Professor of Practice Mostafa Sayyadi

Mostafa Sayyadi
Professor of Practice, Adjunct Professor, Writer, Management Consulting Veteran, International Management Consultant, CEO, Businessman, and Co-Founder (Author of Over 1000 Articles, Case Studies, Teaching Cases, Teaching Notes/Materials, Books, and Business Columns)

Where Idle Thoughts Go to Die

Mostafa Sayyadi is a Management Thinker & Theorist, Professional Writer and Teacher in the Harvard Business School (HBS) Case Method, International Management Consultant, former Professor of Practice, Adjunct Professor, and Management Consulting Veteran. As a co-founder of The DS Consulting Group, Inc. in Dubai, UAE, with over 20 years of experience in the business world, he works with senior business leaders, managers, and staff to develop knowledge and innovation in companies effectively. He is a world authority on leadership and disruptive innovation for his Magic Spark Model and Impact Model. Author of Over 1,000 Research Articles, Case Studies, Teaching Cases, Teaching Notes, Columns, and Books, dealing with business growth, innovative leadership, AI, design thinking, and innovation and learning cultures. The common theme of his work is high individual and organizational leadership performance with disruptive and social innovation. As an associate fellow at the Australian Institute of Management, he has been featured in top-flight publications, such as California Management Review Insights (UC Berkeley Haas), Rutgers Business Review (The State University of New Jersey - Rutgers), SAM Advanced Management Journal (Society for Advancement of Management (SAM)/The oldest management society), International Journal of Organizational Analysis and Strategic HR Review (Emerald Publishing Group), Management and Business Review, Muma Business Review (The University of South Florida), Muma Case Review (The University of South Florida), The Case Centre (Cranfield University), The European Business Review Journal (like Harvard BR, but published in London), Management Consulting Journal, Business Information Review (SAGE Publications), IGI Global, American Management Association (AMA) Quarterly, The European Financial Review Journal, The World Financial Review Journal, Industrial Management (Norcross Georgia), TD Magazine, Chief Learning Officer (CLO) Magazine, NUCA's quarterly Business Journal (11 articles published since 2021, the most of any of the authors), and Integral Leadership Review (Scholastica Publishing).

Professor Mostafa Sayyadi was nominated for the CMCE Research Award of the Centre for Management Consulting Excellence in the UK for 2024, featured as the author of the Best Blog of SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) in the US for 2020, earned the Best Paper Award of the Academy of Business Research Conference in Canada for 2019, and also earned the Writer Badge and the DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Award of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers in the US for 2021, 2023, and 2026 (Lee Iacocca was also an honorary member of The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers at one time). One of his articles in the Leadership Excellence Essentials in Toronto, Canada, also predicted a long time ago that a Business Person (President Donald John Trump) could be the 45th U.S. President. He has also served as an editorial board member of the Journal of Applied Business Research (Swiss Business School), a reviewer for SAM Advanced Management Journal, Journal of Knowledge Management, Human Resource Development International, FIIB Business Review, Journal of General Management, Global Business and Organizational Excellence, International Leadership Association, and Academy of Management Conference (Management Consulting Division), and Southern Management Association Conference in Virginia, the US. The Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (based in Norcross in Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA) featured and talked about the importance of his book, Management Consulting's Black Box, to American Business Leaders in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Work (Vol. 58/No.1, 2026).

In recognition of his work with the Australian Institute of Management and the Australian Human Resources Institute, Management Consulting Veteran and Professor Mostafa Sayyadi has been recognized for excellence multiple times, including as a Certified Professional in Human Resources of the Australian Human Resources Institute (CAHRI) and a Certified Professional Manager of the Australian Institute of Management (CPMgr). He is interested in Cal Newport's concept of "deep work" and is enthusiastic about applying AI and commercial drones to business in the future corporate world. In his spare time, he plays harmonica, pilots, runs, and writes novels for senior managers and business leaders.

Recent Honors

2026: Selected by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) as a writer badge holder of the year

2026: Named by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) as one of the authors of an important book, Management Consulting's Black Box, for American Business Leaders

2025: Selected by the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) as the most notable author in the journal

2024: Nominated for CMCE Research Awards by Centre for Management Consulting Excellence, London, UK, 2024.

2023: Selected by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) as a DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) award recipient

2023: Presented "How HR Tech Can Help Companies Market Value" (with Dr. Michael Provitera) for a large number of members of the international association for human resource information management (IHRIM), Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

2023: Selected to present "Positioning Statement for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion" (with Dr. Michael Provitera) for the International Leadership Association's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Summit, Montgomery County, Maryland.

2021: Selected by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) as a writer badge holder of the year

2020: Ranked #1 blog author in HR by SHRM.com

2019: Awarded by the Academy of Business Research Conference in Canada as the Best Paper Award.

2016: Named in the Canadian Magazine of Leadership Excellence Essentials as the Predictor that a businessperson (President Donald John Trump) would be the 45th U.S. President in 2016.

2014: Life Associate Fellowship in the Australian Institute of Management (AIM)

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Mostafa SayyadiProfessor of Practice, Adjunct Professor, Writer, Management Consulting Veteran, International Management Consultant, CEO, Businessman, and Co-Founder (Author of Over 1000 Articles, Case Studies, Teaching Cases, Teaching Notes/Materials, Books, and Business Columns)

Where Idle Thoughts Go to Die

Recent Honors

2026: Selected by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) as a writer badge holder of the year

2026: Named by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) as one of the authors of an important book, Management Consulting's Black Box, for American Business Leaders

2025: Selected by the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) as the most notable author in the journal

2024: Nominated for CMCE Research Awards by Centre for Management Consulting Excellence, London, UK, 2024.

2023: Selected by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) as a DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) award recipient

2023: Presented "How HR Tech Can Help Companies Market Value" (with Dr. Michael Provitera) for a large number of members of the international association for human resource information management (IHRIM), Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

2023: Selected to present "Positioning Statement for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion" (with Dr. Michael Provitera) for the International Leadership Association's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Summit, Montgomery County, Maryland.

2021: Selected by the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) as a writer badge holder of the year

2020: Ranked #1 blog author in HR by SHRM.com

2019: Awarded by the Academy of Business Research Conference in Canada as the Best Paper Award.

2016: Named in the Canadian Magazine of Leadership Excellence Essentials as the Predictor that a businessperson (President Donald John Trump) would be the 45th U.S. President in 2016.

2014: Life Associate Fellowship in the Australian Institute of Management (AIM)

Mostafa Sayyadi
Professor of Practice, Adjunct Professor, Writer, Management Consulting Veteran, International Management Consultant, CEO, Businessman, and Co-Founder (Author of Over 1000 Articles, Case Studies, Teaching Cases, Teaching Notes/Materials, Books, and Business Columns)