More companies are realizing that information systems are a powerful driver of innovation for their companies, thanks to IT’s ability to develop technology-oriented solutions to new business problems. Keeping this discipline relevant in a time of great advances in intelligent machines remains a priority for companies large and small.
Task force leader: Kalle Lyytinen
Case Western Reserve University
Dr. Lyytinen is distinguished university professor and Iris S. Wolstein professor of management design at Case Western Reserve University, and a distinguished visiting professor at Aalto University, Finland. He is among the top five information systems scholars in terms of his h-index (91), and he has the highest network centrality among IS scholars. He is the LEO Award recipient (2013), AIS fellow (2004), and the former chair of IFIP WG 8.2 “Information Systems and Organizations.” He has published more than 400 refereed articles and edited or written more than 30 books or special issues. He conducts research on digital innovation concerning its nature, dynamics and organization, design work, requirements in large systems, and emergence digital infrastructures.