John has 30+ years experience leading complex, cross-functional and inter-disciplinary programs. His expertise includes leading strategy execution, strategic planning, business model development with a strategy execution focus, and strategic facilitation for cross-functional, global executive teams. He has extensive experience leading project-based work in applied research and development. Using his broad experience across a wide variety of businesses John provides critical consulting for clients operating in global, distributed business environments. He leads the practioner-based research that supports the Stanford Advanced Project Management Program (SAPM) of the Stanford Center for Professional Development (SCPD). John has an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, an M.F. from N.C. State University, and a B.S. from Davidson College.

Courses, Modules, and Consulting Areas

  • Converting strategy into action
  • The Strategic Execution Framework (SEF)
  • What is strategy? Why it matters
  • Organizational culture
  • Organizational culture mapping
  • Aligning strategy, structure, and culture
  • How organizational culture and structure impact the execution of strategy   
  • Strategy execution mapping
  • Strategy execution mapping with the Business Model Canvas
  • Creating a Business Model Canvas
  • Business model development
  • Business model innovation
  • Strategy Execution Playbook – design and implementation
  • Applying strategy execution mapping and the Business Model Canvas: Apple Case Study
  • Attributes of successful change leaders
  • Addressing resistance to organizational change
  • Leading change organizational assessment
  • Using pre-mortems to manage risk and strategy execution
  • Making better decisions in rapidly evolving business environments
  • Project-based work: the organization’s engine for innovation

Stanford University Center for Professional Development (SCPD)  http://scpd.stanford.edu/home

John co-develops and teaches the following courses as part of the Stanford Advanced Project Management (SAPM) program (apm.stanford.edu): Strategic Project Management Office (SPMO), Converting Strategy into Action (CSIA), Executing Complex Programs (ECP), Leading Change from the Middle (LCM), Adaptive Execution of Strategy (AES), and Financial Mastery for Projects (FMP).  In addition, he delivers custom SAPM-related courses and workshops at Stanford for global clients in multiple languages.

Clients Served for the Stanford Center for Professional Development (SCPD)

  • Poland Top 500 Innovators (7 cohorts at Stanford http://usptc.org/programs/top-500-innovators-program/)
  • Assumption University, Bangkok
  • China Life Insurance
  • Stanford-Jiangsu Technology Innovation Program
  • IATA, Customer Aviation Strategy Program, Universite du Quebec in Chicoutimi
  • Executive Healthcare Innovation Management Program, Danish Health Services
  • SinoMach Program, Stanford Innovation and Industry Transformation Program
  • Suzhou, Stanford Innovation and Industry Transformation Program
  • Stanford Innovation and Transformation Program for Shengjing 360
  • SASAC, Stanford Senior Executive Program, Building Innovative Enterprise Structures
  • Building Innovation Culture in Large Chinese State Owned Enterprises (SOE), The Dalian Program
  • Stanford Senior Executive Program, Universal Banking and the Transformation and Innovation of the Banking Industry
  • Santa Clara County, Executive Leadership Team
  • Guodian Energy Executive Leadership, China
  • Ericsson Executive Leadership Team
  • Customized Strategy Execution Workshop, Secretary General, European Parliament, Brussels
  • Aarhus University Business School, Denmark
  • Nanjing University, China
  • Northrup Grumman, Design Thinking for Strategic Innovation

Clients Served Through IPS Learning (now 2080 Strategy Execution)

  • Apple
  • Barclays Global Bank
  • Box.com
  • Charles Schwab
  • Cisco
  • Cognizant
  • Erie Insurance
  • European Parliament, Secretary General
  • General Atomic
  • Google
  • HP
  • IBM
  • Janssen Pharmaceuticals
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • L.A. Care Health Plan
  • The Medicines Company
  • Medtronic
  • Nationwide Insurance
  • NetApp
  • PG&E
  • PMC-Sierra
  • Santa Clara County Health and Hospital Systems
  • US Library of Congress
  • Visa International
  • Xilinx

Workshops / Executive Sessions Conducted

Note: John designs and leads a variety of Strategic Planning, Business Model Canvas, and Strategy Execution Mapping Workshops for global and local organizations. Examples include:

  • Barclays UK Retail Bank – major global data center rationalization initiative
  • Capital One – mobile platform apps
  • Compassion International – new systems for global processes
  • Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) – major systems integration
  • L.A. Care Health Plan – new healthcare systems
  • U.S. Library of Congress – new copyright deposit and digital preservation systems
  • HP – new printing systems processes, new Itanium hardware platform
  • Pacific Gas & Electric – major new infrastructure project
  • JP Morgan Chase (Washington Mutual) – new business acquisition
  • NetApp – strategic execution mapping workshop
  • Ernie Insurance – strategic execution mapping workshop
  • European Parliament, Secretary General – strategic execution mapping workshop with custom course/workshop.
  • Santa Clara County Health and Hospital System – strategy execution mapping workshop,
  • Visa International – new business processes