About the Authors

Andy Boynton is Dean of Boston College’s Carroll School of Management. Before returning to Boston College, he was a Professor of Strategic Leadership at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he created and directed IMD’s highly rated global Executive MBA program.

Boynton is the co-creator, with Bill Fischer, of DeepDive™, the world’s leading methodology for helping executives harness the power of teams to significantly improve problem-solving speed, innovation and results.

Website: www.AndrewBoynton.com

Bill Fischer is a professor at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland. He previously served as dean and president of the China-Europe International Business School, a joint venture of the European Union and Chinese government, in Shanghai, China.

He is the co-director of IMD’s innovation partnership with MIT’s Sloan School of Management and works exclusively with executives around the world.

Boynton and Fischer’s current and past clients include Fidelity, Cisco Systems, Johnson & Johnson, Nokia, Nestle USA, Deloitte Consulting, Cigna Insurance, Pfizer, British Air, British Telecom, IBM and Bank of America.

Website: www.billunplugged.blogspot.com

William Bole is a journalist and a research fellow of the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics at Boston College.