Michael L. Tushman is the Paul R. Lawrence, Class of 1942 Professor at the Harvard Business School. At HBS, Tushman is the co-chair of the DBA program in management and is the faculty chair of the Advanced Management Program. Tushman also co-chairs the Leading Change and Organizational Renewal executive eduction program. His research focuses on the impact of technological change on organizational evolution, innovation streams and ambidextrous designs, and the characteristics of senior teams that can deal with paradoxical strategic requirements.