Joel K. Shapiro
Clinical Associate Professor of Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences
Joel Shapiro, JD, PhD, is Clinical Associate Professor of Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences.
Joel is an expert on helping business leaders and organizations generate business value by making better decisions and building enterprise-wide analytics strategies that achieve important business goals.
Joel leads Kellogg's Analytical Consulting Lab and teaches advanced analytics electives in the MBA curriculum. His work has been featured globally via regular keynote addresses and thought-leader authorship top business publications.
He holds a PhD in policy analysis from the Pardee RAND Graduate School in Santa Monica, CA, a JD from Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago, IL, and a BS in physics from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI.
- The role of data and analytics in organizational success; how to lead data teams and cultivate the next generation of data leaders
- The role of data and analytics in organizational success; how to lead data teams and cultivate the next generation of data leaders
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Doctor of Philosophy, 2003, Political Analysis, RAND Graduate School
Juris Doctor, 1998, Northwestern University School of Law
Bachelor of Science in Physics, 1994, College of LSA, University of Michigan -
Adjunct Faculty, School of Continuing Studies, Northwestern University, 2003-present
Adjunct Faculty, Graduate Statistics, School of Education, Loyola University, 2003
Physics Teacher, Lincoln Park High School, 1994-1995 -
Attorney, Schwartz & Freeman, 1998-1999
Policy Analyst / Doctoral Fellow, RAND Corporation, 1999-2001
Senior Researcher, ROCKMAN ET AL, 2003-2007
Advanced Analytics for Sales Leaders
This short program provides sales leaders with the skills and frameworks needed to lead and nurture an analytically driven sales organization. Discover how analytics can inform high-value opportunities and drive greater success and profitability.
Advanced Marketing Management
For executives navigating an ever-changing marketing landscape, this program gives participants practical knowledge of marketing management tools and how to implement them into a successful strategy across multi-level teams.
Enterprise Leadership Program
Leadership at the enterprise level means rising to the challenge. No longer is your growth linear — it’s exponential. The focus moves past the single team or unit to the enterprise as a whole, beyond functional skills to strategic decisions based on a broader perspective. Kellogg Executive Education’s Enterprise Leadership Program prepares you to lead at height and scale and helps you develop an anticipatory mindset.
Leading Into the Future
As the world of business changes at breakneck speed, executives must stay at the forefront of management thinking and practice. This program delivers a wealth of new knowledge and insights for managing change with confidence in the 21st century.
The Customer-Focused Organization
The digital revolution is empowering customers, fueling disruptive innovation and globalization of markets. In the wake of these challenges, firms that are customer-centric thrive. Learn how leaders successfully infuse a customer-centric perspective throughout an organization, generate value, build brands with meaning, and offer exceptional customer experiences to win in the digital age.
Analytical Consulting Lab (MECNM-615-0)
Making Data Work (MECN-938-5)
This course is for business leaders who want to turn data and AI into real organizational impact: not by learning to code, but by learning how to make data work for strategy and performance. Students will learn how to frame business problems, evaluate investments in data and analytics, and build organizations that act on evidence. We'll also explore the ethical and responsible use of data and AI, including how to manage bias and ensure trust. Through cases and real-world examples, the course emphasizes decision-making, influence, and the organizational side of data success. Whether or not you have a technical background, you will leave with the skills to lead initiatives that transform data and AI into better decisions and stronger performance.
Analytical and AI Consulting Lab (MECN-615-0)
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Analytical Consulting Lab is an experiential course for students interested in applying their analytics skills to help real clients use real data to solve real problems. Projects will include a range of sophistication of analytic techniques - some might call for advanced statistical modeling and machine learning techniques, while others may focus less on analysis of data and more on helping a client craft an appropriate analytics strategy. Projects are pre-approved by faculty, and will touch many industries and aspects of business management.
Note: By application only. By applying to this course, the student commits to taking the class if they are accepted into the course. This course may not be dropped after the student has been accepted into the course.
