Dr. Tom Cockburn
New Zealand
Tom Cockburn obtained his first degree with honours from Leicester University, England. Both his MBA and Doctorate were gained at Cardiff University, Wales. He has several professional teaching and assessment qualifications, including e-moderator certification and executive coaching qualifications from UK Universities and Professional bodies. He has gained additional qualifications from the Waikato Institute of Technology (New Zealand) and Hay Consulting (Australia). Tom is Associate Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management and has experience on a number of editorial boards of academic journals and is currently Director (Policy) for the Center for Dynamic leadership Models in Global Business, established in 2012. Tom and Co-author Peter A.C. Smith have recently published a book titled Developing and leading Emergence Teams: a new approach for identifying and resolving complex business problems (2016), published by Gower.
Tom has experience as a review member of the Cutting Edge Awards Committee of the US Academy of HRD, the “Human Relations” Journal of Tavistock Institute and a member of the Editorial Review Board of the International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction. Tom also has 5 years Board experience on the Standing Conference of Welsh Management Education Centres, one year as a non-voting Trustee in K’aute Pasifika Board, New Zealand. He has carried out a number of Institutional Teaching audits in the UK. Tom also has 8 years senior academic experience as Head of a UK Business school and in a deputy Head of School role in New Zealand as well as adjunct and visiting E-faculty roles on Henley Business School (UK) and Ulster University Business Schools’ MBA and MS programs.
He is currently Director, Policy, for the Center for Dynamic Leadership Models in Global Business founded in 2012. Tom is also co-author and co-editor respectively (with Peter A.C. Smith) of Dynamic Leadership Models for Global Business: Enhancing Digitally Connected Environments (2013) and in (2014) Impact of Emerging Digital Technologies on Leadership in Global Business, published by IGI Global, as well as co-editor, with K.S.Jahdi and E.Wilson of Responsible Governance: International perspectives for the new era (2015), published by Business Expert Press. Tom has recently co-authored a book titled “Developing and Leading Emergence Teams’ with peter A.C. Smith, published by Gower.
(August 2016)