Thomas Malone

Thomas Malone is Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School and founding director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence. His research has consistently anticipated major business and technology trends, such as “gamification” and the “gig economy,” by decades. He published the critically acclaimed The Future of Work in 2004, long before that phrase became common. He holds 11 patents., a Ph.D. from Stanford University, an honorary doctorate from the University of Zurich, and other degrees in applied mathematics, engineering, and psychology. His newest book, Superminds (2018), describes the potential for future major developments.