Thomas H. Davenport

Thomas H. Davenport
Davenport in 2025
Born
Thomas Hayes Davenport, Jr.

(1954-10-17) October 17, 1954
Other namesTom Davenport
Occupations
  • Academic
  • author
  • consultant
Years active1980–present
Known forHis research on business analytics and knowledge management
TitlePresident's Distinguished Professor of IT and Management
Children2 (Hayes Davenport, Chase Davenport)
AwardsResearch.com Leader Award (2022, 2023), Analytics Hall of Fame (2019), NASSCOM Global Leadership Award (2014), C. Jackson Grayson Award (2014)
Academic background
Education
BA Sociology, Trinity University (1976)

MA Sociology, Harvard University (1979) PhD Sociology, Harvard University (1980)

ThesisVirtuous Pagans: Unreligious People in America (1980) (1980)
Academic work
Discipline
  • Information systems
  • Management
  • Business administration
Sub-discipline
  • Business analytics
  • Knowledge management
  • AI in business
Institutions
Current positions
Main interests
  • Business analytics
  • Knowledge management
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Process innovation
Notable works
Competing on Analytics (2007)

Working Knowledge (1998) Process Innovation (1993) Only Humans Need Apply (2016) The AI Advantage (2018) All In on AI (2023)

Notable ideas
Analytics 1.0, 2.0, 3.0
Websitewww.tomdavenport.com

Thomas Hayes "Tom" Davenport, Jr. (born October 17, 1954) is an American academic and author specializing in business analytics, business process innovation, knowledge management, and artificial intelligence. As of 2025, he holds the President's Distinguished Professor position in Information Technology and Management at Babson College. He is a Visiting Professor of the Practice of Leadership at Brown University's School of Professional Studies, is a Research Fellow at the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, and advises Deloitte's Chief Data and AI Officer Program.