Introduction to Tom Edwards
Temple Now interview with Tom about his autism-at-work efforts
Tom does a voice over of the speech he wrote for the Hedwig House 2017 fundraising gala. Outstanding video by the outstanding folks at the Hedwig House!
Flyer for Tom's speech at CHOP in 2017
Tom's 2009 interview with Drexel Online
ABOUT ME
Since my message is about combining the theory and the practice of organizational leadership it should be useful to explore how I have made these connections in my own industry career. Below you will find a few highlights of my career that I connected to the existing leadership literature to generalize the lessons for other leaders and published the results in conference proceedings. The specific leadership challenges include leading an interdisciplinary design team, leading the turnaround of a financially distressed business, and creating an effective new product development program where none previously existed.
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Also on this page you will find brief summaries of my areas of research interest: corporate venture capital, the transition from individual contributor to first line manager, and the management of autistic employees.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Leading an interdisciplinary design team
Corporate Venture Capital: I examine CVC investments from the point of view of entrepreneur success in the investment relationship.
Leading a turnaround
Creating a pipeline of new product development
Managing the Autistic employee. I believe that effective management skills can help relieve the unemployment crises (80%!) among those on the autism spectrum. This will additionally make it possible for organizations to benefit form the unique and deep skills that these employees can bring to the table.
Transition to a manager: I am conducting a study to understand how engineers can transition to effective leaders. Please contact me to participate if you have recently been promoted to your first manager position.