Leila Doumi is a doctoral student in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research interests are in innovation adoption, corporate strategy, and social networks with a focus on how corporations develop and execute their strategies to become more digital.
Prior to joining the Strategy Unit, Leila earned her B.A. and M.A. in Sociology from the University of Mannheim, Germany. During her studies, she worked as a research and teaching assistant for the University of Mannheim as well as for the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She also worked for the Daimler Group (currently Daimler Trucks), where she was part of the inhouse consulting team focused on organizational development and later joined the strategy and governance unit of the digitalization department.