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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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Évaluation des compétences numériques dans les emplois au Québec et au Canada

Benoit Aubert, Simon Bourdeau, Thierry Warin, Thibault Sénegas and Jeremy Schneider

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Évaluation des compétences numériques dans les emplois au Québec et au Canada

Benoit Aubert, Thierry Warin, Simon Bourdeau, Thibault Sénegas and Jeremy Schneider

Skills and Digital Transformation
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Innovation ouverte et écosystème d’innovation : Implications pour le secteur public

Simon Bourdeau, Thibaut Coulon, Amandine Pascal and Mathieu Templier

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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

Évaluation des compétences numériques dans les emplois au Québec et au Canada

Évaluation des compétences numériques dans les emplois au Québec et au Canada

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

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

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

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News

November 28, 2024

CIRANO at the Heart of a Reflection on Skills and the Labor Market in Quebec

January 12, 2023

Publication of the book « Gestion de carrières et des talents » by Sylvie St-Onge

November 25, 2020

A symposium rich in discussions and reflections on the prospects and challenges of digital transformation

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Events

As a speaker

May 31, 2022

Innovation management - public sector

March 30, 2022

Webinar : Open Innovation and the Innovation Ecosystem: Implications for the Public Sector

November 5, 2021

Webinar - Launch of the Digital Competencies Index (DCI) self-assessment tool and Roundtable on the challenges of digital transformation and digital skills

November 24, 2020

Symposium: Opportunities and Challenges of the Digital Transformation

November 28, 2019

Seminar: Management of Technological and Application Infrastructures by Public Organizations - Challenges and Practices for Evolution and Sustainability

April 10, 2018

Seminar: A measure of benefits of projects in information technology

CIRANO Projects

Formal Measurement of Fundamental Digital Skills: Towards Better Assessment and Development of Digital Capabilities

Benoit Aubert, Thierry Warin, Simon Bourdeau, Genevieve Dufour

Evaluating digital skills in Quebec jobs

Évaluation des compétences numériques dans les emplois au Québec et au Canada - Publié le May 8, 2024

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