John helps leaders build capacity and accelerate leadership practice to achieve results, reducing failure to cope with ‘4.0’ environments characterised by complexity, change and problems (i.e. the fourth industrial revolution). He's a ‘hybrid’ combining two roles - Prof of Practice (academia) and Managing Partner (private sector). John has worked with leaders for the past 20 years across different sectors and parts of the world to help prepare/shift from pre-digital age skills '3.0' to digital age '4.0'.
 

He has learned almost everything about leadership, change and problem solving from five resources.

• First, as a Professor of Practice, integrating science, theory and methodology for real world practical application (DBA style not PhD). 
   
• Second, from Dr. Graves and Becks' human mindset science, framework and principles. 
   
• Third, Myles Downey, pioneer of the ‘Inner Game of Coaching’ as an approach to executive performance in coaching and leader/manager/coach. 
   
• Fourth, Dr. Ichak Adizes, founder of the Adizes Institute and developer of the ‘best in class’ Company Lifecycle methodology, a core approach to organisational change. 
   
• Last, but not least, from the many clients who openly shared their experiences, their successes and their struggles.
   
• First, as a Professor and private sector practitioner working cross-sector and globally. I’m familiar with how academic rigour, pedagogy, research, methodology and theory applies in the real world
   
• Second, from Myles Downey, author of the best-selling book Effective Coaching and pioneer in an evidence-based methodology and commercial application for executive coaching in performance (individuals/teams/organisations).
   
• Third, Dr Clare Graves and Dr Don Beck. Developers of the first principle, unified science 'double-helix' theory and commercial application, core to the approach to human mindset-thinking systems, structures, development and change.
   
• Fourth, from Dr Ichak Adizes, founder of the Adizes Institute and developer of the 'best in class' Lifecycle methodology with commercial application and concepts, core to the approach to organisational change.
   
• Fifth, Dr Geert Hofstede Professor Emeritus of Organizational Anthropology and International Management at Maastricht University in the Netherlands, well known for his pioneering research on cross-cultural groups and organizations.
   
• Sixth, introduction to all the human performance domains (physical, emotional, mental and spiritual), methodologies and approaches in early development as an amateur and semi-pro athlete in the USA.
   
• Last, from the many clients around the world who openly shared their experiences, their successes and their struggles.