Grant David McCracken (born 1951) is a Canadian anthropologist and author, known for his books about culture and commerce.[1][2] He was the founder and director of the Institute for Contemporary Culture at the Royal Ontario Museum and was a member of Convergence Culture Consortium at MIT.[1] He holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Chicago.[1] He coined the term the Diderot effect.[3] He lives in Rowayton, Connecticut.[4]

Grant McCracken
McCracken speaks on Reason TV in 2021
Born	Canada
Occupation	Author lecturer
Genres	Culture, commerce, business
Notable works	Chief Culture Officer, Transformations
Website
cultureby.com

Bibliography

• 1988 The Long Interview
• 1990 Culture and Consumption
• 1996 Big Hair
• 1997 Plenitude
• 2005 Culture and Consumption II
• 2006 Flock and Flow
• 2008 Transformations
• 2009 Chief Culture Officer
• 2012 Culturematic
• 2016 Dark Value

See also

• Diderot effect

References

External links

• Culture By Grant McCracken's blog
• Audio interview on Chief Culture Officer
• Audio Interview on Culturematic Harvard Business Review

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