Deborah Soule

Deborah L Soule is a Visiting Lecturer in the Supply Chain and Information Management Group. She teaches core Management Information Systems and Business Analytics courses in the undergraduate program. She has previously taught undergraduate, graduate, and professional students on topics including information systems, organizational behavior, management of technology and innovation, digital transformation and multi-sided platforms, organizational learning, and business analytics.

Soule’s research focuses on organizing and leading in the digital economy, examining how organizations apply and adapt to advancing digital technologies and pervasive connected data. Currently, she is studying the cultural dimensions that support and shape successful digital transformation in organizations. She co-authored Corporate Information Strategy and Management (8th Ed), and has written extensively for management practitioners on organizational learning, digital transformation, innovation, and collaboration themes.

Soule started her career in Information Systems in the chemical and plastics industry, gaining experience of multidisciplinary and multilingual settings. She has worked in Europe, Africa and North America, in B2B service operations and leading information systems development projects. Prior to returning to academia, she consulted on information systems and operations projects.

Education

• Doctorate in Business Administration Harvard Business School
• MBA University of Cape Town
• BSC.Hons Rhodes University

Companies

• Visiting Lecturer D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University (2021)
• Adjunct Professor University of Massachusetts Lowell (2019)
• Course Leader EMERITUS Institute of Management (2018)
• Advisor Bloqcube Inc (2018)
• Management Consultant and Advisor Soule Solutions (2003)
• Adjunct Professor D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University (2020 — 2021)
• Advisor The Common Good Chain (2017 — 2018)
• Research Associate, Initiative on the Digital Economy MIT Sloan School of Management (2012 — 2017)
• Moderator/Facilitator, Corporate Learning Group Harvard Business Publishing (2010 — 2013)

Skills

• Entrepreneurship
• Statistics
• Staff Development