Mikołaj Jan Piskorski - Download Biography (PDF)
Mikołaj Jan Piskorski, who goes by Misiek, leads the firm’s social media and social networking projects. Misiek is an Associate Professor and Marvin Bower Fellow in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School and has served as a consultant to large corporations in the financial services and computer hardware and software industries, as well as small Web 2.0 companies. His expertise is in harnessing the power of social networks to build sustainable businesses, how and why people use online social networks, both in the US and abroad, and how firms can use them to increase viral product adoption. He has also done extensive research into the role of social networks in the venture capital industry.
Misiek's current research examines how firms can harness the power of social networks to build sustainable businesses. He is an expert on why and how people use on-line social networks, both in the US and abroad, and how firms can use them to increase viral product adoption. He has also applied many of these insights to large organizations as they seek to become more agile and use social networks to execute their strategies. Misiek’s previous research examined the role of social networks in the venture capital industry. Prior to that, Misiek studied the role of organizational design in implementation of corporate strategies.
Misiek’s research has been published in Administrative Science Quarterly and Social Forces and cited in the New York Times, Business 2.0, and Investors Business Daily. He also serves on the editorial boards of several academic journals including Administrative Science Quarterly, American Journal of Sociology, Management Science and Organization Science.
Misiek received his B.A and M.A. (Cantab) from University of Cambridge where he read Economics and Politics at Christ's College. Subsequently, he received his A.M. in Sociology and Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Harvard University.