Thomas A. Stewart

Thomas A. Stewart

Executive Director, NCMM AND Former Chief Marketing & Knowledge Officer, Booz & Company

Thomas A. Stewart is the Chief Marketing and Knowledge Officer (CMKO) of the global management consulting firm Booz & Company. Stewart most recently served as editor and managing director of Harvard Business Review, and is a best-selling author, an authority on intellectual capital and knowledge management, and an influential thought leader on global management issues and ideas.

During Stewart’s six years with Harvard Business Review, the magazine was a two-time finalist for general excellence in the National Magazine Awards, and received an “Eddie” in 2007 from Folio Magazine.

Previously, Stewart served as the editorial director for Business 2.0 and as a member of Fortune’s Board of Editors. He is the author of two books, Intellectual Capital: The New Wealth of Organizations, and The Wealth of Knowledge: Intellectual Capital and the 21st Century Organization, published by Doubleday Business in 1998 and 2003, respectively.

Stewart is a fellow of the World Economic Forum. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Harvard College, and holds an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Cass School of Business at City University, London.

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After the Copenhagen Climate Council was considered a failure, how should we prepare for COP-16 in Mexico? Big Think’s live roundtable on March 26, 2010 in Houston was moderated by […]
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Booz & Company’s Tom Stewart with a summary of the Big Think global economic forum.
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In the vein of Rodney King, Tom Stewart asks,’why can’t we all just get along?’
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Tom Stewart talks about the slow change of New York City.
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Tom Stewart is excited by innovation and confronting problems.
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The struggle between thinking people and anti-intellectualism.
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The themes of the mind never change, Tom Stewart says.
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Above all, Tom Stewart is a good father first.
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Tom Stewart talks about his views on the Great Generation and tells the story of true leadership.
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Tom Stewart is inspired by the new age of leadership.
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Tom Stewart’s creative process is far from orderly.
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Tom Stewart cites climate change and global poverty as the greatest
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There is too much emphasis on individual pain and not enough on collective opportunity.
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Tom Stewart says creativity isn’t a linear, consistent phenomenon but rather happens in clumps.
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There’s no historical precedent for this rate of growth.
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Tom Stewart discusses how the European and American systems differ.
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Tom Stewart says a leader is defined by stamina, resilience, emotional intelligence, and political acumen.
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The worst leaders are those with attitudes of natural superiority.