Michael Davies
Senior Lecturer at MIT Professional Education
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- London Business School
- MIT Professional Education
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MIT Professional Education
Michael A M Davies teaches the engineering and business elements of the Integrated Design and Management (IDM) program at MIT.
He is the founder and chairman of Endeavour Partners, a boutique business strategy consulting firm that enables leaders in high-tech businesses and businesses being affected by technology worldwide to create value and drive growth through innovation. Endeavour Partners helps its clients anticipate, navigate, and innovate through insight and foresight in order to make better strategic decisions.Its clients include nearly all of the top-tier device vendors, network operators, service providers, and semiconductor businesses. Beyond high-tech, its clients include some of the world’s leading e-commerce, information services, oil and gas, packaging and logistics businesses, along with world-class sports teams.
He is an expert on the connections between technology, innovation, product development, consumer choice and behavior, the adoption and diffusion of new products, intellectual property, and the emergence and evolution of platforms and business ecosystems. Michael has spent his career helping top management make strategic decisions and drive innovation. Nowadays, he is focused on the rapid shift toward smartphones, cloud services, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and robotics, particularly the forces driving this shift and its impact and implications over the next few years.
Michael also runs the New Technology Ventures program at the London Business School. Additionally, he is an Advisor to the Department of Systems Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
He also is a co-founder and the Chairman of silverthread, Inc., and angel-baked business commercializing research on software engineering from MIT and Harvard Business School, a member of the Board of the Kendall Square Association, the business group for this world leading innovation hub, the Chairman of the Mobile Cluster for Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council and an advisor to several other companies on digital business.
Michael Davies is the Founder and Chairman of Endeavour Partners, a Senior Lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he runs the New Technology Ventures Program at London Business School. He works with leaders in technology to anticipate the future, navigate the resulting challenges and opportunities, and enable them to drive innovation.
He is the father of four daughters, and the partner of C.A. Webb, Co-Founder of Assemble.VC.
Michael has deep business and technology expertise in mobile and digital domains. He is an expert in technology and business ecosystems, competition and collaboration, and the management of innovation. Prior to founding Endeavour Partners, Michael held executive and strategic advisory roles with leading firms including Boston Consulting Group, BellSouth International, Braxton Associates, GeoPartners Research and Mars Electronics. He has also been an entrepreneur, including pioneering the first global system for a mobile communication business outside Europe and the first personal digital assistant with digital connectivity (a predecessor to the modern smartphone).
In addition to his role at Endeavour Partners, Michael is a Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Guest Lecturer at the London Business School. He holds an MBA from London Business School, and Masters degrees in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and the University of Durham.
Videos
Digital Ecosystems and insurance: Insights from Michael Davies
Michael Davies - Work Inc. 2028 | London Business School
2020 Innovations in Management - Becoming a Digital Explorer, and Building Digital Ecosystems
Michael A M Davies - Solving the Underwear Gnomes Problem - Boston QS
JLL Perspectives Event: Michael Davies Keynote Presentation
Courses Taught
Breakthrough Innovation: Creating Value in Times of Uncertainty
MIT Professional Education
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Jul 8
The Business of AI
London Business School
Online
May 13
The Chief Financial Officer Programme
London Business School
Online
Technology Leadership Program
MIT Professional Education
Online
Professional Certificate Program in Innovation & Technology
MIT Professional Education
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Jun 3
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