Mostafa Sayyadi
Australian Institute of Management, Management Consulting, Management Theorist. Professor of Practice. +950 Articles/Cases. Management Consulting's Black Box. +20 Years Consulting. SHRM's Best Blog. IISE Writer’s Badge.
Mostafa Sayyadi is a Management Thinker & Theorist, Management Consulting Veteran, Professor of Practice, and Adjunct Professor, and is recognized as one of the World's Leading Management Consultants and Executive Educators. He works with senior business leaders, managers, and staff to develop knowledge and innovation in companies. Mostafa is a globally recognized author, professional case writer, and world authority on leadership and disruptive innovation for his Magic Spark Model and Impact Model. Author of over 950 Research Articles, Case Studies, Teaching Cases, Teaching Notes, Columns, and 16 books and an associate fellow at the Australian Institute of Management, he has been featured in top-flight publications, such as California Management Review Insights (UC Berkeley Haas), Rutgers Business Review (Rutgers University), SAM Advanced Management Journal (Society for Advancement of Management/The oldest management society), Muma Business Review/Muma Case Review (The University of South Florida), The Case Center (Cranfield University), International Journal of Organizational Analysis (Emerald Group Publishing), The European Business Review, The European Financial Review, The World Financial Review, Management Consulting Journal (The Chartered Management Institute), Business Information Review (SAGE Publications), IGI Global, American Management Association (AMA) Quarterly, EDGE Journal, International HR Adviser Quarterly, Canadian Management Centre (CMC) Quarterly, Management Centre Europe (MCE) Quarterly, The Canadian Business Journal, The Canadian Business Quarterly, Industrial Management (Norcross Georgia), Integral Leadership Review, HR Florida Review, ISE: Industrial & Systems Engineering at Work, Chief Learning Officer Magazine, and Diplomat Magazine.
In 2024, he collaborated on a Rutgers Business Review article on The Innovation Culture at Tesla, Inc. His newest Rutgers Business Review case study on Chrysler will be published in 2024. His case study on Nissan was published in The European Business Review in 2024. His newest European Business Review case study on Tesla, Inc. was published in January/February 2025, and his other case studies on Intel, Nissan, and Panasonic were published in the Swiss Business School's premier management journal in 2025. His other article in The European Business Review on change management, which explains his many years of management consulting across the globe, will also be published in 2025. From 2022 to 2024, Mostafa also collaborated on many of The Case Centre's teaching cases and teaching notes on Tesla, Inc. Salomon Brothers, Inc. (Part A & Part B), Level Up Leadership Model, Decision Making, Leading Oneself, and The 1960s American animated Halloween television of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. His newest Case Centre's teaching cases and teaching notes with his co-author professors in Florida and Houston-Downtown University on Intel Corporation and Negotiate in 40 Minutes will also be published in 2025.
His first California Management Review Insights article on "Knowledge-powered Strategy" was published in 2022. In 2023, he also collaborated on a California Management Review Insights article, "How to Adapt to AI in Strategic Management". The authors proposed a model for strategic leadership in the AI age. His other California Management Review Insights articles on "AI Accountability" and "Corporate Social Innovation" were published in 2023. His other California Management Review Insights articles on "Leadership in the DEI World" and "Social Innovation" were published in 2024. His newest California Management Review Insights article on "AI Systems" was published in 2024.
In 2022, he collaborated on a Muma Business Review article, "A New Era of Culture Shaping Has Emerged". The authors proposed a model for business culture in the new world. In 2023, he collaborated on many Muma Business Review articles, such as "The Magic Spark Model" and "The Impact Model". His newest Muma Business Review articles on "Adaptive Leadership in the AI World" and "Change Leadership" were published in 2024.
He was nominated for the CMCE Research Award of the Centre for Management Consulting Excellence in the UK for 2024, featured as the author of The Best Blog of SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) in the US for 2020, earned The Best Paper Award of the Academy of Business Research Conference in Canada for 2019, and also earned The Writer Badge and The DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Award of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers in the US for 2021 and 2023. He served as a reviewer for the prestigious SAM Advanced Management Journal, Journal of Knowledge Management, Human Resource Development International, the Academy of Management Conference, and the Southern Management Association Conference.
Mostafa is enthusiastic about the applications of AI and drones for business in the future corporate world. In his spare time, he pilots and runs.
In 2024, he collaborated on a Rutgers Business Review article on The Innovation Culture at Tesla, Inc. His newest Rutgers Business Review case study on Chrysler will be published in 2024. His case study on Nissan was published in The European Business Review in 2024. His newest European Business Review case study on Tesla, Inc. was published in January/February 2025, and his other case studies on Intel, Nissan, and Panasonic were published in the Swiss Business School's premier management journal in 2025. His other article in The European Business Review on change management, which explains his many years of management consulting across the globe, will also be published in 2025. From 2022 to 2024, Mostafa also collaborated on many of The Case Centre's teaching cases and teaching notes on Tesla, Inc. Salomon Brothers, Inc. (Part A & Part B), Level Up Leadership Model, Decision Making, Leading Oneself, and The 1960s American animated Halloween television of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. His newest Case Centre's teaching cases and teaching notes with his co-author professors in Florida and Houston-Downtown University on Intel Corporation and Negotiate in 40 Minutes will also be published in 2025.
His first California Management Review Insights article on "Knowledge-powered Strategy" was published in 2022. In 2023, he also collaborated on a California Management Review Insights article, "How to Adapt to AI in Strategic Management". The authors proposed a model for strategic leadership in the AI age. His other California Management Review Insights articles on "AI Accountability" and "Corporate Social Innovation" were published in 2023. His other California Management Review Insights articles on "Leadership in the DEI World" and "Social Innovation" were published in 2024. His newest California Management Review Insights article on "AI Systems" was published in 2024.
In 2022, he collaborated on a Muma Business Review article, "A New Era of Culture Shaping Has Emerged". The authors proposed a model for business culture in the new world. In 2023, he collaborated on many Muma Business Review articles, such as "The Magic Spark Model" and "The Impact Model". His newest Muma Business Review articles on "Adaptive Leadership in the AI World" and "Change Leadership" were published in 2024.
He was nominated for the CMCE Research Award of the Centre for Management Consulting Excellence in the UK for 2024, featured as the author of The Best Blog of SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) in the US for 2020, earned The Best Paper Award of the Academy of Business Research Conference in Canada for 2019, and also earned The Writer Badge and The DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Award of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers in the US for 2021 and 2023. He served as a reviewer for the prestigious SAM Advanced Management Journal, Journal of Knowledge Management, Human Resource Development International, the Academy of Management Conference, and the Southern Management Association Conference.
Mostafa is enthusiastic about the applications of AI and drones for business in the future corporate world. In his spare time, he pilots and runs.
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