Dr. Tim London has studied and taught in multiple disciplines while working in several countries around the world. His purpose in life is to help create learning to make the world a better place. His research and teaching are interdisciplinary in nature as each field and discipline has contributions to make to better understanding and improving our world.
Qualifications
EdD in Leadership, Policy, and Organizations
MBA in Entrepreneurship
LLM in Corporate Governance and Public Policy
MA in Educational Leadership
Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Development
PGCHET in Teaching in Higher Education Institutions
BA in Psychology plus earning New York teaching certification for grades K- 6
Experience
Director of Learning and Teaching, Senior Associate Professor: XJTLU Academy for Future Education (China)
Executive Director for Extended Learning: Indiana State University (USA)
(Founding) Head of Organizational Innovation & Senior Lecturer: University of Cape Town (South Africa), Graduate School of Business
Director of Programs: University of Cambridge (UK), Institute of Continuing Education
(Founding) Director of Education & Teaching Fellow: Queen’s University Belfast (UK), School of Education
Assistant Professor: Kennesaw State University (USA), Educational Leadership Department
(Founding) Education Coordinator: Commonweal Foundation (USA)
Research Assistant/Intern: American Federation of Teachers (USA)
Assistant Principal and Teacher: Saipan International School (Northern Marianas Islands)
Teacher: Futures American School (Egypt)
Teacher: William E. Ferron Elementary School (USA)
Research interests
Leadership; Organizational Design; Learning and Teaching; Lifelong Learning; Human Resource Development
Articles
McGlynn, Claire & London, Tim. (2013). Leadership for inclusion: Conceptualizing and enacting inclusion in integrated schools in a troubled society. Research Papers in Education, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 155-175.
Lewis, Jessica & London, Tim. (2009). “Managed” teacher turnover: A strategy for school improvement. AASA Journal of Scholarship and Practice, Vol. 6, No.3, pp. 25- 29.
London, Tim. (2009). Where do we go from here? A response to the OECD’s “Improving School Leadership Report”. School Leadership Policy and Practice, Standing Conference on Teacher Education North and South, pp. 50- 61. http://www.scotens.org/docs/2008-scotens.pdf.
London, Tim. (2008). How do we ensure transfer of training for part-time, adult students? Reflections, Fall, p. 23.
Books, monographs, compilations and manuals
Pepper, Matthew; London, Tim; Dishman, Mike; Lewis, Jessica. (2009). Leading Schools During Crisis. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. & the American Association of School Administrators. Book selected by AASA as one of seven publications in 2009 meriting an invited author discussion session at the 2010 National Conference on Education.
Chapters, cases, readings and supplements
London, Tim (2019) The Role of Values in the Creation and Maintenance of an Organization’s Reputation. In “Research in Global Strategic Management (Vol. 18): Global Aspects of Reputation and Strategic Management”. Edited by David Deephouse, Naomi Gardberg & William Newburry. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
London, Tim (2017) Creating Values-Based Accountability Systems for the Turbulence of Post-Bureaucratic Organizations. In “Evolution of the Post-Bureaucratic Organization”. Edited by Pierfranco Malizia, Chiara Cannavale & Fabrizio Maimone. IGI Global Publishing.
London, Tim (2016) The Role of Business Schools in Developing Leaders for Triple Bottom Line Sustainability. In “Implementing Triple Bottom Line Sustainability into Global Supply Chains”. Edited by Lydia Balls & Wendy Tate. Greenleaf Publishing.
London, Tim (2016) Incorporating Ethics into Entrepreneurship and Business Enterprise Education. In “Teaching Ethics Across the Management Curriculum: A Handbook for International Faculty (Vol. 3)”. Edited by Kemi Ogunyemi. Business Expert Press, part of PRME Collection.
London, Tim (2016) Ethics in Team Building. In “Teaching Ethics Across the Management Curriculum: A Handbook for International Faculty (Vol. 2)”. Edited by Kemi Ogunyemi. Business Expert Press, part of PRME Collection.
London, Tim. (2013). Morale in Schools. In “Sociology of Education”. Edited by James Ainsworth & J. Geoffrey Golson. SAGE Publications, Inc.
London, Tim. (2013). Teacher Placement and Staffing. In “Sociology of Education”. Edited by James Ainsworth & J. Geoffrey Golson. SAGE Publications, Inc.
London, Tim. (2011). Trapped in Our Own Labels: How Simplistic Conceptions of Identity Obstruct Our Understanding of Students. In “Hyphenated Selves: Construction, Negotiation and Mediation of Immigrant Identity within Schools – Transnational Dialogues”. Edited by Professor Saloshna Vandeyar. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Rozenberg Publishing.
