Christopher R. Trimble

Current Research Topics

How to execute an innovation initiative, reverse innovation, innovation in health care

Selected Publications

With V. Govindarajan, How Stella Saved the Farm–A Wild and Woolly Yarn about Making Innovation Happen, St. Martin's Press, 2013; with V. Govindarajan, Reverse Innovation: Create Far From Home, Win Everywhere, Harvard Business Review Press, 2012; with V. Govindarajan, "The CEO's Role in Business Model Reinvention," Harvard Business Review, January–February 2011; with V. Govindarajan, The Other Side of Innovation–Solving the Execution Challenge, Harvard Business Review Press, 2010; with V. Govindarajan, "Stop the Innovation Wars," Harvard Business Review, July–August 2010; with J. Immelt and V. Govindarajan, "How GE is Disrupting Itself," Harvard Business Review, October 2009; with V. Govindarajan, Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators: From Idea to Execution, Harvard Business School Press, 2005; with V. Govindarajan, "Organizational DNA for Strategic Innovation," California Management Review, 47(3), Spring 2005; with V. Govindarajan, "Building Breakthrough Business Within Established Organizations," Harvard Business Review, 83(5), May 2005; with V. Govindarajan, "Strategic Innovation and the Science of Learning," MIT Sloan Management Review, 45(2), Winter 2004

Awards

McKinsey Award for best article of the year in the Harvard Business Review (second place) for "Stop the Innovation Wars," 2010; Accenture Award for highest-impact article, California Management Review, 2006; Edward Tuck Scholar, Tuck School of Business, 1996

Professional Activities

Academic positions: Tuck School of Business, 2000–present; Executive Director, William F. Achtmeyer Center for Global Leadership, Tuck School, 2000–10

Nonacademic positions: Senior Fellow, Katzenbach Partners LLC, 2005–09; Consultant, High Performance Systems, Inc., 1997–2000; Consultant, Bain & Company, 1996–97; Nuclear Submarine Officer, United States Navy, 1989–94