# John Hagel III

John Hagel III is an American management consultant and author.
In 2007, Hagel founded the Deloitte Center for the Edge, a Silicon Valley–based research center. He served as the Center's co-chairman and retired in 2020. He continues to work with the Center as Chairman Emeritus advising clients. He proceeded to open his own consultancy company, Beyond Our Edge LLC, to "companies and people who are seeking to anticipate the future and achieve much greater impact".
Hagel is involved with several organizations, including the World Economic Forum, where he serves as the co-chair of the Global Future Council on the Future of Platforms and Systems. He is also a Board of Trustees member for the Santa Fe Institute, which conducts research on complex adaptive systems, and for the Independent Institute. Additionally, he hosts executive roundtables at the Aspen Institute.
Hagel is credited with coining the term "infomediary" in his 1999 book, NetWorth, co-authored with Marc Singer.
Hagel's work has appeared in business publications including The Economist, Fortune, Forbes, Business Week, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, NBC, and BBC. The Harvard Business Review has twice awarded Hagel prizes for Best Article. Hagel also blogs at Edge Perspectives, the Harvard Business Review, Fortune, and Techonomy.

## Major positions and roles

* Beyond Our Edge, LLC - Founder
* Co-Chairman of the Deloitte Center for the Edge (retired)
* Santa Fe Institute – Board of Trustees
* Aspen Institute
* The Independent Institute – Board of Directors
* Advisory board member of open innovation vendor Innovation Exchange
* Fellow, World Economic Forum

## Education, degrees and awards

* MBA – Harvard Business School – 1978
* JD – Harvard Law School – 1978
* B.Phil. – Oxford University – 1974
* BA – Wesleyan University – 1972

## Publications

* John Hagel III, John Seely Brown: Lang Davison, The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things In Motion, Basic Books 2010. ISBN 978-0-465-01935-9.
* John Hagel III, John Seely Brown, How World Of Warcraft Promotes Innovation; in: Willms Buhse/Ulrike Reinhard: Wenn Anzugträger auf Kapuzenpullis treffen (When Suits meet Hoodies), whois-Verlag 2009. ISBN 978-3-934013-98-8.
* John Hagel III, John Seely Brown, The Only Sustainable Edge: Why Business Strategy Depends On Productive Friction And Dynamic Specialization, Harvard Business Review Press 2005. ISBN 978-1-59139-720-5.
* John Hagel III, John Seely Brown, Out of The Box: Strategies for Achieving Profits Today and Growth Tomorrow Through Web Services, Harvard Business Press 2002. ISBN 978-1-57851-680-3.
* John Hagel III, Marc Singer, Net Worth: Shaping Markets When Customers Make the Rules, Harvard Business Review Press 1999. ISBN 978-0-87584-889-1.
* John Hagel III, Arthur G. Armstrong, Net Gain: Expanding Markets through Virtual Communities, Harvard Business Review Press 1997. ISBN 978-0-87584-759-7.
* John Hagel III, Assessing the Criminal, Restitution, Retribution and the Legal Process, Ballinger Publishing 1977. ISBN 978-0-88410-785-9.
* John Hagel III, Alternative Energy Strategies: Constraints and Opportunities, Praeger 1976.