Conference presentations
Paper presentation on Ethical Practice: Examined Through the Lenses of South African Township Entrepreneurs at the Values-Based Entrepreneurship and Leadership Conference. Cape Town, South Africa (May 11, 2019)
Speaker on How to Gain the Trust of Others After You’ve Lost It and Should I do my MBA in South Africa: Weighing the Benefits of Local vs. International. LeaderEx Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa (September 3-5, 2018)
Speaker and Panellist on How do we Train Responsible Leaders? Eduniversal World Convention, Dubai, UAE (November 11, 2017)
Speaker on Accountability in Times of #Guptaleaks: When Ethics Become a Competitive Imperative. Finance Indaba, Johannesburg, South Africa (October 13, 2017)
Host/Speaker for 18th Annual Women in Business Conference: Challenging Paradigms & Breaking Boundaries. Cape Town, South Africa (August 18, 2017)
Speaker on Ignore Values at your Own/Organisation’s Risk at the LeaderEx Conference. Johannesburg, South Africa (August 24, 2016)
Trainer for Africa-based academics on Developing Assessment for Learning for the Association of African Business Schools Conference: Teaching for the Advancement of African Excellence. Cape Town, South Africa (September 10, 2015)
Speaker on The Values Driven Organisation at the Allan Gray/Orbis Foundation’s Circle of Excellence Principals’ Conference. Johannesburg, South Africa (September 6, 2015)
Speaker on Institutionalising Collaboration for the Long Haul at the Sharing Education Learning Forum Conference. Belfast, Northern Ireland (September 27, 2012)
Speaker on Principles of Collaborative Leadership and Campaigning for the CollaborationNI/Chief Officers of the Third Sector Conference. Belfast, Northern Ireland (March 28, 2012)
Speaker on Rethinking Leadership: Structural and Philosophical Changes for New Education for the Göteborgsregionens Kommunalförbund (Gothenburg Region) STEPS Conference. Gothenburg, Sweden (October 31- November 1, 2011)
Speaker on Effectively Implementing Collaboration as Revolution at the Sharing Education Learning Forum Conference. Belfast, Northern Ireland (September 22, 2011)
Paper presentation on Leadership for Inclusion: Conceptualising and Enacting Inclusion in Integrated Schools in a Troubled Society at the British Educational Research Association Annual Conference. London, UK (September 7, 2011)
Speaker on Rethinking Educational Leadership for the Future at the Microsoft BETT Conference. London, England (January 14, 2011)
Session Chair at the Inclusive and Supportive Education Congress 2010. Belfast, Northern Ireland (August 2- 5, 2010)
Paper presentation on Peace Education in Integrated Schools in Northern Ireland: Ways of Leading for Inclusion at the International Peace Research Association Conference. Sydney, Australia (July 7, 2010)
Paper presentation on Beyond Integrating Catholics and Protestants: Leadership for Inclusion in Integrated Schools in Northern Ireland at the AERA Conference (Highest rated submission in the Peace Education SIG). Denver, Colorado (May 3, 2010)
Presentation and author discussion on Leading Schools During Crisis at the American Association of School Administrators’ National Conference on Education. Phoenix, Arizona (February 13, 2010)
Paper presentation on Maximizing Learning for Part-Time, Adult Students at the 37th EUCEN European Conference. Leuven, Belgium. (March 26, 2009)
Paper presentation on Preparing Teachers for a Dual Role: Teaching and Leadership in Schools at the Educational Studies Association of Ireland Annual Conference. Kilkenny, Ireland (March 3, 2009)
Keynote speaker on the Response to the OECD Report on Improving School Leadership for the Standing Conference on Teacher Education, North and South. Belfast, Northern Ireland (October 10, 2008)
Presentation of research report on Conditions of Education in Tennessee to the Tennessee State DOE. Nashville, Tennessee (April 13, 2007)
Featured speaker on Leading Change in Education at the Middle Tennessee State University Leadership Conference. Murfreesboro, Tennessee (March 5, 2007)
Paper presentation on Legal Barriers to Systemic Organizational Change in Schools: Baby Blaine Amendments and School Vouchers at the Hawaii International Conference on Education. Honolulu, Hawaii (January 7, 2007)
Grants
Grant issued by Community Relations Council Research Programme to investigate leadership in community relations organizations as they transition goals and structures to meet with the societal changes in Northern Ireland.
