About me:

Dr Will Venters is an Associate Professor in Information Systems and Digital Innovation within the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He speaks regularly at practitioner conferences on various digital business issues, particularly around Digital Ecosystems, Digital Innovation and Cloud Computing; has briefed European government policy makers and… Read more »

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  • Understanding AI and Large Language Models: Spiders Webs and LSD.

    The following light-hearted script was for an evening talk at the London Stock Exchange for Enterprise Technology Meetup in June 2023. The speech is based on research with Dr Roser Pujadas of UCL and Dr Erika Valderamma of UMEA in Sweden. —– Last Tuesday the news went wild as industry and AI leaders warned that […]

  • Academic Colloquium: LSE Information Systems and Innovation Group

    For the academics reading this blog it would be wonderful to see you at the following which the IRIS research project is sponsoring: Research Colloquium on Digitalization and its Impacts The Information Systems and Innovation Group within the Department of Management at the London School of Economics is pleased to announce a Colloquium on Digitalization and […]

  • Academic Colloquium: LSE Information Systems and Innovation Group

    For the academics reading this blog it would be wonderful to see you at the following which the IRIS research project is sponsoring: Research Colloquium on Digitalization and its Impacts The Information Systems and Innovation Group within the Department of Management at the London School of Economics is pleased to announce a Colloquium on Digitalization and […]

  • CIOs keen to drive consequential-innovation

    A couple of weeks ago I chaired a Global CIO Institute conference, hosting a dinner, various talks, and round table discussions with CIOs. What has struck me during all these interactions was the marked contrast between these CIOs at the coalface and the topics obsessed upon by LinkedIn/academic/journalistic style discussions. While CIOs are interested in […]

  • Recruitment: LSE Fellow in Management (Information Systems and Innovation)

    Come join our group of Information Systems Researchers for a year: LSE Advert copied below.

  • I’m recruiting: Research officer in Information Systems and Innovation (IRIS Project)

    We’re recruiting for the IRIS research team at the LSE! Research Officer in Information Systems and Innovation (lse.ac.uk) The post holder will work on the EPSRC funded project: Interface, Reasoning for Interacting Systems (IRIS). The IRIS project is a collaboration between University College London, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Queen Mary, University of […]

  • DIIESL Seminar Series – Innovation in the interface economy – APIs, business value and ecosystems

    Please join us for the next seminar in the DIIESL Seminar Series to be held online on Thursday 28th May 2021, details below. DIIESL Seminar Series Innovation in the interface economy – APIs, business values and ecosystems Thursday 27th May 2021  3.00 – 5.00pm (GMT) This is an online seminar, please click to register Application Program Interfaces […]

  • LSE Sprint Week – in Covid times.

    On this last day of term I thought I would take a moment to reflect on the online teaching of “Innovating Organisational Information Technology” at the LSE with Carsten Sorensen and, in particular, the hugely popular LSE Sprint Week; a week long sprint following Jake Knapp’s influential sprint book which I organise and run. Usually […]

  • E-Governments and Governing in the Digital Age: Diiesl.org Seminar next week.

    I am pleased to promote the following seminar (part of the Diiesl.org seminar series): Online Seminar – to register your attendance please click here Tuesday 24th November 2020 2.00 – 3:00-5.00pm (GMT) (note change of time!) Governments and international organizations have increasingly been adopting digital technologies in the provision of public services in the last decades. […]

  • The leadership challenges of homeworking.

    Our notion of work and the office have changed forever. Whilst a positive experience for some, research shows we shouldn’t discount the benefits of an office environment. Will Venters and Enrico Rossi explain. One lesson in leadership is not to make long-term decisions based on short-term experiences, while remaining ever mindful of world events. The […]