Kenneth Gergen
KENNETH GERGEN
2019 Faculty
Kenneth Gergen is a Senior Research Professor at Swarthmore College, and the President of the Taos Institute, a global network of scholars and practitioners exploring the collaborative construction of meaning and action. He is listed among the 50 most influential living psychologists in the world. We are honored to include this excerpt from Kenneth’s extensive scholarship on what it means to be relational and to welcome him as faculty to this year’s Next Practice Institute where he will give a keynote address on the relational imperative.
Click here to read an excerpt from Relational Leading in the Mobius Strip.
Kenneth Gergen
2019 Faculty
Edgar and Peter Schein
EDGAR AND PETER SCHEIN
2019 Faculty
Internationally revered for his pioneering advancements to our field, notably in process consultation, career dynamics, and his model of organizational culture, Edgar Schein is renowned as one of the fathers of Organizational Psychology. In the past four years, in collaboration with his son Peter, Edgar has co-authored three books, and co-developed new perspectives on culture, change and leadership. Focusing on the evolving aspects of their perspective, Edgar and Peter will address the process of leadership, consulting, and coaching, as the world becomes more complex and interdependent.
- To read excerpts from their latest works, please visit the Mobius Strip
- Or visit the Scheins’ website here Organizational Culture and Leadership Institute
Edgar and Peter Schein
2019 Faculty
Stefano Petti
STEFANO PETTI
2019 Faculty
Mobius Friend and NPI Faculty Stefano is a partner at Asterys and a former manager in multinational settings. Together with his partner at Asterys, Mobius Friend Giovanna D’Alessio, they wrote AEquacy: A New Human-Centered Organizational Design to Thrive in a Complex World. An excerpt from the book is available in the Mobius Strip.
Stefano Petti
2019 Faculty
Bettina Rollow
Bettina Rollow
2019 Faculty
Bettina is a Mobius Transformational Faculty Member, coach and advisor. She specializes in collaborative working and supports companies shifting from hierarchical models toward New Work. Her forthcoming book with co-author Mobius Friend Joana Breidenbach is forthcoming. For a sneak preview, an excerpt from New Work needs Inner Work is available to read here in the Mobius Strip.
Bettina Rollow
2019 Faculty
Nadjeschda Taranczewski
NADJESCHDA TARANCZEWSKI
2019 Faculty
Nadjeschda is a psychologist, Master Certified Coach and Senior Mobius Consultant. She is the CEO of Conscious U*, an online training company specialized in helping companies to become a “conscious tribe”. Her book Conscious You: Become the Hero of Your Own Journey is a brilliantly comprehensive guide to many of the models and concepts underpinning our approach to personal mastery.
To learn more about Nadja’s work
- Visit her website Conscious U*
- Read an excerpt from Conscious You in the Mobius Strip
Nadjeschda Taranczewski
2019 Faculty
Adam Kahane
ADAM KAHANE
2019 Faculty
Adam Kahane, Director of Reos Partners, is the author of Solving Tough Problems, a best-seller of which Nelson Mandela said, “This breakthrough book addresses the central challenge of our time: finding a way to work together to solve problems we have created.” We will be celebrating the launch of Adam’s latest book published just in time for the Summer Gathering.
To learn more about Adam’s work:
- Watch this half-hour video about the mistakes we make when we attempt to solve difficult problems with other people. In this inspiring talk, Adam introduces 3 steps that help people and teams to get unstuck.
- Watch the 5-minute exclusive Next Practice interview.
- Visit Reos Partners for publications, including instructions for practices such as the paired walk and to sign up for the blog
- Read excerpts from his book in the Mobius Strip: Collaborating with the Enemy (2017); Talking Cannot Replace Fighting (2016)
Adam Kahane
2017 Faculty
Jill Ader
JILL ADER
2018 Faculty
In June 2018 Jill Ader was elected Chair of Egon Zehnder, becoming the first female leader of a global top five executive search and leadership advisory firm. She is also the co-founder with Mobius Executive Leadership, of the Executive Breakthrough Program. To learn more about Jill’s work, read an interview with Jill on the challenge of CEO succession in the Mobius Strip
Jill Ader
2018 Faculty
Linda Hill
LINDA HILL
2017 Faculty
Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School and co-author of Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation. She is the faculty chair of the Leadership Initiative and has chaired numerous HBS Executive Education programs, including the Young Presidents’ Organization Presidents’ Seminar and the High Potentials Leadership Program.
