Expertise

Digital transformation, change management and digital skills, Innovation, creativity and design, Team dynamics - Diversity, resilience, adaptability, collaboration and conflict management, Operational risks - Project management and cyber-risks, LEGO, Serious Play and complex problem solving

Biography

CIRANO Researcher and Fellow since 2012, Simon Bourdeau is a full professor in the Department of Analytics, Operations and Information Technology (AOTI) at the School of Management Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal. He is also a member/researcher at GReSI (HEC Montréal). He teaches various courses in information technology and project management at ESG UQAM, and sits on various pedagogical and administrative committees.

Holder of a PhD in information technology from HEC Montréal, his research interests focus on: 1) Digital transformations, change management and digital skills, 2) Innovation, creativity and design, 3) Team dynamics - Diversity, resilience, adaptability, collaboration and conflict management, 4) Operational risks - Project management and cyber-risks and 5) LEGO Serious Play and complex problem solving.

Simon has been a certified Project Management Professional (PMI) since 2007, LEGO Serious Play Facilitator since 2013, Business Continuity Specialist since 2020 (Certificate of the Business Continuity Institute (CBCI) and Change Management Specialist and Prosci Certified Change.

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CIRANO Publications by Simon Bourdeau

As an author

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RP

Innovation ouverte et écosystème d’innovation : Implications pour le secteur public

Simon Bourdeau, Thibaut Coulon, Amandine Pascal and Mathieu Templier

LI

Le Québec économique 9 : Perspectives et défis de la transformation numérique

Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin, Benoit Dostie, Genevieve Dufour, Fabiano Armellini, Benoit Aubert, Catherine Beaudry, Conrad Boton, Simon Bourdeau, Mario Bourgault, Bryan Campbell, Pierre Cléroux, Jean-Claude Cloutier, Patrick Cohendet, Marie Connolly, Christophe Danjou, Daniel Forgues, Luc Godbout, Pierre Hadaya, Ben Hadj, Catherine Haeck, Georges Hage, Ivanka Iordanova, Daniel J. Caron, Carolyn J. Hatch, Laurent Joblot, Michel Magnan, Philippe Marchildon, Robert Normand, Ingrid Peignier, Robert Pellerin, Nathalie Perrier, Giulia Piantoni, Érik Poirier, Louis Rivest, Michael Robert-Angers, Annie Royer, Laurent Simon, Laurence Solar-Pelletier, Dalibor Stevanovic, Nasrin Sultana, Ekaterina Turkina, Luc Vinet, Thierry Warin, Majlinda Zhegu and 39 other authors

Innovation and Digital Transformation
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Le Québec économique 9 - Chapitre 5 - Projets de transformation numérique : Bénéfices, enjeux et quelques bonnes pratiques

Simon Bourdeau, Pierre Hadaya and Philippe Marchildon

Innovation and Digital Transformation
RP

Gestion d’infrastructures technologiques et applicatives par les organisations publiques : Enjeux et pratiques d’évolution et de durabilité

Simon Bourdeau, Dragos Vieru and Thibaut Coulon

Innovation and Digital Transformation
RP

Mesure des bénéfices des projets en technologies de l’information

Simon Bourdeau, Pierre Hadaya and Philippe Marchildon

Competition

CIRANO Projects

Evaluating digital skills in Quebec jobs

Évaluation des compétences numériques dans les emplois au Québec et au Canada - Publié le October 31, 2023

Simon Bourdeau, Benoit Aubert, Thierry Warin

Innovation, Digital Transformation

Digital Competency Index (DCI) - Evaluation and dissemination of a tool for measuring individual and organizational digital competencies

Simon Bourdeau, Régis Barondeau, Claudine Bonneau

Digital Transformation

Open innovation and innovation eco-systems: implications for the public sector

Innovation ouverte et écosystème d’innovation : Implications pour le secteur public - Publié le March 8, 2022

Simon Bourdeau, Mathieu Templier, Thibaut Coulon, Amandine Pascal, Holly Townsend

Innovation

Management of technological and application infrastructures by public organizations: challenges and practices

Gestion d’infrastructures technologiques et applicatives par les organisations publiques : Enjeux et pratiques d’évolution et de durabilité - Publié le June 28, 2019

Simon Bourdeau, Thibaut Coulon, Dragos Vieru

Digital Transformation, Innovation