John's role is to guide client assignments by applying their methods Structured Visual Thinking™ and 4D™. John is responsible for Innovation together with the Visual and Strategic direction of Group Partners.
DADEN LIMITED is managed by David Burden. David has over 20 years of business, marketing and technology experience. David started his career in army communications managing a range of mobile and wireless systems in a variety of challenging situations, including second-in-command of an airmobile Signal Squadron. David joined Ascom, the Swiss telecoms company, and then Aseriti, the £70m turnover IT arm of Severn Trent plc.
Dr. Bergstrom is founder and President of WorldLink Foundation. In this capacity, he has directed special projects for such clients as the United Nations, State of the World Forum, PBS, Walt Disney Imagineering, and Tech Museum of Innovation. A filmmaker and social entrepreneur, Kirk has developed and produced award-winning television, interactive multimedia, websites, museum exhibits, and educational curricula.
Mr. Borie has over twenty years of experience in diversified environmental management since he co-founded a recycling company in 1986. Since that time, Mr. Borie has been involved with a broad range of environmental projects, initiatives and companies as a manager, principle, strategist and financial advisor. In addition, Mr. Borie is a Strategic Advisor, specializing in entrepreneurial management, strategic planning, business finance, formation, startup and development. His clients have ranged from Fortune 500 companies to start-up ventures. Mr.
Alan Ball is currently the chair of the Sustainability Alliance of Southern California.
During his career, as the Director of Business Services for Qualcomm Real Estate and Facilities (QREF) he actively promoted sustainability.
For more than 13 years working in Qualcomm’s corporate procurement, IT procurement and QREF procurement, Alan was an energy efficiency and green building advocate. Alan managed Qualcomm's inventory of greenhouse gas emissions through the California Climate Action Registry and constantly promoted sustainable practices at Qualcomm Inc..
Jay Baldwin, former technology editor for the Whole Earth Catalog and author of BuckyWorks: Buckminster Fuller's Ideas for Today (Wiley, 1996), provided students with insights into principles for sustainable design, and how business people can advance sustainably designed goods and services.
He critiqued the role business management has played in the past in destroying significant advances and potential profits by encouraging and rewarding conventional thinking. Students engaged in activities that encouraged whole-system thinking.
Michael Ben-Eli is an international consultant on management and organization, focusing on strategy development, organizational design, sustainability, and change management.
