Thomas H. Davenport
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Davenport in 2025 | |
| Born | Thomas Hayes Davenport, Jr. October 17, 1954 |
| Other names | Tom Davenport |
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| Years active | 1980–present |
| Known for | His research on business analytics and knowledge management |
| Title | President's Distinguished Professor of IT and Management |
| Children | 2 (Hayes Davenport, Chase Davenport) |
| Awards | Research.com Leader Award (2022, 2023), Analytics Hall of Fame (2019), NASSCOM Global Leadership Award (2014), C. Jackson Grayson Award (2014) |
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| Education | BA Sociology, Trinity University (1976)
MA Sociology, Harvard University (1979) PhD Sociology, Harvard University (1980) |
| Thesis | Virtuous Pagans: Unreligious People in America (1980) (1980) |
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| 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
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| Website | www |
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.