Edward Hess

Professor of Business Administration, Darden School of Business & Author of "Learn or Die"

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Edward Hess Biography

Professor Edward D. Hess spent more than 30 years in the business world. He began his career at Atlantic Richfield Corporation and was a senior executive at Warburg Paribas Becker, Boettcher & Company, the Robert M. Bass Group and Arthur Andersen. He is the author of 11 books, over 60 practitioner articles and over 60 Darden cases, etc. dealing with growth systems, managing growth and growth strategies. His books include Learn or Die: Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization, (Columbia Business School Publishing, September 2014); Hess and Liedtka, The Physics of Business Growth: Mindsets, System and Processes(Stanford University Press, 2012); Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Entrepreneurial Businesses(Stanford University Press, 2012); Growing an Entrepreneurial Business: Concepts & Cases(Stanford University Press, February, 2011); Smart Growth: Building Enduring Businesses by Managing the Risks of Growth(Columbia Business School Publishing, 2010); Hess and Goetz, So You Want to Start A Business(FT Press, 2008); The Road To Organic Growth(McGraw-Hill, 2007); Hess and Cameron, eds., Leading with Values: Virtue, Positivity & High Performance(Cambridge University Press, 2006); Hess and Kazanjian, eds., The Search for Organic Growth(Cambridge University Press, 2006).

Smart Growth was named a Top 25 2010 business book for business owners by Inc. Magazine and was awarded the Wachovia Award for Research Excellence.

His current research focuses on applying the science of learning in a business environment: learning cultures, systems and processes.

Hess has taught in Executive Education programs for Harris Corporation, Cigna, Timken, United Technologies, Genworth Financial, Pitney Bowes, Unilever Russia, Marriott International, Westinghouse Nuclear, Alpha Natural Resources, Algeco-Scotsman, FTI Consulting, Dover Corporation, Glen Raven Corporation as well as IESE (Barcelona) and the Indian School of Business.

Hess's work has appeared in Fortune magazine, JiJi Press, Washington Post, the Financial Times, Investor's Business Daily, CFO Review, Money magazine and in more than 300 other media publications as well as on CNBC, BusinessWeek.com, Fox Business News, Forbes.com, Big Think, Reuters.com., Inc.com, WSJ Radio, Bloomberg Radio, Dow Jones, MSNBC Radio, Huffington Post.com, Business Insider.com and Chief Learning Officer.com.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 12/27/2023.

Edward Hess Videos

  • What made you successful? by Edward Hess, Author of “Learn or Die”
  • "So You Want to Start a Business" - YouTube
  • Learn Better Than The Competition - a "Learn or Die" Lesson by Ed ...

Edward Hess Books

  • Learn or Die: Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization (Columbia Business School Publishing)
    Learn or Die: Using Science to Build a Leading-Edge Learning Organization (Columbia Business School Publishing)

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