To learn more about Linda’s work:
- Visit collectivegenius.com where you can access an excerpt from the book and Linda’s TED talk
- Read an excerpt from Linda’s book on Collective Genius in the 2017 Mobius Strip
Linda Hill
2017 Faculty
Marco Iansiti
MARCO IANSITI
2018 Faculty
Marco is the David Sarnoff Professor of Business Administration, heads the Technology and Operations Management Unit and the Digital Initiative at Harvard Business School. To learn more about Marco’s work, visit his faculty page at the Harvard Business School.
Marco Iansiti
2018 Faculty
Mieke Jacobs
MIEKE JACOBS
2018 – 2019 Faculty
Mieke is a member of Mobius Transformational Faculty. Visit the Fall 2018 edition of the Mobius Strip to read her article on the topic.
Mieke Jacobs
2018-2019 Faculty
Natascha van Boetzelaer
NATASCHA VAN BOETZELAER
2018 Faculty
Natascha is the Global Digital Talent Advisor at Egon Zehnder. To learn more about Natascha’s work and to read her articles, click here to visit the Egon Zehnder website.
Natascha van Boetzelaer
2018 Faculty
Nilima Bhat
NILIMA BHAT
2017 Faculty
Nilima Bhat is a leading transformational facilitator helping individuals and organizations in their quest for conscious evolution. Along with Raj Sisodia, she is the co-author of Shakti Leadership: Embracing Feminine and Masculine Power in Business.
To learn more about Nilima’s work:
- Read excerpts from Shakti Leadership in the Mobius Strip, 2017 and 2016
- Watch the teaser video of Nilima’s talk at the 2017 Annual Gathering and the full keynote (50 minutes) where she gives us an inspired tour through the big ideas behind Shakti Leadership including the masculine and feminine polarities and how these relate to four basic archetypes operating within each of us.
- Consider enrolling in the Shakti Leadership Advanced Leadership Program for Women to Unlock The Source for True Leadership. Certified in partnership with the University of San Diego. The 2018 program commences in June, lasting nine months, with biweekly video classes, one week-long residential and optional pilgrimages to India and Turkey. Learn more.
Nilima Bhat
2017 Faculty
Otto Scharmer
OTTO SCHARMER
2016 Faculty
Read Otto Scharmer’s latest article Eight Emerging Lessons: From Coronavirus to Climate Action.
Within weeks we have accomplished more than years of debates on reducing carbon emissions. And there are vital lessons coming out of Southeast Asia both in terms of tactics that work in managing the spread of coronavirus and the Confucius’ teachings on the power of cultivating inner harmony in order to change the world.
Otto Scharmer is a Mobius Senior Expert, Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and co-founder of the Presencing Institute. At the inaugural Next Practice Institute he shared his transformational efforts linking business, self and society and his pioneering work driving profound systems innovation “from the emerging future”. Dr. Scharmer has written several seminal books including Leading From the Emerging Future, Theory U, and Presence.
To learn more about Otto’s work
- Watch Otto’s keynote during the 2016 NPI Leading from the Emerging Future
- Read an excerpt from his book in the Mobius Strip, The Essentials of Theory U
Otto Scharmer
2016 Faculty
Paul Zonneveld
PAUL ZONNEVELD
2018 – 2019 Faculty
Paul is a member of Mobius Transformational Faculty, he is also the program director for Systemic Coaching and Systemic Intelligence. Visit the Fall 2018 edition of the Mobius Strip to read his article on the topic.
Paul Zonneveld
2018-2019 Faculty
Priya Parker
PRIYA PARKER
2018 Faculty
Priya Parker is a Mobius Senior Expert and founder of Thrive Labs. She has deep expertise in both innovation and conflict mediation. To learn more about her work:
- Read an excerpt from her book The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why it Matters, published in the Mobius Strip
- Watch Priya in conversation about the key ideas from her book in this half-hour video
- Visit the Thrive Labs website
Priya Parker
2018 Faculty
Robert Kegan
ROBERT KEGAN
2018 Faculty
Bob is the William and Miriam Meehan Professor of Adult Learning and Professional Development at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. He is a pioneer in the field of adult development and the author of In Over our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Life. He also serves as a Mobius Senior Expert.To learn more about Bob’s work:
- Read an excerpt from the An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization in the Mobius Strip
- Visit the Harvard Graduate School of Education faculty page for a complete list of Bob’s publications and research areas
Robert Kegan
2018 Faculty
Shahmeen Sadiq
SHAHMEEN SADIQ
2018 – 2019 Faculty
Shahmeen is the founder and CEO of Anjali Leadership and a senior consultant at The Full Circle Group and with The Leadership Circle (LCP)
Shahmeen Sadiq
2018-2019 Faculty
Srinivasan Pillay
SRINIVASAN PILLAY
2016 Faculty
Dr. Srinivasan Pillay is a Mobius Senior Expert, author of Your Brain and Business, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Pillay’s teaching combines the latest findings in brain science with his own study of consciousness and the art of manifestation.
