Mostafa Sayyadi

Mostafa Sayyadi is a professor of practice for executive leadership and is recognized as one of the world's leading management consultants. He works with senior business leaders, managers, and staff to develop knowledge and innovation in companies effectively. Mostafa is a world authority on leadership for his magic spark model. Author of hundreds of articles, teaching cases, teaching notes, and over 10 books and an associate fellow at the Australian Institute of Management, he has been featured in top-flight publications for his insights on how to develop disruptive innovation. Author: CMR (UC Berkeley), Rutgers Business Review (New Jersey State University), Muma Business Review and Muma Case Review (South Florida University), SAM Advanced Management Journal, SAGE Journals, Management Consulting Journal, and The European Business Review.

In 2024, he collaborated on a Rutgers Business Review article on The Innovation Culture at Tesla, Inc. His newest Rutgers Business Review case study on Chrysler will be published in 2024. His case study on Nissan was published in The European Business Review in 2024. His newest case study on Panasonic will also be published in The European Business Review in 2025.

His first California Management Review Insights article on "Knowledge-powered Strategy" was published in 2022. In 2023, he also collaborated on a California Management Review Insights article, "How to Adapt to AI in Strategic Management". The authors proposed a model for strategic leadership in the AI age. His other California Management Review Insights articles on "AI Accountability" and "Corporate Social Innovation" were published in 2023. His other California Management Review Insights articles on "Leadership in the DEI World" and "Social Innovation" were published in 2024. His newest California Management Review Insights article on "AI Systems" was published in 2024.

In 2022, he collaborated on a Muma Business Review article, "A New Era of Culture Shaping Has Emerged". The authors proposed a model for business culture in the new world. In 2023, he collaborated on many Muma Business Review articles, such as "The Magic Spark Model" and "The Impact Model". His newest Muma Business Review articles on "Adaptive Leadership in the AI World", "Change Leadership", "Design Thinking Culture" and "New Leadership Shifts" were published in 2024.

He was nominated for the CMCE Research Award of the Centre for Management Consulting Excellence in the UK for 2024, featured as the author of The Best Blog of SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) in the US for 2020, earned The Best Paper Award of the Academy of Business Research Conference in Canada for 2019, and also earned The Writer Badge and The DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Award of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers in the US for 2021 and 2023. He served as a reviewer for the prestigious SAM Advanced Management Journal, Journal of Knowledge Management, Human Resource Development International, the Academy of Management Conference (Management Consulting Division), and the Southern Management Association Conference.

Mostafa is enthusiastic about the applications of AI and drones for business in the future corporate world. In his spare time, he runs and does carpentry.