1.Contact Information

Name: Julia Sloan

Birth date: 03/07/1956

Position: International MBA Faculty

Served in CUFE Business School since: 03/2014

Main research fields: Strategic Thinking

Phone: 18701129639

E-mail:jas127@columbia.edu

 

2. Education

05/2001 Columbia University Organizational Leadership/Management PhD in Organizational Leadership Development

05/1989

05/1986 Yale University

University of Alaska School of Business

School of Education Administration Master of MBA in MPA

Master of Education Administration

05/1979 Kent State University Music School BM, Bachelor of Music

Certificate Programs Study Area Certificate

2011 George Washington University

Policy and Innovation Seminar Diploma

2011 Harvard University Innovation Lab Program Certification

2009, 2010, 2011 Neuro Leadership Institute Advanced Neuroscience Course Program Certification Advanced Level

2003 Harvard University, Extension Program Executive Coaching Program Program Certification

2001-2002 Harvard University Conflict Resolution and Mediation Program

Level III Diploma

  

3. Working Experience (including full time and part time jobs)

08/2011 Sloan International Inc. Private consultancy firm

New York, USA Principal

07/2011 Columbia University Private university

New York, USA Faculty

  

4. Research projects (including vertical and horizontal)

11/2015 2016-1017 Two Influential Factors on the Complex and Conceptual Cognitive Development of Strategic Thinking: Metaphor and Drawing Columbia University and NY Public Library Research Division Institutional funding

08/2011 2012-2014 A Critical Study of the Comparison of Underlying Cognitions Required to Develop the Capabilities of Strategic Thinking Consortium of Next-Generation Energy and Environmental Resources Corporate funding

  

5. Publications (including journal articles, conference papers, monographs, book chapters, translations, edit works, etc.)

Journal articles (Trade & Associations)

Sloan, J. TBD Harvard Business Review Forthcoming, Nov, 2017

Sloan, J. TBD Forbes Forthcoming, Nov, 2017

Sloan, J. TBD Strategy and Business Forthcoming, Oct, 2017

Sloan, J. TBD AMBA, Ambition Forthcoming, Nov, 2017

Sloan, J. Strategic Thinking: Learning to Play the Other Side of the Strategy Coin Strategic Account Management Association, Velocity Vol. 13, No. 3, 2011

Sloan, J. Strategic Thinking: Gain the Leader’s Advantage International Leadership Association, Leadership Excellence Vol. 30, No. 12, Dec. 2013

Conference papers

Sloan, J. 34 privately commissioned white papers and position papers Corporations 2008-current

Sloan, J. 22 privately commissioned white papers Think Tanks 2008-current

Book chapters, translations, edit works, etc.

Sloan, J. Learning to Think Strategically, 3rd ed. Routledge 2017

Sloan, J. Learning to Think Strategically, 2nd ed. Routledge 2013

Sloan, J.

Learning to Think Strategically, 1st ed. Elsevier

Financial Times, Best Business Book of the Year 2007

Sloan, J.

Contributing Author Democratic Practices as Learning Opportunities Sense Publishing 2007

  

6. Academic Conferences

12/2012 Academy of International Business Frankfurt, Germany The Invisible and Invincible Human Asset of the 21st Century: The Strategic Thinker

04/2012 Strategic Management Society Atlanta, US Re-thinking the Role of Strategic Thinking Within Formal Education: An Argument for an Expanded Methodology to the Capstone Course

02/2013 IEDRC, International Economic Development and Research Center Rome, Italy Strategic Thinking: Applications and Implications for Policy and Governance

04/2013 IEDRC, International Economic Development and Research Center Dubai, UAE Strategic Thinking as a Viable Means to Supporting the Development of Smart Cities

08/2013 Symposia, Policy Reform and Governance Chicago, US A Critical Examination of Strategic Mindset Change and Public Policy Reform

9/2013 Global Outreach and Leadership Conference New York, US Strategic Thinking as a Leadership Requisite for Creating Global Crossover

15/2013 Arabian Gulf Economic and Development Conference Kuwait Leveraging Strategic Thinking: A Leadership Imperative for Economic Policy Reform

11/2013 ECMLG, 9th European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance Vienna, Austria Strengthening Governance: A Case Study of the Development of a Strategic Thinking Mindset Shift within a Balkan Government Ministry

05/2013 IEDRC, International Economic Development and Research Center Bahrain, UAE Learning to Think Strategically: A 21st Century Imperative

08/2014 IEDRC, International Economic Development and Research Center Singapore The Illusion of Progress Within the Contemporary Corporation: Strategic Thinking as an Innovative and Sustainable Framework for Change

