デイル・ドーテン（Dale Dauten、1950–） アメリカのビジネス作家、コラムニスト、経営コンサルタント。スタンフォード大学経営大学院やアリゾナ州立大学で成功者とイノベーションについて研究し、The Innovators' Labを創設。NASAやキャタピラー、ゼネラル・ダイナミクスなどの企業・組織に対して、イノベーションや組織づくりに関するコンサルティングを行ってきた。代表作『仕事は楽しいかね？』（原題 "The Max Strategy: How a Businessman Got Stuck at an Airport and Learned to Make His Career Take Off"）では、吹雪で足止めされた空港で謎めいた老人マックスと出会った会社員を主人公に、明確な目標や成功法則に固執するのではなく、さまざまなことを試し、変化を重ねることで仕事や人生の可能性を広げていく考え方を物語形式で描いている。
Dale Dauten (1950–) An American business author, newspaper columnist, and management consultant who has studied achievement, leadership, and innovation since his time at Arizona State University and Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. He founded The Innovators' Lab and has advised organizations including NASA, Caterpillar, and General Dynamics on innovation and organizational development. In "The Max Strategy: How a Businessman Got Stuck at an Airport and Learned to Make His Career Take Off," a frustrated businessman stranded at an airport during a snowstorm meets the unconventional Max, whose ideas challenge conventional approaches to goals and success. Through their conversation, Dauten explores an experimental approach to work and life built around continually trying new things and learning from what happens.
