
Christopher R. Trimble
Adjunct Associate Professor of Business Administration; Executive Director, William F. Achtmeyer Center for Global Leadership
BS, University of Virginia, 1989; MBA, Tuck School of Business, 1996 Areas of expertiseInnovation and entrepreneurship in large organizations
Current research topicsExecuting experimental businesses within established corporations
Selected PublicationsWith V. Govindarajan, "Not All Profits Are Equal," Across the Board, September
2002; with V. Govindarajan, "Strategic Innovation and the Science of Learning,"
MIT Sloan Management Review, 45(2), Winter 2004; with V. Govindarajan,
"Business Is Sent Back to the Classroom," Financial Times, October 8, 2004; with
V. Govindarajan, "Building Breakthrough Business Within Established Organizations,"
Harvard Business Review, 83(5), May 2005; with V. Govindarajan,
"Organizational DNA for Strategic Innovation," California Management Review,
47(3), Spring 2005; with V. Govindarajan, Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators:
From Idea to Execution, Harvard Business School Press, 2005; columnist,
Fastcompany.com, 2004–2006
Working PapersWith V. Govindarajan, “Innovation Disrupted: Learning Breakdowns in Pursuit of
Breakthrough Growth”; with V. Govindarajan, “The Tortoise, the Hare, the
Acrobat, and the Test Pilot: Designing Organizations for Four Different Types of
Innovation”
AwardsEdward Tuck Scholar, Tuck School of Business, 1996; Accenture Award for highest-impact article, California Management Review, 2006
Professional Activities
Academic positions: Tuck School of Business, 2000–present; Executive Director,
William F. Achtmeyer Center for Global Leadership, Tuck School, 2000–present
Nonacademic positions: Nuclear Submarine Officer, United States Navy, 1989–94;
Consultant, Bain & Company, 1996–97; Consultant, High Performance Systems,
Inc., 1997–2000; Senior Fellow, Katzenbach Partners LLC, 2005–present
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