Kristine Dery, Professor of Work, Technology and Innovation, and Academic Research Affiliate at MIT-CISR; Dion Hinchliffe, Chief Technology Officer at Constellation Research

Kristine Dery

Kristine Dery is the Professor of Work, Technology and Innovation at Macquarie Business School, and an Academic Research Fellow with MIT Sloan Center for Information Systems Research (MIT CISR). Kristine’s current research explores what it takes for large companies to transform their workforce to be relevant in a digital world. Together with colleagues at MIT CISR, Kristine has recently published a framework that helps firms understand the degree to which their workforce is future-ready. Kristine’s previous research has explored the employee experience in the context of Agile Ways of Working, Virtual Connectivity, and also what it takes to attract and retain the Talent with the digital skills to successfully deliver on the challenges of new digital business models. She works closely with research colleagues both at MIT CISR and Macquarie Business School to ensure that her research is integrated into the broader context of digital transformation.

Dion Hinchcliffe

Dion Hinchcliffe is an internationally recognized digital thought leader, best-selling author, business strategist, enterprise architect, transformation consultant, analyst and keynote speaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in digital workplace, customer experience, and enterprise IT. Dion has led large IT, CX, and strategy projects around the world for the Fortune 500 and Global 2000 in six continents. Industry analytics firm Onalytica ranks Dion as the #2 influencer globally on the subject of digital transformation. He has keynoted or spoken at hundreds of leading industry conferences including CeBIT, KMWorld, IT Roadmap, Dreamforce, CIO Perspectives, AIIM Conference, and other industry events.