Jon-Arild Johannessen is Professor in Leadership, at Kristiania University College, Norway. He has previously held Professor Roles at Syd-Danske University, Denmark ,The Arctic University, Norway, Bodø Graduate School of Business, Norway and Norwegian School of Management (BI). He has written more than 200 international papers on innovation, knowledge management and leadership and is a prolific author, with over 30 books under his belt with Publishers including has been author/co-author Palgrave Macmillan, Routledge and Emerald. Professor Johannessen has received a number of international awards for his research.