Peter Boumgarden joined the Olin Business School faculty in 2018. His research focuses on organizational structure — both formally and informally — in shaping the innovation of groups, organizations, and broader networks. In addition to his academic work, Dr. Boumgarden has consulted and run executive education programs with organizations across sectors, often focusing on refining their strategic direction, enhancing leadership development, and cultivating routes to drive increased innovation. Peter is the faculty director of Olin’s Center for Experiential Learning and co-chair, along with Bart Hamilton, of the “Healthcare at Olin” strategic planning team.
Peter Boumgarden
Director and Professor of Practice, the Koch Family Center for Family Enterprise
Contact Information
- Phone: 935-3436
- Email: boumgardenp@wustl.edu
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In the media
Real-Estate Scions Are Breaking a Cardinal Rule: Never Sell
Peter Boumgarden, the Koch Family Professor of Practice in Family Enterprise
Teaching Markets and Morality
The need for students to consider the touch points between big moral questions and today’s political and financial issues is more pressing than ever, write Peter Boumgarden and Abram Van Engen.
7 Strategies To Help Your Employees Avoid Serious Burnout
Peter Boumgarden, Koch Family Professor of Practice in Family Enterprise
St. Louis’ top workplaces could be models for the new normal
Peter Boumgarden, professor of practice, strategy and organizations
Remote work and less travel are among business changes that are likely to last
Peter Boumgarden, professor of practice, strategy and organizations
Retailers Continue To Adjust To Survive During A Pandemic
Peter Boumgarden, professor of practice, strategy and organizations
Small business owners say PPP loans now ’10 times better.’ But what’s next?
Peter Boumgarden, professor of practice, strategy and organizations
What Shake Shack’s federal funding — and pledge to return it — means for small businesses
Peter Boumgarden, professor of practice, strategy and organizations
Small businesses hope US loans help. Some aren’t sure.
Peter Boumgarden, professor of strategy and organization
Can the stimulus package save our St. Louis area restaurants?
Peter Boumgarden, professor of practice of strategy and organization
‘Medicare for all is about trade-offs, not rights and privileges’
Peter Boumgarden, professor of practice at Olin Business School, and Andrew Schuette, an audiologist at the School of Medicine and a PMBA candidate at Olin, write an op-ed in Stat about the debate over the future of the nation’s health-care system and the need for all sides to consider other points of view.
Stories
Small business plans should include ownership transition support
Peter Boumgarden, director of Olin Business School’s Koch Family Center for Family Enterprise, discusses Vice President Kamala Harris’ plan to expand the small business tax credit and other ways in which the government can support existing small businesses.
Building small business agility for 2023 volatility
While there are signs the economic conditions are improving, small businesses are more likely to feel the pinch of rising interest rates, a looming recession threat and persistent labor shortages in 2023, according to Olin Business School’s Peter Boumgarden.
Let nature of work dictate return-to-work plans
Hybrid work may be the future for many organizations post-pandemic, but there will be significant challenges to overcome — perhaps even more so than traditional in-person offices and fully remote work environments, say Olin Business School researchers.
‘Innovate or die’ has never been truer for businesses
During this critical transition as local economies are reopening, an organizational strategy expert at Washington University in St. Louis says businesses must be thinking about the appropriate mix of defense and offense if they are going to succeed in the long game.
Ways to find business opportunity from crisis
The coronavirus pandemic has shattered and shuttered businesses. As businesses gradually continue to reopen across the United States, three Olin Business School experts at Washington University in St. Louis offer insights into potential opportunities that could help businesses to emerge from the economic storm.
Coming together to support the St. Louis community
As Washington University in St. Louis researchers and physicians join the fight to halt COVID-19 proliferation across the globe, our staff, students and doctors are working tirelessly to care for the St. Louis community we call home.
Olin faculty evaluate coronavirus on U.S. businesses, economy
Olin Business School faculty at Washington University in St. Louis offer perspectives on the economic, financial and everyday business reactions to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Navigating office politics
Leadership, at its core, is about influence. In Olin Business School’s popular MBA elective “Power and Politics,” students learn how to navigate leadership positions, which necessitates building power and gaining influence in the workplace.
Medicare for all is about trade-offs, not rights and privileges
Health care reform is more complicated than questions of right or privilege. As we think through our options we must ask tough questions about the trade-offs we are willing to accept and the impact such a revolutionary change would have on everyone in the health care system.