President
Professor
Tomoyoshi [Tomo] Noda
Dr. Tomo Noda is the founder of ISL (Institute for Strategic Leadership), a Tokyo- based educational institution dedicated to the development of next-generation leaders with the willpower, character and creativity necessary to catalyze social and business innovation in Japan.
He is an expert in organizational strategy and transformational leadership, and was a faculty member of the London Business School (1996-1997), INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France (1997-2000), INSEAD ASIA in Singapore (2001-2003), and SIMI (Scandinavian International Management Institute) (1996-2005) where he taught strategic and international management to MBAs and excecutives.
He is also an active member of Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives) and has led a project team for promoting NPOs/NGOs and social entrepreneurship in 2011 as well as a nation-wide task team for restoring Tohoku region attacked by 3.11 earthquake and tsunami disaster between 2012 and 2017. He is the organizer for Social Innovator’s Koshien Program, a network for promoting social alliances betwen business, civic and public sectors.
He is originally from Kyoto, Japan.
Dr. Noda holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the University of Tokyo, a Master’s Degree in Science in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Doctorate in Business Administration (Business Policy) from Harvard University.
Other Affiliations
Chair of the Board of Trustees, Shizenkan University
Founder, ISL (Institute for Strategic Leadership)
Area of Expertise
Leadership / Business policy / Organizational Strategy
Courses
What is a Company For?: Exploring Relationships Among Business Enterprise, Market and Society
Business Policy: Concepts and Practices
Leadership in Transformation and Innovation
Living a Life as a Leader
Awards
Inamori International Fellowship (by Inamori Foundation)
Best Teacher’s Award for MBA elective course entitled “Strategic Leadership and Corporate Transformation) in 2001, 2002, 2003 Fall at INSEAD
Selected Publications
Journal Papers:
“Strategy-Making as Iterated Processes of Resource Allocation”, Strategic Management Journal, Summer, Vol.17, 1996 (with Joseph B. Bower)
“Managing for Value: It’s Not Just About the Numbers”, 2001, Harvard Business Review Vol. 79 (with Philippe Haspeslagh, Fares Boulos)
“The Evolution of Intra-Industry Firm Heterogeneity: Insights from A Process Study”, Academy of Management Journal, Vol.44, No.4, 2001 (with David J. Collis) “Leadership Begins with Leading Oneself”, 2004, Center for Creative Leadership, Leadership in Action Specail Issue: Leadership in Aisa Vol. 24
Book/Book Chapter:
“Getting the Real Value Out of Value-Based Management”, 2001, Harvard Business School Publishing, Boston, MA (with Fares Bouls, Philippe Haspeslagh)
“Dynamism of Competitive Strategy (Kyousousenryaku no Dynamism)”, Nihon Keizai Shinbun-sha, 2001 (Junjiro SHINTAKU, Shigeru ASABA(Supervision), in Japanese “Leadership journey (Leadership no Tabi)”, Kobun-sha, 2007 (with Toshihiro KANAI), in Japanese
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