I am a Philosopher + Solution Architect Obsessed With Transformation.

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I have dedicated my entire life to figuring out the answer to one simple question: Why do humans behave the way that they do? And, from that question stems another that has essentially fueled my entire consulting career: Why and how do some people / organizations transform, while others stay stuck in ways they can’t explain or fix?

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Chasing the answers to that question has pushed me into every arena where human behavior and organizational performance matter…from research labs to C-suites, from graduate lectures to global transformations, and into the messy middle where the strategy-to-execution handoff routinely falls apart. The throughline of my career has never changed though. I use science-backed systems to help humans and organizations adapt and evolve into more capable versions of themselves.

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Today, I advise leaders, teams, and institutions as the Founder & CEO of Transformation, Inc. Here, I apply everything I know about behavioral science, systems science, neuroscience, cognitive processing, organizational leadership, and human-centered design to achieve one clear goal: help leaders see things more clearly, operate more effectively, and evolve more intentionally. I also serve on the board of the Adler Planetarium, and I take great pride in helping steward one of the world’s great institutions for scientific curiosity and exploration.

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Over the past 20+ years, I have built, run, and fixed transformations for clients ranging from early-stage founders to Fortune 100 enterprises, guiding thousands of people through significant inflection points in their operating environment and career paths. I have led transformation practices inside award-winning organizations, and helped countless institutions redesign their business strategies, operating models, and the execution engines that bring them to life.

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My academic background is a bit...let's say "atypical" (i.e., mad ;). But it does reflect the truly robust scope of my work:

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• 4 degrees, including 2 doctorates (1 in psychology and 1 in leadership)

• 10+ professional credentials and licenses (e.g., PMP, PMI-ACP, Six Sigma Black Belt, Human-Centered Design, MBTI, DiSC, NEO-PI-3, and more)

• 500+ of hours of audited lectures in neuroscience, philosophy, and physics

 

At my core, I’m a scientist disguised as an strategist. I study the deep structure of how humans think, act, decide, and evolve; and then I turn those insights into tools leaders can use today, not someday. I truly believe transformation is both an active event and a learnable skill, not some passive, random, or luck-driven outcome. In the end, I believe every human and every organization can become truly extraordinary when it better understands its own nature and then leverages that elevated understanding to make better things happen.