Claudio Garcia Costa Carvalho

Claudio Garcia is an experienced General Management Executive and a faculty member at NYU's School of Professional Studies (SPS).

With over 25 years of experience across diverse segments - including Professional Services, Finance, Media and Communications, Entertainment, and Foods and Beverages - Claudio brings real-world insight to his teaching. He advises companies on growth and management strategies and is a Senior Industrial Fellow at the Mack Institute for Innovation Management at the Wharton School, contributing to research and collaboration focused on innovation.

Claudio is also a regular columnist for Valor Econômico, Brazil’s most respected business newspaper. His expertise on strategy, innovation, and human capital has been featured in leading platforms such as Harvard Business Review, Strategy+Business, Quartz, and People + Strategy. He also serves on the advisory boards of several organizations and startups.

Publications

• When Goliath needs David - How Corporations and Startups are Redefining Corporate Venturing By Mack Institute for Innovation Management (Jun 01 2025)
• Is organizational Hierarchy getting in the Way of Innovation? By Harvard Business Review (Sep 01 2023)
• 5 ways to increase clarity and accountability at the office By Quartz (Jul 01 2023)
• The Power of Generosity in Ecosystems - Article By Strategy + Business (Dec 21 2022)
• The New Strategy Playbook for Boards - Article By The Corporate Board (Sep 01 2022)
• How to survive in a World of Perpetual Transformations - Article in the Book Perpetual transformation By Thinkers 50 (Dec 01 2021)
• People strategy for successful strategies - Chapter of Transforming Beyond the Crisis book By Thinkers 50 (Oct 22 2020)
• Four transformation traps and how to avoid them - co-authored with 16 heads of Strategy - Book Transformation Playbook By Thinkers 50 (Nov 15 2019)
• People are your strategy Article as a chapter of the book Chief Strategy Officer Playbook By Thinkers 50 (Nov 18 2018)