Professional service activities
Speaker on Innovation in Organizational Design. Catalyst Africa 2019, Cape Town, South Africa (October 30-31, 2019)
Speaker on KPI Compliance or Engaged Productivity? Getting the Most Out of Your People. Finance Indaba Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa (October 16-17, 2019)
Speaker on The Future of Learning. LeaderEx Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa (September 3-4, 2019)
Speaker on Global and South African Realities of the 4th Industrial Revolution at Accelerate Cape Town’s Thought Leaders Event. Cape Town, South Africa (July 23, 2019)
Panelist on Investment and Business Leadership in the 4th Industrial Revolution for Africa Trade Week. Johannesburg, South Africa (June 24, 2019)
Session Chair on Entrepreneurship Skills and Training for the Values-Based Entrepreneurship and Leadership Conference. Cape Town, South Africa (May 11, 2019)
Speaker on Brexit: What’s Next? Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM) webinar (April 12, 2019) https://globalnetwork.io/perspectives/2019/04/frustrating-and-illuminating-process-global-network-experts-discuss-state
Speaker on Building Blocks for Leading Lean Organizations. Lean Summit Africa, Cape Town, South Africa (October 31, 2018)
Speaker on Understanding Yourself; Understanding Others: The Power of Values to Clarify What’s Next. HR Indaba, Johannesburg, South Africa (October 4, 2018)
Speaker on Managing up: Helping Your Boss to Help Everyone Else (Including You!). Finance Indaba, Johannesburg, South Africa (October 3, 2018)
Host and Panel Chair for Business for Tomorrow and TEDxCapeTown Conference: Leading with Agility. Cape Town, South Africa (September 7, 2018)
Speaker on How to Gain the Trust of Others After You’ve Lost It and Should I do my MBA in South Africa: Weighing the Benefits of Local vs. International. LeaderEx Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa (September 3-5, 2018)
Keynote Speaker on Reputation: Why the CFO Matters the Most. CFO South Africa Summit, Cape Town, South Africa (Mar. 15, 2018) https://cfo.co.za/article/do-the-right-thing-cfo-summit-discusses-risk-and-reputation
Speaker and Panellist on How do we Train Responsible Leaders? Eduniversal World Convention, Dubai, UAE (November 11, 2017)
Speaker on Accountability in Times of #Guptaleaks: When Ethics Become a Competitive Imperative. Finance Indaba, Johannesburg, South Africa (October 13, 2017)
Host and Panel Chair for Business for Tomorrow Conference: Privatising State Owned Enterprises. Cape Town, South Africa (September 12, 2017)
Host/Speaker for 18th Annual Women in Business Conference: Challenging Paradigms & Breaking Boundaries. Cape Town, South Africa (August 18, 2017)
Co-designer of a new management curriculum: Values-Driven Leadership (VDL) for Africa. Johannesburg, South Africa (July 7-9, 2017)
Panellist on Decolonizing the Management Curriculum, UCT Graduate School of Business Speaker Programme. Cape Town, South Africa (May 2, 2017)
Trainer on Values Based Leadership in Practice for the United Nations’ Leaders Programme. Cape Town, South Africa (October 18, 2016)
Panellist on Leadership and Collaboration at the City of Cape Town’s Economic Development Department’s Informal Economy Summit 2016. Cape Town, South Africa (June 13, 2016)
Speaker on The Values Driven Organisation at the Allan Gray/Orbis Foundation’s Circle of Excellence Principals’ Conference. Johannesburg, South Africa (September 6, 2015)
Speaker on Implementing Collaboration within Communities for the Whiterock Community Collaboration. Belfast, Northern Ireland (February 27, 2013)
Speaker on Collaboration for Social Change for the CollaborationNI/Building Change Trust. Belfast, Northern Ireland (October 2, 2012)
Speaker on Principles of Collaborative Leadership and Campaigning for the CollaborationNI/Chief Officers of the Third Sector Conference. Belfast, Northern Ireland (March 28, 2012)
Speaker on Leadership and Ethics in Education for Kennesaw State University’s Leadership Seminar. Kennesaw, Georgia (February 10, 2008)
Keynote speaker on Leadership and Service for the Golden Key International Honour Society. Kennesaw, Georgia (November 7, 2007)
Teaching activities
Graduate level courses/programs in education and business: leadership, ethics, values, organizational design, research methods, critical/current issues, change
Courses taught
MBA: Leadership in a VUCA Environment
MBA: Complexity, Organizations, and Values
Post Graduate Diploma: Values Based Leadership
Post Graduate Diploma: Governance & Ethics
Post Graduate Diploma: Strategy & Organizational Development
MPhil in Inclusive Innovation: Values Based Leadership
MA in Engineering: Ethical Leadership
Ed.D. Leadership
Ed.D. Management of Change
M.Sc. Leadership: Theory and Practice
M.Sc. Leadership for Change
M.Sc. Effective Collaboration for School Improvement
M.Sc. Collaborative School Leadership
M.Sc. Coordinating Support for Learning in 21st Century: Applying School Improvement Processes (contributor)
M.Ed. Leadership in Theory (contributor)
M.Ed. Middle Management: The Role of the Head of Department (contributor)
IR714(SIP Campus-International Research Centre) Suzhou Dushu Lake Science and Education Innovation District Suzhou Industrial Park Suzhou P.R.China 215123
