Leadership Development News

Chris Shipley has documented, influenced, and predicted the impact of technology on business and society for more than 30 years. As a journalist, she covered the tech industry for leading publishing companies. As an analyst, she identified innovative startups and gave them a stage to launch their market-making products. As a catalyst, she has advised hundreds of early-stage companies on positioning, business modeling, and innovation practices. Chris began her career at Ziff-Davis, where she worked as a writer and editor for 12 years before joining International Data Group (IDG) to lead DEMO. Chris has co-founded three companies, including the startup media and consulting firm Guidewire Labs. She spent the 2013-14 academic year as a Fellow at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri in where she explored and developed best practices for journalist conducting real-time journalism. The following year, she joined MIT to launch Solve, an initiative to bring together the best t