To learn more about Srini’s work
- Watch Srini’s keynote during the 2016 NPI where he shares a range of neuroscientific findings and what they mean for leadership today
- For a short recap of Srini’s full length keynote, click here
- Visit NeuroBusiness Group for more information about Srini’s key concepts, books, articles and talks
- Consult the Mobius Strip for Srini’s article How Technology Meets our Psychological Needs
Srinivasan Pillay
2016 Faculty
Simone Ahuja
SIMONE AHUJA
2019 Faculty
We are thrilled to announce that Mobius Senior Expert, innovation guru and award-winning author, Simone Ahuja has been shortlisted for the Distinguished Achievement Award from Thinkers50 for her work to help large companies master the principles of both incremental and start-up style disruptive innovation. At this year’s Next Practice Institute, Simone will share the key ideas from her latest book, Disrupt-it-Yourself: Eight Ways to Hack a Better Business. Stay tuned for the special excerpt to be featured in the Fall 2019 edition of the Mobius Strip. To learn more about this year’s December Next Practice Institute, click here .
Thinkers50 is the premier ranking of global thinkers and has been described as the “Oscar’s of management thinking.”
Simone Ahuja
2019 Faculty
Thomas DeLong
Thomas DeLong
2018 Faculty
Thomas DeLong is a Senior Fellow and the former Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Management Practice in the Organizational Behavior area at the Harvard Business School. He also serves as a Mobius Senior Expert. To learn more about Tom’s work
- Read an excerpt from Tom’s book Flying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success in the Mobius Strip
- Visit the Harvard Business School faculty page for a complete list of Tom’s publications and research areas
Paul Zonneveld
2018-2019 Faculty
Thomas Huebl
Thomas Huebl
2016 – 2019 Faculty
Thomas Huebl is a rare guide: a masterful mystic able to navigate advanced realms of spiritual mastery while presenting himself in a delightfully warm, transparent, brotherly way. He is the best of 21st-century enlightenment.
To learn more about Thomas’s work:
- Visit Thomas’ official website where there is a wealth of resources including online courses, free audio and video content, downloadable meditations and more information about Thomas’ projects around the world
- Watch the wonderful discussion between Thomas and the Poet David Whyte recorded at the 2017 Annual Gathering
- Read some of Thomas’ writing, Working with Collective Trauma in the Mobius Strip
Thomas Huebl
2016-2019 Faculty
Tony Schwartz
Tony Schwartz
2017 Faculty
Tony Schwartz is a Mobius Senior Expert and the CEO and founder of The Energy Project, which helps companies sustain high performance. He co-authored The Power of Full Engagement, now translated into 28 languages. His latest book, The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working, has also gone on to be a New York Times and WSJ bestseller.
To learn more about Tony’s work:
- Visit www.theenergyproject.com where you can sign up for the blog, watch a series of videos encapsulating the key ideas and download case studies
- Read Tony’s article in the Mobius Strip
Tony Schwartz
2017 Faculty
Zafer Achi
Zafer Achi
2016, 2018 – 2019 Faculty
Zafer Achi is a Mobius Senior Expert, a developmental leadership coach, and a former Director in the Organization Practice of McKinsey & Company. In his keynote and Mobius Strip article he distills the lessons he learned in his thirty years of experience as a practitioner and advisor to large public- and private-sector transformations around the world.
