Singapore: World’s most influential management thinker, Co-Director of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute, bestselling author
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W. Chan Kim is a Professor of Strategy and Co-Director of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute in Fontainebleau, France. Before joining INSEAD, he taught at the University of Michigan Business School, USA. He has advised various countries and multinational corporations in Europe, the U.S., and the Asia Pacific region. He recently co-authored the book “Beyond Disruption: Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries, Companies, or Jobs” and is also the co-author of the global bestsellers “Blue Ocean Strategy” and “Blue Ocean Shift”.
In 2023, W. Chan Kim and his colleague Renée Mauborgne were honoured as two of the four leading thinkers in the 100 years of Harvard Business Review’s publication. Before this, in 2019, Thinkers50 named the pair the most influential management thinkers in the world. The blue ocean strategy and blue ocean shift teaching materials have been adopted by nearly 3,000 universities globally. In 2022, Harvard Business Review selected Blue Ocean Strategy as one of the most influential and innovative articles published in the last 100 years.
W. Chan Kim has published numerous articles in prestigious academic and managerial journals. Amongst these, he includes the Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Financial Times. The Journal of International Management recognizes Kim as one of the world’s most influential academic journal authors in global strategy.
Amongst academic and management awards received, W. Chan Kin includes the Nobels Colloquia Prize for Leadership on Business and Economic Thinking, the Carl S. Sloane Award by the Association of Management Consulting Firms, and the Eldridge Haynes Prize for the best original paper by the Academy of International Business.
An international speaker known for his ‘blue oceans’ philosophy and approach to business, W. Chan Kim shares real-life examples in his talks. He lives in Singapore and presents his talks in English.