Darl Kolb

Darl Kolb

Professor Darl Kolb is one of the first foundation professors in the Graduate School of Management (SM) and the first professor of connectivity in the world. He has been defining, theorising and empirically exploring connectivity for 15 years, having written articles on the metaphor of connectivity, requisite connectivity and states of connectivity. Prior to joining the GSM, Darl was a member of the Department of Management and International Business for 20 years, during which time he received several distinguished awards for excellence and innovation in teaching. Outside the Business School, he has worked with hundreds of small to medium-sized New Zealand businesses through The Icehouse growth programmes. 

The world's first professor of connectivity on how to stay focussed and sane in a hyperconnected world

Connectivity underpins the attention economy: from toddlers with tablets and texting teens to smartphone addicts, we are increasingly able to be connected anytime, anywhere.

But this comes with a price of fragmented attention, blurred work...