentine
Organization scholar
Organizational StructuresSteven P. Vallas
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresAndrew H. Van de Ven
Organization scholar, born 1945
Thinking ToolsOrganizational StructuresKees van der Heijden
Scenario planner
Thinking ToolsFrans H. van Eemeren
Argumentation theorist, born 1946
Thinking ToolsMaartje M. van Stralen
Health scientist
Thinking ToolsLeigh Van Valen
Evolutionary biologist, 1935 to 2010
Thinking ToolsArthur B. VanGundy
Creativity scholar, 1946 to 2009
Thinking ToolsHal R. Varian
Economist, born 1947
Thinking ToolsSunil Venaik
International business scholar
Organizational StructuresJohn Venn
Logician, 1834 to 1923
Thinking ToolsJac A. M. Vennix
System dynamics researcher
Thinking ToolsAntonio Vera
Management scholar of hospitals and public organizations
Organizational StructuresAlain Verbeke
International business scholar
Organizational StructuresWilliam Vickrey
Economist, 1914 to 1996
Thinking ToolsBas Vodde
Software developer and organizational consultant
Organizational StructuresChristopher Vogler
Film development executive, born 1949
Thinking ToolsHenk W. Volberda
Strategy and organization scholar
Organizational StructuresVoltaire
Writer and historian, 1694 to 1778
Thinking ToolsCarl von Clausewitz
Military theorist, 1780 to 1831
Thinking ToolsEric von Hippel
Economist of innovation, born 1941
Organizational StructuresGeorg von Krogh
Organization theorist
Organizational StructuresJohn von Neumann
Mathematician, 1903 to 1957
Thinking ToolsAndrew von Nordenflycht
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresFriedrich von Wieser
Economist, 1851 to 1926
Thinking ToolsJoseph Voros
Foresight scholar
Thinking ToolsChris Voss
Negotiator and author, born 1957
Thinking ToolsLev Vygotsky
Psychologist, 1896 to 1934
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43 thinkersPierre Wack
Scenario planner, 1922 to 1997
Thinking ToolsJohn A. Wagner
Organizational behavior scholar
Organizational StructuresMorgan R. Walker
Engineer
Thinking ToolsGraham Wallas
Social psychologist, 1858 to 1932
Thinking ToolsLéon Walras
Economist, 1834 to 1910
Thinking ToolsRichard E. Walton
Organizational behavior scholar
Thinking ToolsBenjamin Ward
Economist
Organizational StructuresSimon Wardley
Business strategist
Thinking ToolsStanley Wasserman
Statistician, born 1951
Thinking ToolsRobert H. Waterman Jr.
Management consultant, 1936 to 2022
Thinking ToolsMichael D. Watkins
Author on leadership and negotiation
Political TacticsMax Weber
Sociologist, 1864 to 1920
Organizational StructuresThomas Wedell-Wedellsborg
Consultant and author
Thinking ToolsLawrence L. Weed
Physician, 1923 to 2017
Thinking ToolsKarl E. Weick
Organizational psychologist, 1936 to 2026
Political TacticsThinking ToolsHeinz Weihrich
Management professor
Thinking ToolsJeff Weiss
Management consultant
Political TacticsLouis T. Wells Jr.
International business scholar, born 1937
Organizational StructuresKevin Werbach
Legal studies scholar
Thinking ToolsPatricia H. Werhane
Business ethicist
Thinking ToolsRobert West
Health psychologist
Thinking ToolsE. Glen Weyl
Economist, born 1985
Thinking ToolsAlfred North Whitehead
Mathematician and philosopher, 1861 to 1947
Thinking ToolsRichard Whitley
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresDouglas R. Wholey
Health care organization scholar
Organizational StructuresWilliam Foote Whyte
Sociologist
Organizational StructuresJohn Henry Wigmore
Legal scholar, 1863 to 1943
Thinking ToolsMiriam Wilhelm
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresChrista L. Wilkin
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresJudith Williams
Writer and negotiation trainer
Political TacticsOliver E. Williamson
Economist, 1932 to 2020
Political TacticsOrganizational StructuresRobert Wilson
Economist, born 1937
Thinking ToolsSidney G. Winter
Economist, born 1935
Thinking ToolsFranz Wohlgezogen
Organization and strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresJoachim Wolf
Organization and international management scholar
Organizational StructuresJustin Wolfers
Economist, born 1972
Thinking ToolsAlex J. Wood
Sociologist of work
Organizational StructuresDavid Wood
Developmental psychologist
Thinking ToolsJoan Woodward
Sociologist, 1916 to 1971
Organizational StructuresNicolay Worren
Organization design scholar
Organizational StructuresJack Wright
Political scientist
Thinking ToolsSewall Wright
Geneticist and statistician, 1889 to 1988
Thinking ToolsJulie Wulf
Strategy scholar
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Data scientist, born 1982
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Economist
Organizational StructuresFrances A. Yates
Renaissance historian, 1899 to 1981
Thinking ToolsMichael Y. Yoshino
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresDennis R. Young
Nonprofit economics and management scholar
Organizational Structures
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12 thinkersStephen J. Zaccaro
Organizational psychologist
Organizational StructuresRobert B. Zajonc
Social psychologist, 1923 to 2008
Political TacticsDale E. Zand
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresI. William Zartman
Political scientist, 1932 to 2025
Political TacticsRichard Zeckhauser
Economist, born 1940
Political TacticsThinking ToolsTodd R. Zenger
Strategy scholar
Organizational StructuresMicah Zenko
Political scientist
Thinking ToolsYa-Wei Zhang
Management scholar
Organizational StructuresYue Maggie Zhou
Strategy and organization scholar
Organizational StructuresJonathan C. Ziegert
Organizational psychologist
Organizational StructuresEric Zitzewitz
Economist
Thinking ToolsFritz Zwicky
Astronomer, 1898 to 1974
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