Richard Whittington is Professor of Strategic Management at the Said Business School and New College, University of Oxford. He has authored, coauthored, or contributed to ten books, including the bestselling textbook Exploring Strategy and the Cambridge Handbook of Open Strategy. He is an associate editor of the Strategic Management Journal and has co-edited six special issues in leading journals. He was previously a board member of the Strategic Management Society and past Chair of the Strategizing Activities and Practices interest group at the Academy of Management. His current research focuses on strategy-as-practice and open strategy.