BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Bahman Radnejad is an entrepreneur, business consultant, and scholar with more than two decades of experience in innovation strategy and sustainable energy development across Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. He is currently an Associate Professor and Chair of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Bissett School of Business, Mount Royal University (MRU).

Bahman is also the President of 1388 Consulting, where he helps individuals and organizations build capabilities in design thinking and innovation leadership. Prior to joining MRU, he served as a faculty member in business at the State University of New York at Brockport and Susquehanna University in the United States. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters, focusing on Design Thinking, Open Innovation, Innovation Management, and Sustainable Energy Development. In addition to his academic work, Bahman has been actively involved in several startups across the energy, food, IT, and fashion industries.

Bahman holds a PhD in Strategy with a specialization in Energy and Environment from the University of Calgary, a Master’s in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the University of Manchester, and a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tehran. He has also earned a Design Thinking certification from Harvard Business School.

PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Industry Positions

• President - 1388 Consulting Group (2017 - Present)
• Fellow - Canadian Global Affairs Institute (2023 – Present)
• CEO - Sensyn Inc (2024-2025)
• Board member - Social Capability Network – Calgary Branch (2022 – 2024)
• Business Development Director - Geometrics Energy Corporation (2016-2017)
• Partner - Sabz Consulting Group (2013-2016)
• Energy Technology Analyst at Innovate Calgary (2013-2015)

Academic Positions

• Vice President Membership Development and Industry Liaison | Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) (2023- Present)
• Assistant/Associate Professor of Management - State University of New York (Brockport) (2018- 2022)
• Assistant Professor of Management - Susquehanna University (2016-2018)

Teaching Experience

Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship and Leadership courses in Masters, MBA and Bachelor level

RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY WORK

Journal publications:

Osiyevskyy, O., Radnejad, A.B, Ward, M., “Four Modes of Entrepreneurial Leadership: Aligning Innovation Strategy with Organizational Context”, Rutgers Business review, (Forthcoming).

Scheibel, O., Radnejad, A.B., Osiyevskyy, O., (forthcoming) “Redline innovations: Strategic responses to non-market stakeholder opposition in innovation management”, Business Horizon (Forthcoming)

Scheibel, O., Osiyevskyy, O. and Radnejad, A.B. (2025), “Strategic entrepreneurship in VUCA environment: the competing forces of outcome variability”, Management Research Review, Vol. 48 No. 2, pp. 214-230.

Nguyen, B., Radnejad, A.B., Verbeke, A., & Zoirou, A., (2022), “ICT Knowledge Transfer in Complex Organisations: Investigating Antecedents of Potential Absorptive Capacity”, Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research, Vol 24, pp.184-22.

Sinha, K., Osiyevskyy, O., & Radnejad, A. B., (2022) “Propositions for R&D Governance Regimes: A Behavioral Perspective”, International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management, Vol 19., pp. 2250017

Radnejad, A. B., Sarkar, S., Osiyevskyy, O. (2021). “Design Thinking in responding to disruptive innovation: a case study”, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Vol 23, pp. 39-54

Radnejad, A. B., Osiyevskyy, O.& Scheibel, O. (2021). “Learning from the failure of EU Payment Services Directive (PSD2): When imposed innovation does not change the status quo”, Rutgers Business Review, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp.79-94

Radnejad, A. B., Osiyevskyy, O., & Vredenburg, H. (2020). “Barriers to radical process innovation: A case of environmental technology in the oil industry”, Journal of Strategy and Management, 13, 4, 453- 476

Radnejad, A. B., Ziolkowski, M., Osiyevskyy, O. (2020). “Design Thinking and Radical Innovation: Enter the Smartwatch”, Journal of Business Strategy, Vol. 42 No. 5, pp. 332-342.

Osiyevskyy, O., Radnejad, A. B., & Mahdavi Mazdeh, H. (2020). “An Entrepreneurial Management System for established companies”, Journal of Strategy and Leadership, Vol 48, pp. 24-31,

Seifzadeh, P., Derayati, E. and Radnejad, A.B. (2020), “Multinational enterprises and strategic actions in emerging economy contexts: From conformity to institutional entrepreneurship”, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, Vol 38, Issue 4, pp. 1-16

Radnejad, A. B., & Osiyevskyy, O. (2020). “Navigating imposed innovation: a decision-making framework”, Journal of Business Horizon, Vol 63, pp. 97-107

Radnejad, A. B., & Vredenburg, H. (2019). “Disruptive technological process innovation in a process- oriented industry: A case study”, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, Vol 53, pp. 63-79.

Radnejad, A. B., Nguyen, B., Cordeiro, J., & Vredenburg, H. (2019). “Meta-organizations: a practical tool for open innovation”, IEEE Engineering Management Review, Vol 47, pp. 57-64.

Radnejad, A. B., Vredenburg, H., & Woiceshyn, J. (2017). “Meta-organizing for open innovation under environmental and social pressures in the oil industry”. Technovation, Vol 66, pp. 14-27

Radnejad, A. B., & Vredenburg, H. (2015). “Collaborative competitors in a fast–changing technology environment: open innovation in environmental technology development in the oil and gas industry”, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, Vol 19(1-2), pp. 77-98.

Book chapters:

― Osiyevskyy, O., Radnejad, A. B., & Sinha, K. (2020). Incumbent dynamic responses to disruptive business model innovations: rational, behavioral, and normative perspectives, In T.K. Das (Ed), Entrepreneurship and Behavioral Strategy, Charlotte, NC, Information Age Publishing.