Russell L. Ackoff

Updated at: May 21, 2007, 2:15 a.m.

Russell L. Ackoff is Chairman of the Board of INTERACT, The Institute for Interactive Management. Since 1986 he has been the Anheuser-Busch Professor Emeritus of Management Science, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is also the Anheuser-Busch Visiting Professor of Marketing, Olin School of Business, Washington University, St. Louis. He received his undergraduate degree in architecture and his Ph.D. in Philosophy of Science from the University of Pennsylvania. He next went on to receive his Doctorate of Science from the University of Lancaster in 1967. He was a member and former Chairman of the Social Systems Science Department and The Busch Center, which specializes in systems planning, research, and design.

Dr. Ackoff is the author and co-author of 19 books, including Redesigning the Future, The Art of Problem Solving, Creating the Corporate Future, Revitalizing Western Economies, and Management in Small Doses, Ackoff's Fables, The Democratic Corporation, and his most recent book, Ackoff's Best: His Classic Writings on Management.

Dr. Ackoff's latest book, Redesigning Society with Sheldon Rovin, was published by Stanford University in July 2003.