 We very much appreciate the wisdom and joy you've added to our community. It is a true pleasure to work with you. Nationally focused Washington DC based Environmental Leadership Program Executive Director, Kimberly Roberts
Jack Ricchiuto
Jack is a designer and writer working with groups in organizations and communities, designing ways for them to work well together. He works with boards, leadership and operational teams, project teams, civic and community groups, and strategic planning teams.
As a writer, Jack is author of 8 books and the 7 year old daily blog, jackzen.com. He also teaches writing from beginners to post-doc students and publishing faculty.
For over 30 years, Jack has been engaging the tools of workshops, facilitation, and coaching, independently and in collaboration with international and national consulting firms. Jack's work as designer spans 24 industries and a variety of urban, rural, and virtual communities.
Jack's design vocabulary draws from global best practices like Iterative design, Biomimicry, Open Space, Agile Project Management, Strategic Doing 365, Appreciative Inquiry, Intentional and Small Group Community Building models, Web 2.0 and Social media, Visual workplace, World Cafe, Self-organizing teams, Social network development, Mindmapping, Anthropology, Practice of peace, Strength-based organization, Positive psychology, Morita, Collective intelligence, Communities of practice, Zen, Mindfulness practice, and the Complexity sciences.
One of his clients recently introduced Jack to a group of other national leaders with, "I could say a lot about the importance of Jack's groundbreaking work and his great books, but we have him here for one reason: we like him."
Jack continues teaching and curriculum design with undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctorate programs in colleges and universities including Kent State and Vanderbilt Universities. He has been a leadership mentor to post-doc scientists at UC Berkeley, MIT, Harvard, and Tufts Universities. Jack's seminal work on strengths-based leadership, Appreciative Leadership, continues to be the basis for the culture of Chicago-based company US Cellular into the thriving business $3.8 billion business it is today. It is also the focus for developing the top US environmental leaders and innovators.
Jack has worked with all levels and functions of groups in Aerospace, Architecture, Automotive, Bio Tech, Communications, Consulting, Consumer Products, Commercial Products, Community Development, Design/Build Firms, Economic Development, Education, Sustainability, Finance, Government, Health Care, Industrial, Information Technology, Internet Startups, Leadership Development, Legal & Accounting, Manufacturing, Marketing, Non-Profit Services, Publishing/Media. He has recently been named as one of the top 10 experts in Social Network sciences in the world. See 8 of his client stories
Collaborative Creativity (1997) suggests that creativity is an ability that can be cultivated and that innovation is more possible when we approach it as a collaboration. Accidental Conversations (2002) is a look at organization and community development from the lens of the new sciences including quantum physics, ecology, complexity and chaos sciences. Its theme is that when we have freedom in our connectivity, the best things in life happen unplanned.
Project Zen (2003) explores best project management practices from the three core Zen principles of interdependence, impermanence, and uniqueness. It's a practical guide to getting any project on time, on target, and on budget. Appreciative Leadership (2005) is a manifesto of 60 principles supporting an appreciative approach to all dimensions of leadership. It is a groundbreaking translation of asset and strengths based approaches, inspired by Appreciative Inquiry.
In Mountain Paths (2006), Jack applies the appreciative approach to core personal growth and development themes including creating focus and passion in your work, creating effective relationships, and making productive use of our time. Conscious Becoming (2007) is a series of meditations on what it means to be conscious in our everyday lives, written in the style of the Tao te Ching. It is based on the observation that conscious people are easier to work with, live with, love with, and play with. Jack's latest book with co-author George Nemeth, Instructions From The Cook (2008) presents a compelling, simple, and powerful model for building community. His next book due July 2009 is The Stories that Connect Us.
Jack’s work with leaders and organizations focuses on issues including strategic planning, executive and life coaching, project management coaching, leadership development, organization development, board effectiveness, innovation management, and social network development. His community engagement work that focuses on economic and community development and capacity building is inspired by world-wide practice methodologies such as Open Space Technology, A Small Group, World Cafe, and Appreciative Inquiry.
Jack’s undergraduate degree is from John Carroll University (1974) and graduate degree from Goddard College, Vermont (1980). In his early training in his 20's, he was mentored by the pioneers in American, European, and Japanese models of personal growth and development.
Jack is a mentor with the Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows Program and acts as content and process expert to other national consulting firms including the Cobalt Group, the Capacity Institute, and ParallaxFusion.
Jack has written for local and national publications including Smart Business and Projects@Work magazines and he has been quoted in Entrepreneur Magazine and Harvard Business Review. He continues to coach and mentor writers and book self-publishers.
Brief version of Jack's Bio
Jack Ricchiuto / rik-'u-to
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- Phone / 216.373.7475 (EST)
- Email / jack(at)designinglife(dot)com
- Twitter / @zenext
- Skype / jackricchiuto
- Address / 1020 Kenilworth Avenue Cleveland OH 44113
- Life & Learning Passions / Travel, writing, cooking, photography, music & the arts, meditation, yoga, tai chi, golf, new technologies, Web 2.0, all manners of design, intentional communities, storytelling, fly fishing
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