Colin M. Fisher is one of the foremost experts in the world on group dynamics.

Since his days as a professional jazz trumpet player, Dr. Colin M. Fisher has been fascinated by group dynamics. Originally inspired by the profound influence others had on his experience as a professional jazz musician when improvising, he has been studying group dynamics, creativity, and improvisation for almost twenty years. As Associate Professor of Organisations and Innovation at University College London's School of Management, he teaches students how to lead and work creatively in groups and organizations.

Colin’s academic research has uncovered the hidden processes of helping groups and teams in situations requiring creativity, improvisation, and complex decision-making. He is the author of the forthcoming book The Collective Edge: Unlocking the Secret Power of Groups, published by Avery/Penguin Random House (USA) and Simon & Schuster (UK), and translated into seven languages. He has written about group dynamics for both popular science and management audiences, such as his work in The Conversation UK, Harvard Business Review, and many other outlets, and his work has been profiled in prominent media outlets such as BBC, Forbes, NPR, and The Times.

He has also provided lectures and workshops to organizations around the world hoping to improve their creativity and collaboration. This includes keynote speeches, bespoke workshops, and Executive Education to clients such as: Alliance for Financial Inclusion, BARBRI, BP, Cambridge Health Alliance, Guangxou (China) Government Leadership Development, IDEO, Innovation North, Institute of Coaching, NHS, P&G, PrOPEL HUB (ERC), and Saudi Digital Authority.

His discoveries have also been published in leading scholarly journals, including Academy of Management Annals, Academy of Management Discoveries, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Perspectives, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology, Negotiation Journal, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organizational Dynamics, Organization Science, and Small Group Research, as well as in numerous book chapters and periodicals. 

Colin received his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Harvard University, and previously worked as an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at Boston University’s School of Management. Prior to his Ph.D. he studied improvisation in the arts at New York University (M.A.) and jazz trumpet at New England Conservatory of Music (B.Mus.). In his prior career as a jazz trumpet player, Colin was a long-time member of the Grammy-nominated Either/Orchestra, with whom he toured extensively and recorded several critically acclaimed albums. 

Originally from Redmond, Washington in the USA, he now lives in Northeast London with his wife and two children. He can sometimes be found performing at jazz jams throughout London.