Event Speaker Profile - Douglas Neal
| Company: | Leading Edge Forum |
| Details: | The LEF Executive Programme has been working with Yale Professor Dan Esty, author of Green to Gold, to develop a holistic view of the challenges and opportunities of this new Corporate Social Responsibility frontier. In reviewing data centre case studies with Dan's team, we realized that even if we could wave a magic wand and reduce computer power use to zero, we would have successfully dealt with only 2% of the problem.
While there is certainly money on the table for firms that clean up their data centres and improve the efficiency of their desktops, the longer term issue is how to use IT to help address the other 98%. This creates a wide range of opportunities for IT executives to demonstrate leadership inside the firm and in collaboration with partners. In this presentation, Doug will review the findings from our Green IT study tour, discuss our recent position paper on Green IT, and suggest how firms should proceed in dealing with this global issue. Doug Neal, based in the United States, is Research Fellow at the Leading Edge Forum Executive Programme and is responsible for research into Innovating through Technology. His focus is on the intersection of strategy, business operations and technology. Recent projects have included Green IT - Moving Beyond the 2% Solution, Harnessing Web 2.0 - Enterprise Strategies for Living on the Web, the Consumerization of IT, Developing Employee Responsibility and Trust, The Use and Misuse of Collaborative Technologies, The Emergence of Business Process Management, and Business Process Management: Delivering on the Promise. He co-authored the book The Networked Supply Chain: Applying Breakthrough BPM Technology to Meet Relentless Customer Demands. Doug's point of view on consumer privacy was published in Wilson Quarterly, the journal of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Doug has led study tours on mobile technologies to Scandinavia, Japan, and Korea. In October 2006 Doug conducted a study tour to Silicon Valley which met with both large and emerging Web 2.0 companies. In October 2007 Doug led a study tour to identify next practices in Green IT. The tour focused on how IT can be used to Green the business, not just the data center and desktop. In October 2008 Doug will lead a tour on the Consumerization of Enterprise IT, Managing the Risks of Web 2.0. Doug has developed state-of-the-art management and other end-user systems for clients in financial services, manufacturing, healthcare and high-technology companies. Prior to joining the Leading Edge Forum, Doug worked at two international management consulting firms and founded an organization specializing in systems for executive management. Doug received a BA from Haverford College, conducted special studies at the Ruhr University and has an ABD from the University of Michigan. « Back to event |