Curriculum Vitae

Martin J. Eppler, Prof. Dr. sés. Full Professor of Communications Management School of Management University of St. Gallen (HSG) Director ISP MBA Program and =mcm institute for media and communications management Blumenbergplatz 9 9000 St. Gallen CH-Switzerland Martin.Eppler [at] unisg.ch

www.knowledge-communication.org www.mcm.unisg.ch www.visual-literacy.org

RESEARCH AND TEACHING AREAS

• Managerial and inter-cultural communication and decision making (incl. meeting science) • Group collaboration and innovation, collaborative creativity and design thinking • Strategic thinking, strategy implementation and strategic communication (profit/non-profit) • Knowledge visualization (incl. diagrammatic reasoning), knowledge management, and knowledge communication • Visual research methods (incl. mixed methods)

EDUCATION

2017 Continuing Education Programs in Big Data & Analytics, US Law, and Negotiation.

2003 Venia Legendi / Habilitation (Professor Qualification) at the University of St. Gallen for Management, with emphasis on Information and Communication Management (Topic: Managing Information Quality).

1998 Doctorate in Management, University of Geneva (Topic: Informative Action: An Analysis of Information Overload in Management). Summa cum laude.

1996 Master in Management, University of St. Gallen, (Top 1 Percent of Class). HSG Steinacher Prize for Best Management Thesis. Studies at the Boston University School of Communication (Dean’s list) and at the Paris Graduate School of Management (ESCP).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since 2016: Member of the Digital Future Council, Nuremberg Institute for Market Decisions, Nuremberg, Germany 2015: Guest Professor, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada (June) 2015: Guest Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA (January-April) Since 2013: Head of the International Study MBA Program, University of St. Gallen 2010-2015: Managing Director of the =mcm institute for media and communication management 2007: Senior Visiting Fellow, Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Business School, Beijing, China 2006: Senior Visiting Fellow, University of Cambridge (UK), Center for Strategy & Performance Since 2005: Editor, Handelsblatt Fachmedien, OrganisationsEntwicklung (a quarterly journal) Since 1998: Management advisor and trainer (for ABB, Philips, United Nations, EY, KPMG, Daimler, AXA, European Central Bank, EON, eni, BMW, Swiss Re, Pictet, IATA, Tawuniya, UBS, Porsche, Hengeler Müller, Freshfields, EO, LVMH etc.) 1996-1998: Geneva Knowledge Group (GKG Ltd.): Consultant

1 1997: Bain & Company Inc., Munich: Summer MBA Associate 1996: Procter & Gamble: Market Research Consultant 1995: International Herald Tribune, Paris: Assistant to the CIO 1994: Ringier Europe, Zurich: New Media Project Manager 1993-1994: Creative Business Consultants, Zurich & Geneva: Assistant to Strategic Planning

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2020: Global online webinars on virtual collaboration, virtual creativity, and VUCA-management 2019: Teaching Data Storytelling and DataViz in New York, Bangalore, London, Frankfurt. 2018: Teaching negotiation, as well as (risk, HR and visual) analytics (in the UK/India/Europe). 2017: Strategic, legal, quantitative, visual, and change communication executive courses in the UK, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany. 2016: Creative Strategizing, Executive Teaching in Athens (Greece) and Amman (Jordan). 2015: Teaching in Georgia (guest professor at Georgiatech), Massachusetts, Alabama, Tennessee (USA), and Vancouver (Simon Fraser University) on Creativity for Entrepreneurs (for Entrepreneurs’ Organization), Business Model Innovation, and on Clear Communication. 2014: Teaching in Brazil and the UK on Design Thinking and Creativity 2013: Trainer and university lecturer in Columbia (Bogota and Medellin), Brazil (São Paolo and Rio de Janeiro), Norway (Oslo), and Italy (Rome), as well as Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) 2011: Guest Professor of International Management Communication at the Universidad del Pacifico, Lima (Peru’s Nr. 1 ranked business school). Lecturing (in Spanish) in the university’s MBA and Global Business Executive Master program. 2010: University of Basle (Switzerland) Course on knowledge management in the CAS Non-profit Governance & Leadership 2010: First Aalto Guest Professor of Knowledge Communication and Visualization, Helsinki - -2011 School of Economics, Aalto University, Finland; course on Knowledge Communication and Visualization for the School of Economics, the School of Technology, and the School of Design 2007: Guest Professor at the Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), Business -2012 School, Beijing, China courses in Industry Analysis, Strategy, Global Management and Research Methods. 2008/9: University of Berne, post-graduate programs on Knowledge Management Since 1996: University of Geneva (Switzerland): Knowledge Management, Creativity, and Strategy in the Executive MBA programs (in French and English) Since 1999: University of St. Gallen (Switzerland): Bachelor, Master, Doctorate and MBA courses on Research Methods, Knowledge Management, Information Management, Communications Management, Visual Literacy for Management, Global Management Communication, and Creativity 2002-2014: Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland: Corporate Strategy, Information and Knowledge Management, Industry Analysis, Visual Business Communication, Managerial Communication, Conducting Literature Reviews, Didactics, Taxonomy Building in Research; at the Bachelor, Masters, and PhD Level (PhD level teaching continued till 2020) 2001: University of Lausanne (Switzerland): Knowledge Management at the Master and - 2008 postgraduate level 2002-4: University of Chemnitz (Germany): Knowledge Management at the postgraduate level 2006-9: University of Krems (Austria): Knowledge Management at the postgraduate level 2006: CTCSPMO (China Training Center for Senior Personnel Management Officials) Beijing, China 2006: Guest Lecturer in the Master of Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, Dept. of Engineering (Tripod Program) on Strategy Visualization 2002: ETH Zurich: Knowledge Management at the postgraduate level

