About the authors of A Little Book of f-LAWS and Management f-LAWS
Russell L. Ackoff is the Anheuser-Busch Emeritus Professor of Management Science at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
He has written numerous books on Systems Management, the most recent of which are Beating the System, co-authored with Sheldon Rovin, Re-Designing the Corporation, Ackoff's Best and Idealized Design, co-authored with Jason Magidson and Herbert J. Addison.
A founding member of the Institute of Management Sciences, his work in consulting and education has involved more than 350 corporations and 75 government agencies in the United States and beyond. Management grandee, he was ranked 26 in the most recent list of the world's most influential business thinkers.
Herbert J. Addison has worked for some 40 years in academic, educational and business book publishing, including for many years at Oxford University Press.
He is the author of the business section in the New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge and is a close friend of Russ Ackoff.
Sally Bibb is Director of Group Sales Development for the Economist Group. She is based in London with responsibility for Europe, Asia and North America. Sally has specialised in organization and executive development for 15 years and has a Masters Degree in Organizational Change. Co-author of the award-winning book Trust Matters - for Organisational and Personal Success, she is series editor for The Truths about Business series and author of The Stone Age Company: why the companies we work for are dying and how they can be saved, the first title in the series.
Two opportunities to hear Professor Ackoff and his co-author, Sally Bibb, in the UK, in conversation about Systems Thinking, Idealised Design and f-LAWS. Read more on the events page