John Hagel III

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John Hagel III is an American management consultant and author.

In 2007, Hagel founded the Deloitte Center for the Edge, a Silicon Valley–based research center. He served as the Center's co-chairman and retired in 2020. He continues to work with the Center as Chairman Emeritus advising clients. He is founder of the consultancy company, Beyond Our Edge LLC.

Hagel is involved with several organizations, including the World Economic Forum, where he serves as the co-chair of the Global Future Council on the Future of Platforms and Systems. He is also a Board of Trustees member for the Santa Fe Institute, which conducts research on complex adaptive systems, and for the Independent Institute. Additionally, he hosts executive roundtables at the Aspen Institute.

Hagel is credited with coining the term "infomediary" in his 1999 book, ''NetWorth'', co-authored with Marc Singer.

Hagel's work has appeared in business publications including ''The Economist'', ''Fortune'', ''Forbes'', ''Business Week'', ''Financial Times'', ''Wall Street Journal'', ''New York Times'', NBC, and BBC. The ''Harvard Business Review'' has twice awarded Hagel prizes for Best Article. Hagel also blogs at Edge Perspectives, the ''Harvard Business Review'', ''Fortune'', and Techonomy. Provided by Wikipedia