- 2007

2 AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

• International Book Award for ‘Meet up!’ from getabstract, best business & economics book of 2018. • Career Book of the Year of 2018 by Abendblatt for “Meet up!” • Best management book of 2018 by the German HR magazine Personalwirtschaft for “Meet up!” • Teaching Awards for best core courses in the University of Geneva Executive MBA (for the English & French program) 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2018- 2019 • Academy of Management Annual Conference 2015 Best Paper Selection • Outstanding Paper Award IEEE/ACM Collaboration Technology and Systems Conference (CTS 2015), Atlanta, USA • Best Paper Award IEEE 17th International Information Visualization Conference 2013. • Finalist for the getAbstract International Book Award 2014 for Creability • Ranked as one of the three most important Business Books by Abendblatt for ‘Management Atlas’ in 2012 • Best Paper Award at the 11th International Knowledge Management Conference I’know 2011, Graz, Austria. • Best Paper Award at the IEEE 14th International Information Visualization Conference 2010. • Research Award by the International Association of Business Communicators Research Foundation as only second Non-US researcher in 26 years. • ZfU International Business School Teaching Award in Gold • Ranked No. 1 Professor in the University of St. Gallen Media MBA Program • University of Lugano Research Development Award (Fondo Tasso) • Steinacher Prize for best Management Thesis, University of St. Gallen • Prize Winner, Best Compact Case, The Case Center, 2004 • Ranked global top 100 Internet websites by Ted.com (for visual-literacy.org). • Research featured in the Harvard Business Review, MIT Technology Review, Inc. magazine, Businessweek, The Guardian, O’Reilly Release 2.0 and others.

LANGUAGE SKILLS (extensive teaching experience in the first five languages)

German: native, English: fluent, Spanish: fluent, French: fluent Italian: fluent Portuguese: basic

ACADEMIC SERVICES & COMMITTEES (Selection) Editorial Board member of OrganisationsEntwicklung (the oldest European Change Management journal) since 2005 Vice President of the Scientific Board of the Institute for International Education Research (DIPF), 2008-2016 Editorial Board member of Studies in Communication Sciences (until 2009) Editorial Board member of Information & Management (until 2009) Editorial Board member of Journal of Universal Knowledge Management (until 2014) Reviewer for a tenure committee decision at Cambridge University, Dept. of Engineering Reviewer for the U.S. National Science Foundation Reviewer for the Swiss National Science Foundation Reviewer for the journal Organization Studies Reviewer for HICSS

3 Reviewer for the journal Electronic Markets Reviewer for the journal Information Technology Reviewer for the International Journal of Innovation Management Reviewer for Information Systems Review (ISR) Reviewer for the IEEE Information Visualization Conference Reviewer for the Journal Information Visualization Reviewer for the Journal of Information Science Reviewer for the Journal Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering Reviewer for LRP – Long Range Planning – International Journal of Strategic Management Reviewer for the European Management Review Reviewer for Management Decision Reviewer for the Leibniz Association (Germany) Reviewer for the International Journal of Media Management Reviewer for the California Management Review Reviewer for the Business Information Systems Engineering Journal (BISE) Reviewer for Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management (QROM) Member of the Program Committee of the Conference on Educational Environments Member of the Program Committee of the International Conference on Knowledge Management Member of the Program Committee of the MIT International Conference on Information Quality Reviewer for the Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce Member of the Program Committee of the International Conference on Information Visualization Member of the Program Committee of the ETH New Design Axioms Workshop Reviewer for ECIS – European Conference on Information Systems Reviewer and member of the organization committee for the DGPUK 2008 Conference Conference Co-Chair of the 8th MIT International Information Quality Conference, Boston, 2003 Workshop Chair: 1st and 2nd International Information Quality Workshop at the CAISE Conference, 2004 and 2005 Various professorsip appointment committees at various Swiss and international universities PhD Co-examiner, University of Cambridge, University of St. Gallen, University of Lugano, University of Berne Various university-internal roles, such as: • Academic director, International Study MBA Program • Managing Director of the Fund for Latin American Studies • Member of the program board for Contextual Studies; course curator for all creativity courses • Member of the University’s Internationalization Commission

