STEVEN GORDON

Dr. Steven Gordon is Professor of Information Technology Management at Babson College. From 2008 to 2010 he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research.  Before arriving at Babson, Dr. Gordon founded and served as president of Beta Principles, Inc. He was also a consultant to the airline industry at Simat, Helliesen & Eichner, Inc. He holds a Ph.D. from MIT.

How To Foster Greater Collaboration Between Innovators and the IT Department

Success in innovation requires greater collaboration with the corporate IT department, yet in many cases friction between the two leaves innovation managers with tools they don't want to use or IT managers with tools they can't support. How do you get this critical relationship right?