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A recognized specialist on networks and complex systems in firms and markets, Professor Uzzi has done significant work on building better executive networks and on managing complex systems of social ties within firms such a knowledge management systems, intellectual communities of practice, and email networks.  He has also done research on the dynamics of innovation, diffusion, and change in professional collaboration networks such co-patenting networks, scientific citation systems, artists communities, and so on. 

Brian has received numerous teaching awards for his outstanding teaching and executive development programs.  He was named Teacher of the Year twice in Kellogg's executive MBA program, once Kellogg's domestic program and once in Kellogg's international Program in Hong Kong.  He has won four teaching awards for his MBA teaching. 

In his executive teaching seminars and large and small public lecture forums, Brian speaks the topics of leadership with a focus creating and developing networks that enhance executive creativity, R&D innovation, and the implementation of new products and ideas.  His other work focuses on making high risk decisions under conditions of incomplete information, changing competitive decision making in teams to collaborative decision making, leadership in political environments, organizational culture development, and the diffusion of innovations, especially in long tail distributions. 

Recent Programs:
Leading High Impact Teams
Fundacao Dom Cabral Brazil
Baker & McKenzie
Young President's Organization
Kellogg Executive Development Program
IRI Industrial Relation Institute
Societe Generale
Hearst Media Worldwide
Abbott Labs
KMI (Kellogg Management Institute)
Maddock Douglas
UNITE
Deloitte
Pepsico
World Bank
Frito-Lay
Takada Pharmaceuticals
Duff and Phelps
Technion University
FBI
HSBC
BP
Credit Suisse
La Salle Bank
ANBAMBRO
CIA
YMCA
P&G
Society of Women Engineers

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For more information, contact Professor Uzzi.
 
  Kellogg School of Management
Management and Organizations Department
Room 355 Leverone Hall
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208-2011
  Phone: 847.491.8072
Fax: 847.491.8896

uzzi@northwestern.edu
 
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