4 KEY PUBLICATIONS

Select Books:

Kernbach, S., Eppler, M.J. (2020) Life Design.

Eppler, M.J., Kernbach, S. (2018/2021) Meet up! (Winner of the 2018 getabstract International Book Award, Abendblatt Career Book of the Year and Personalwirtschaft Book of the Year) English Edition with Cambridge University Press.

Eppler, M.J., Kernbach, S., Pfister, R. (2016) Dynagrams.

Eppler, M.J., Pfister, R., Hoffmann, F. (2014/2017) Creability. (Finalist for the International Book Award, No.1. on Amazon.de for the creativity category for more than a year) 2nd Edition

Eppler, M.J., Pfister, R. (2012/2018) Sketching at Work. (Available in German, English, Chinese, and Brazilian Portuguese) 2nd Edition

Eppler, M.J., Mengis, J. (2011) Management Atlas. (Ranked as one of the top 3 career books of 2012 by Abendblatt)

Eppler, M.J. (2009) Managing Information Quality, 3rd Edition. [Citations: > 670]

Müller-Stewens, G., Dinh, T., Hartmann, B., Eppler, M.J., Bünzli, F. (2019) The professionalization of humanitarian organizations: The art of balancing multiple stakeholder interests at the ICRC.

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Select Journal Articles:

Alexander, E., Eppler, M.J., Comi, A.: Data Integration: a real-time, participant-driven, and visually supported method. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 2020.

Bünzli, F., Eppler, M.J.: Strategizing for social change in non-profits contexts. Nonprofit Management and Leadership, Vol. 29, Issue 4, pp. 1-18, 2019.

Bresciani, S., Eppler, M.J: The collaborative dimensions of argument maps, in: Semiotica, 220, 2018.

Mengis, J., Eppler, M.J.: Managing Conversations from a Knowledge Perspective, in: Organization Studies, September, 29, 2008, pp. 1287-1313.

Eppler, M.J., Platts., K.: Visual Strategizing, in: Long Range Planning LRP, 2009, February 2009: pp. 42-74. [Citations: > 340]

Eppler, M., Mengis J.: The Concept of Information Overload: A Review of Literature from Organization Science, Marketing Accounting, MIS, and related disciplines, in: The Information Society – an International Journal, 20(5), 2004, pp. 1-20. [Citations: >1’980]

Eppler, M.J., Mengis, J.: Wie Entscheider und Experten reden lernen, (How Decision Makers and Experts can learn to have a dialogue.) in: Harvard Business Manager, April 2009, pp. 50-58.

Eppler, M.J.: A comparison between concept maps, mind maps, conceptual diagrams, and visual metaphors as complementary tools for knowledge construction and sharing, in: Information Visualization, 3(5), 2006, pp. 202- 210. [Citations: > 585]

Bresciani, S., Eppler, M.J.: The Benefits of Synchronous Collaborative Information Visualization: Evidence from an Experimental Evaluation. In: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, (15) 6, 2009, pp. 1073 - 1080.

Schmeil, A., Eppler, M.J, de Freitas, S..: A Structured Approach for Designing Collaboration Experiences for Virtual Worlds, in: Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 10(13) 2012, pp. 836-860.

Eppler M.J., Hoffmann F., Bresciani S.: New Business Models through Collaborative Idea Generation. International Journal of Innovation Management. Vol. 15 (6), 2011, pp. 1323-1341. [Citations: >190]

Kernbach, S., Eppler, M.J, Bresciani, S.: Communicating Strategies through Visualization: Experimental Evidence, in: International Journal of Business Communication, 52(2), 2014, pp. 164-187.

Comi, A., Bischof, N, Eppler, M.J.: Beyond projection: Using visualization in qualitative interviews, in: QROM Qualitative Research in Organization and Management - An International Journal, 9(2), 2014, pp. 110-133.

Schindler, M., Eppler, M.: Harvesting Project Knowledge: A Review of Project Learning Methods and Success Factors, in: International Journal of Project Management, Nr. 21, 2003, pp. 219-228. [Citations: > 800]

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