To learn more about Zafer’s work
- In this 11 minute video Zafer discusses the three insights he learnt the hard way about how to approach complexity. To watch, click here
- For more, watch Zafer’s keynote during the 2016 NPI, a very informed encapsulation of how to work with and embrace complexity
- Read the McKinsey Quarterly article “Delighting in the Possible”, co-written with Jennifer Garvey Berger
- Read Zafer’s article in the Mobius Strip 2018 Embracing Complexity
Zafer Achi
2016, 2018-2019 Faculty
Zander Grashow
Zander Grashow
2018 – 2019 Faculty
Alexander (Zander) Grashow is a Mobius Senior Expert, and co-author of the seminal leadership book, with Ron Heifetz and Marty Linsky, The Practice of Adaptive Leadership. The former CEO of Cambridge Leadership Associates, in 2015 Zander founded The Good Wolf Group as the next evolution in leadership, business and personal development practice.
Zander teaches Adaptive Leadership and Alignment to Change at the Next Practice Institute (faculty 2018-2020) where he leads a immersive learning track delving into the art and practice of individual and collective evolution. For more information about studying with Zander and joining the global community of practitioners who gather for NPI each year, visit the 2019 Annual Gathering which takes place in December.
To learn more about Zander’s work
- Read an excerpt from The Practice of Adaptive Leadership, on distinguishing technical from adaptive challenges, leadership from authority, and the four archetypes of adaptive challenges, in the Fall 2018 Mobius Strip
- Visit The Good Wolf Group website
Zander Grashow
2018 – 2019 Faculty
Alexander Caillet
Alexander Caillet
2016 – 2019 Faculty
Alexander Caillet is an organizational psychologist, consultant, and coach. Known internationally for his pioneering approach to team coaching, his work has spanned more than 30 countries. In addition to his work with individuals and teams, his extensive background in management consulting includes organizational redesign and restructurings, post-merger integrations, functional shared services, continuous improvement programs, business turnarounds, team-based structures, change leadership programs, and culture change initiatives.
To learn more about Alexander’s work
- Visit www.corentus.com where you can sign up for webinars and find articles and podcasts in the resources section covering leadership, team development and states of mind
- Consult the Mobius Strip for Alexander and Amy Yeager’s article Understanding Team Development Practice
- And the 2017 edition for the Team Adaptability Advantage
- Sign up to train with Alexander at the October 2018 NPI
Alexander Caillet
2016 – 2019 Faculty
Amy C. Edmondson
Amy C. Edmondson
2016 Faculty
Amy C. Edmondson is a Mobius Senior Expert, the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School and author of Teaming. Amy is considered a seminal thinker in the domain of psychological safety in organizations and on the work of teams in driving innovation. She advises senior leaders in both the private and public sectors with a strong focus on health care institutions.
To learn more about Amy’s work
- Visit Amy’s Harvard Business School profile for featured writings, publication list, areas of research and discussions of her work in the press
- Read Amy’s article in the Mobius Strip: Building the Future (2016)
Amy C. Edmondson
2016 Faculty
Bob Anderson
Bob Anderson
2017 Faculty
Bob Anderson is the creator of the cutting-edge assessment The Leadership Circle Profile. He serves as faculty for the Executive Education Center at the University of Notre Dame, he is also the co-author of Mastering Leadership: An Integrated Framework for Breakthrough Performance and Extraordinary Business Results.
To learn more about Bob’s work:
- Read Bob’s article in the Mobius Strip on problem-reacting versus outcome-creating
- Watch Bob Anderson’s keynote address at the 2017 Annual Gathering. Not only an invaluable overview for everyone interested in using the LCP to assess leaders, but on a broader level, this is a wonderfully accessible introduction to the adaptive challenges facing each of us today and the primary mindset shifts we must make to address these.
- Visit The Leadership Circle website to learn more about The Leadership Circle Profile, to find out how to get certified to administer the tool and for white papers and more
- Go to the book’s promotional website to download a free chapter
- For anyone interested in getting certified in the LCP at the October 2018 Next Practice Institute, more information about the track is available here.
Bob Anderson
2017 Faculty
Dick Schwartz
Dick Schwartz
2017 – 2019 Faculty
Dr. Richard Schwartz developed the Internal Family Systems (IFS) approach. He is a Mobius Senior Expert and the co-author of the most widely used family therapy text in the United States.
To learn more about Dick’s work:
- Read Dick’s articles on the IFS model in the Mobius Strip: Evolution of the Internal Family Systems Model and a follow-on essay examining The Larger Self
- Watch the 7 minute teaser video of Dick Schwartz’s session at the 2017 Annual Gathering and the full keynote (57 minutes) which offers a wonderful encapsulation of how the model came about, more on the different parts of ourselves, the nature of the self-led person and a guided exercise for working with your inner critic to have it stand back.
