Bill is a leading “architect of generative change” in the fields of organization design, learning and change. A pioneer in organic learning community approaches to leadership development, he has designed and led numerous generative leadership learning expeditions.
Bill's professional background includes over 30 years of innovative organization design and large-scale change implementation experience in the United States, Canada, Europe and the Far East, both as an internal and an external consultant.
As an external consultant Bill has worked with Clorox, Imperial Oil Ltd., Corning, James River, Esso Singapore, Gulf Resources Canada, Shell Resources Canada, PetroCanada, TransAlta Utilities Canada, MW Kellogg, Honeywell, Exxon Exploration And Production, Chemelex, Pepperdine MSOD Program, Hewlett Packard, Chevron Research and Development, Meta Group Executive Council, Xerox, 3Com, The Covey Leadership Center, Granite Construction Co., Cabrillo Community College, and MindLeaders.
In 1990, Bill founded The International Center for Organization Design, a network of leading-edge change champions committed to supporting global business transformation. . In 1998, he and his wife Marilyn co-founded Pathfinders, offering guidance to individuals and organizations in evolving "from where they are . . . to who they are."
For more on Bill’s journey, check out http://www.theinfinitegames.org/s03/07.php.
More recently Bill has developed www.TheInfiniteGames.org, a web site intended to provide pragmatic support to those leaders and practitioners committed to on-going transformation at all levels of system—individual, organizational, community and global.
He is co-authoring an eBook, Bay Area 2020—An Infinite Game, to tell the story of the Bay Area’s journey to an ideal 2020. You can listen in to the Podcast seriess “Voices from 2020” at www.stranova.com
He is a co-founder of the Monterey Institute for Social Architecture (MISA), a circle of pioneering practitioners committed to supporting such a transformational shift.
Bill’s special gifts lie in —
Designing and supporting innovative and highly generative leadership
development strategies.
Serving as a co-creative coach for transformational leaders
Supporting leadership groups in developing their capacity
1) to envision an ideal future and
2) to develop a pragmatic path toward that future.
Developing and implementing organic organizational
capacity-building strategies.
Co-creating generative change strategies at all levels of system
—serving as a guide in finding the path from where we are to who we can be.
