Experience

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  SYSTEM PERSPECTIVES LLC

  • Greater Boston

  • Executive Coach and Consultant

    • Jan 2018 - Present
    • Greater Boston
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  MIT Sloan School of Management

  • United States
  • Higher Education
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Research Associate, Scientist, Lecturer and Affiliate

    • 1993 - Present

    While holding various MIT appointments, George has continued to develop, guide, conduct, report and lecture on his own research and other's studies on organizational leadership, learning, change and culture. He has taught regular classes as well as special seminars and executive workshops on organizational learning, change, culture, and field research methods. He also developed and taught master’s degree courses for assessing organizational change methods and programs.

  • Enterprise Change Research Lead & Principal Research Associate

    • 2005 - 2011

    Led Enterprise Change research program for the Lean Advancement Initiative (formerly Lean Aerospace Initiative). These studies are available on LAI website (lean.mit.edu) and are being used for a new book he is drafting to illustrate new approaches to achieving systemic change based on a theory for managing learning and improvement across organizations to achieve and sustain high performance.

  • Executive Director, Ford-MIT Alliance

    • 1997 - 2005

    Managed operations and directed research for an innovative collaboration between Ford Motor Company and MIT, emphasizing learning and knowledge creation activities through $4M annual funding for research in engineering, education, and environmental policy. Developed and implemented overall approaches for effective, long-term industry/university partnerships emphasizing learning, change, and knowledge creation activities.

  • Research Director

    • 1992 - 1997

    Designed and managed research efforts where innovative teams were taught systems thinking and organizational learning methods that they applied to make changes in their work processes. Led research teams developing reflective methods that utilized people’s experience in improving corporate performance.

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  George Roth and Associates

  • Independent Consultant

    • 1992 - Present

    Consultant, facilitator, and coach to senior leaders, teams, and organizations in their leadership, culture, change and learning initiatives. These companies and agencies include include US Department of Defense, US Army, US Air Force, Booz & Co., United Technologies Corporation, Siemens, Bri...

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  Society for Organizational Learning

  • Cambridge, Massachusetts

  • Founding Member, Researcher and Consultant

    • 1997 - Present
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts

    As founding research member developed, organized, supervised, and conducted research and consulting efforts related to the development of organizational learning practices for business results. See SoL journal Reflections (www.solonline.org/reflections/) for articles.

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  Fifth Discipline Fieldbook Project

  • Partner and co-Author

    • 1995 - Dec 2020

    Developed, investigated, and wrote about efforts with co-authors to transform learning initiatives into sustainable organizational changes. See book, "The Dance of Change: The Challenges to Sustaining Momentum in Learning Organizations".

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  University of New Hampshire

  • Durham, New Hampshire

  • Visiting Professor

    • Aug 2012 - May 2019
    • Durham, New Hampshire

    Teaching Organizational Behavior, Organizational Theory, Leadership, and Emerging Technologies Strategy to undergraduate and graduate students in class room and on-line courses.

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  Academy for Systemic Change

  • Faculty

    • Sep 2014 - Dec 2018

    Designing and delivering curriculum, assessment of systemic change projects, and research on systemic changes, generative fields and more for Next Generation Leaders.

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  Academy of Management, ODC Division

  • Board Member and Division Chair

    • 2000 - 2006

    Elected and served five year term for Academy of Management Organization Development and Change (ODC) division. Developed and assessed relevant research using peer review process, set strategic direction and developed partnerships, selected and nominated new board members, and organized annual m...

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  Reflection Learning Associates, Inc.

  • Cambridge, MA

  • Co-Founder and Managing Director

    • 1996 - 2006
    • Cambridge, MA

    Consulting company providing education and consulting services in learning from experience, developing and specializing in "learning histories," and other methods and approaches to facilitate learning-based changes in orgnaizations.

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  Digital Equipment Corporation (USA)

  • Munich, Germany; Maynard, MA; London England

  • Manager in New Ventures, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Engineering Depart...

    • Jun 1977 - Dec 1990
    • Munich, Germany; Maynard, MA; London England

    Progressed through positions in Engineering (Research and Product Development), Marketing (Competitive Analysis, Market and Strategic Planning), Operations (Product Management), Sales (Joint Venture Manager and Corporate Account Manager), and Corporate (Business Planning and New Ventures Manager)...