Tom Davenport
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Author, Analytics at Work

Thomas Davenport is a world-renowned thought-leader who has helped hundreds of companies revitalize their management practices. He combines his interests in business, research, and academia as the President’s Distinguished Professor in Management and Information Technology at Babson College. Tom earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University in social science and has taught at the Harvard Business School, the University of Chicago, Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, and the University of Texas at Austin. He has also directed research centers at Accenture, McKinsey & Company, Ernst & Young, and CSC. Tom is author or coauthor of numerous magazine and journal articles and of thirteen best-selling business books, including The Attention Economy, Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning, and Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results.

Recent Posts

Analytics are everywhere

We had the third episode of the SAS Power Series in New York last night. The event was very well attended—including a few meeting crashers ... Read More

Is Silicon Valley becoming more analytical?

The SAS Power Series Tour had its most recent stop in the heart of Silicon Valley, San Jose. This gave me another chance to test ... Read More

The power of analytical catalysts

Recently, I was able to spend a morning with a group of analytics executives at the SAS Power Series in Chicago. I enjoyed it a ... Read More

Converging disciplines in analytics

This week I made a quick trip to Predictive Analytics World in San Francisco. It was my first appearance at that event, and some great ... Read More