Marc Thompson

Senior Fellow in Strategy and Organisation & Academic Director of the Oxford-HEC Executive MSc Change Leadership

Dr Marc Thompson is an expert on organisational change and is Academic Director of the Oxford-HEC Executive MSc Change Leadership, a programme that brings social science concepts to support change leaders working on complex organisational and systems change challenges.

Marc’s research focuses on organisational change and how to develop more sustainable models of organising. His latest book, Spark: Igniting Organizational Change through a Planetary Mindset (2026, Bristol University Press), provides a systematic framework to navigate these challenges.

His research has won several awards including the prestigious Elwood F Holton III Research Excellence Award for a joint paper: A review of the empirical literature on meaningful work: Progress and research agenda in Human Resource Development Review, 18 (1).

His chapter with Mathis Schulte: 'The Laboratization of Change: What Is It with Labs and Change These Days?', Research in Organizational Change and Development, Vol 29, won the Emerald Literati Award for scholarly impact.

Last Articles

Who Questions Your Thinking When You Think With AI?

What happens when leaders ask AI to challenge their thinking? They may get little real friction. For the deepest questions, people still need other people.

Mathis Schulte, Marc Thompson
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