Michael Ackerbauer (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelackerbauer/) has been a transformational leader at IBM, in this #DESIGNtoCHANGE PODcast #ONstage with Ruud Janssen he speaks about his experiences in shifting IBM from an engineer thinking to a Design Thinking culture. Micheal is a change leadership thought partner. Learning innovator. Agile & innovation coach. He helps leaders make the most of their agility, versatility & creativity. He also has a terrific podcast at : theprocessbeyond.com
He is an Organizational Consultant and Transformation leader at IBM. Over the last 20+ years Michael has coached executives and managers across a range of environments, including technology, finance, operations, human capital, sales & marketing. His work with organizations has provided employees the structure and freedom to be their best.
He is also a Change Management leader and thought partner helping leaders integrate strategy, structure, and culture to sustainably learn how to achieve exceptional performance.
In his roles at IBM, he is an Innovation Coach and facilitator. Working with 10 business units and hundreds of teams at IBM, he has launched, incubated, and coached teams to explore and capitalize on innovation opportunities to deliver value for our customers and business partners.
But perhaps what he has become known for and aligned his thesis for his Doctorate degree around, is designing and delivering unique educational content combining Creative Problem Solving, Design Thinking, and Agile principles and practices. Teams he has trained get more impactful work done and have more fun doing it.
He shares his insights on applied innovation, constructive conflict, and change leadership at:
https://acklabs.org
https://theprocessbeyond.com
https://instagram.com/ack.labs/
The book he mentioned = The Neo-Generalist = https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48673921-the-neo-generalist
His articles on Rock Balancing can be found at = https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/principles-balance-michael-ackerbauer-phd/
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