- Visit the Center for Self Leadership for more information about Internal Family Systems including white papers and training opportunities
- For more information about the week-long immersive Dick is teaching at this year’s Next Practice Institute in December 2019, click here
Dick Schwartz
2017 – 2019 Faculty
Erica Ariel Fox
Erica Ariel Fox
2016 – 2017 Faculty
Erica Ariel Fox is the Co-founder and President of Mobius Executive Leadership and Lecturer on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. An internationally-recognized master leadership expert, she is the author of the New York Times bestseller Winning from Within: A Breakthrough Method for Leading, Living, and Lasting Change. She combines the intellectual rigor from two decades of teaching at Harvard Law School with the perception of a finely-attuned Intuitive.
To learn more about Erica’s work:
- Visit Erica’s website where you will find a range of learning resources including: a book excerpt and a complete bibliography of podcasts, articles and videos which explore the Winning from Within leadership archetypes
- Join more than 150,000 people following Erica on LinkedIn
- Click here to watch Erica’s keynote during the 2016 NPI
- For a short recap of Erica’s full length keynote, click here
- Consult the Mobius Strip where we regularly feature Erica’s work
Erica Ariel Fox
2016 – 2017 Faculty
Gina LaRoche
Gina LaRoche
2018 Faculty
Gina is a Mobius Executive Coach and an organizational leadership consultant and facilitator. She co-founded Seven Stones Leadership Group with Jennifer Cohen and together they authored the new book The Seven Laws of Enough: Cultivating a Life of Sustainable Abundance. To learn more, visit the Mobius Strip to read an excerpt from the book.
Gina LaRoche
2018 Faculty
Jennifer Cohen
Jennifer Cohen
2016 – 2019 Faculty
Jennifer Cohen is a Mobius Transformational Faculty member, a leadership and organizational coach and consultant who brings Mobius over 25 years experience coaching individuals and groups. Jennifer is also the founder of Seven Stone Leadership Group and is certified as a Master Somatic Coach by the Strozzi Institute for Learning and Mastery where she studied for more than a decade.
To learn more about Jennifer’s work
- Visit the Seven Stone Leadership Group website where you will learn more about the Sustainable Abundance movement and can sign up to receive the blog and a selection of coaching tools
- Consult the Mobius Strip where Jennifer’s work on Somatic leadership is regularly featured.
- Read an excerpt from her new book with co-author Gina LaRoche, The Seven Laws of Enough: Cultivating a Life of Sustainable Abundance
Jennifer Cohen
2016 Faculty
Jennifer Garvey-Berger
Jennifer Garvey-Berger
2016, 2017-2018 Faculty
Jennifer Garvey Berger is a Mobius Senior Expert and renowned internationally for her work on complexity leadership and adult development. She is the founder of Cultivating Leadership, the author of Changing on the Job: Developing Leaders for a Complex World and co-author of Simple Habits for Complex Times: Powerful Practices for Leaders.
To learn more about Jennifer’s work
- In this short video, Jennifer introduces the stages of adult and leadership development: from socialized mind to self-authored and self-transforming mind. To watch, click here
- For more, watch Jennifer’s keynote during the 2016 NPI where she discusses cultivating wisdom across the stages of adult development
- Visit Cultivating Leadership for Jennifer’s blog, white papers, videos and podcasts
- Read an excerpt from Jennifer’s books: Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps and Simple Habits for Complex Times in the Mobius Strip
Jennifer Garvey-Berger
2017 Faculty
Robert Gass
Robert Gass
2016 – 2018 Faculty
For over 30 years, Robert Gass, Ed.D, a Mobius Senior Expert, has been known for pioneering work in leadership development and organizational transformation. Holding a doctorate in Organizational Psychology from Harvard, Robert’s work synthesizes a diverse background in social change, humanistic psychology, organizational behavior, the arts and spirituality. Robert and his wife and life partner of 45 years, Judith Ansara, have for many years led retreats for committed couples. He is also a well-known recording artist and performing musician specializing in sacred chant.
To learn more about Robert and Judith’s work
- Visit their website www.sacredunion.com
- Consult the Mobius Strip for Robert’s article The Work of Transformational Consulting
Robert Gass
2016 – 2018 Faculty