Karim Lakhani

Faculty Chair,
Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard

Founder and Faculty Co-Director,
Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard

Dorothy and Michael Hintze
Professor of Business Administration,
Harvard Business School

Karim R. Lakhani, a distinguished authority on AI and business transformation, is the Dorothy & Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and cofounder and chair of the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard. As an enabler of open-source and open innovation in the US federal government, he has played a pivotal role with NASA and serves on the boards of Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla.ai. Karim is also a board member and angel investor in AI startups, including Videa Health, which focuses on dental healthcare and will be serving 1 million patients in 2023. His research not only produces cutting-edge ML and AI code but has been successfully implemented by his partners in their systems, establishing him as a unique authority in the field.

With an illustrious career spanning academia and industry, Karim is the (co)founder of multiple Harvard-wide initiatives at the intersection of technology, AI, and company strategy. As the Principal Investigator of the NASA Tournament Laboratory and founder of the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, he has pioneered the use of field experiments to address innovation-related challenges while generating rigorous research in collaboration with organizations like Harvard Catalyst and The Broad Institute. His expertise in digital

transformation explores the impact of analytics and AI on business and operating models, making him a sought-after advisor to executives, senior management, and boards.

In addition to his academic and advisory roles, Karim is a dedicated educator and social entrepreneur. He has developed six online courses for executives on AI strategy,

technology-driven transformation, and entrepreneurship, and co-authored the award-winning book Competing in the Age of AI (2020). As the co-founder of Aspire Institute, a non-profit organization, he aims to transform the lives of first-in-family college students worldwide. With a Ph.D. from MIT and a wealth of industry experience, Karim is a prominent figure in the realms of AI, open-source software, and technology management.

Jin Paik

Co-Founder and Managing Partner,
Altruistic

Former Head of Labs,
Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard

Founding General Manager and Senior Researcher,
Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard

Dr. Jin H. Paik builds talent models and disruptive AI technology. He has worked at the intersection of digital transformation, data science and artificial intelligence, and the future of work over the past decade in academia and industry. Currently, he is a principal visiting research scientist at Harvard Business School and is a co-founder and Managing Partner at Altruistic, a technology development platform.

He was the Head of Labs at Harvard's Data, Digital, and Design Institute, where he developed the institute's strategic vision and directed project and research activities. Previously, he was the founding General Manager and Senior Researcher at the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard, where he oversaw the development of open innovation and data science programs with NASA, Harvard Medical School, Broad Institute, and other companies, including the execution of 800-plus innovation projects. He has taught in-person and online courses at Harvard.

He holds a bachelor's degree from Michigan and a master's degree from Harvard. He was awarded his doctorate from New York University, investigating innovation and leadership in organizations.

Jin's new book, Open Talent: Leveraging the Global Workforce to Solve Your Biggest Challenges, will be published through Harvard Business Review in January 2024.