07/2015 IEDRC, International Economic Development and Research Center Plymouth, UK The Case for Strengthening Complex Cognitions: Strategic Thinking as an Economic Development Tool in Least Developed Nations

03/2017 Gulf Arab Economic Development Policy Kuwait Building the Foundation of Organizational Learning for Today and Tomorrow

  

7.Teaching Experience

2014-current Corporate Strategy Development Compulsory MBA

2011-current Learning to Think Strategically Compulsory Doctorate Masters level

2013-current Strategic Thinking Elective MBA Doctorate

2007-current Learning to Think Strategically Executive MBA programs Compulsory MBA

  

8. Consulting Services for Business Community

2008-current Toyota

Nokia

General Motors

Xerox

Bank of Japan

Nestle Purina

Goldman Sachs

Morgan Stanley

Bank of America

Boerhringer-Ingelheim

Crow Horwath

Charles Schwab

Marathon Oil

Munich Reinsurance

Pepsico

Procter & Gamble

Johnson & Johnson

Sanofi

Merck

Pfizer

Schneider Electric

Mobil

Exxon

Apple

Amazon

LinkedIn

Google International Corporations Strategic thinking

Policy reform

Global leadership

development

2008-current United Nations

Secretariat/NYC

Regional Centers: Geneva, Vienna, Bangkok, Santiago, Nairobi, Addis Abba

Peacekeeping Missions:

27 field missions in conflict countries: Africa, Middle East, SE Asia, Balkans

World Bank

IMF

International public organization

International Agency

International Agency Strategic thinking

Policy reform

Global leadership development

2008-current Food Resource Bank

Business Council for Peace

Girls for a Change Non-profit (agricultural, Africa)

Non-profit (entrepreneurship, Afghanistan, Rwanda)

Non-profit (at-risk impoverished girls, leadership projects, mentoring, NYC) Strategic thinking

Global leadership

development

  

9.Professional Activities and Services

2005-current

Brookings Institute

Mohammad bin Rashid School of Government (Dubai School of Gov’t)

Institute for Management Studies

International public policy reform (Ministries, Parliaments, Departments in Africa, SE Asia, Eastern Europe, Central Asian Republics

Global Economic Forum

UN Staff College

Harvard Kennedy School

MIT, Sloan Management School

Stanford University

Georgetown University

Cambridge University

London School of Economics

National University of Singapore

Keio University

India Institute of Management

King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

University of Rijieka, Croatia

Institute of Public Affairs, Saudi Arabia

Academy of Management

International Leadership Association Faculty

Distinguished Scholar

Distinguished Lecture Series

Faculty

Distinguished Lecturer

Distinguished Scholar

Faculty

Visiting lecturer

Distinguished lecturer

Member

Member

10.Honors and Awards

2009 National University of Singapore Faculty Excellence Award

2013 Digital Insight Innovation Conference Ahead-of-the-Curve Award

2014 Silicon Valley Start-up Consortium Innovative Influencer Award

2015 Dubai Government, Ministry of Interior Innovative Thought Leader Award

2016-2017 Columbia University and NY Public Library Researcher in Residency Fellowship

  

11.Selected Speeches and Presentations

2016 Re-constructing the Mental Model of Strategic Thinking: The Requisite Post-Industrial, Disruptive Mindset. Women’s Innovation and Gaming Colloquium. Seattle, USA.

2016 Strategic Thinking: The Missing Link to Sustainable Economic Development in the Modern World. Conference on Migration. Berlin, Germany.

2015 Strategic Thinking: The Executive Imperative. European Congress of Banking Executives. Paris, France.

2015 Strategic Thinking: The Sustainable Capital Capability for the New Era. Arab Consortium on Policy Reform. Cairo, Egypt.

2013 Organizational Sustainability Strategies: Planning and Executing for Longevity. East Asia Symposium on Public Planning. Osaka, Japan.

2012 Cognition and Culture: Two Business Strategy Initiatives on Global Competition. Commerce and Natural Resources Symposium. New Delhi.

2011 Send in the Clowns: The Drama of Strategy in the Global Theatre. NEC Research Labs. New Jersey, USA.

2011 Success Factors of Informal Strategic Thinking in Three Sub-Saharan African Cooperative Businesses. US-AID Investment Forum. Washington, DC, USA

2011 De-constructing and Re-constructing the Concept of Strategy: Implications for Government Endorsed Strategic Barriers to Women in Least-Developed Countries. Council of African Ministers of Education. Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia.

2006 The Link Between Four Cognitive Factors and Strategic Success of High-Potential Afghan Women Owners. European Investment Congress. Brussels, Belgium.