Jack Ricchiuto
Jack's work is about teaching groups to become smarter together. When groups are smarter together, people are focused, engaged, inspired, and aligned. They get more done because they're engaging their strengths in ways that make their weaknesses irrelevant.
For 30 years, Jack's work with groups spans 24 industries and a variety of urban, rural, and virtual communities (see 8 of his client stories). He works with groups from 5 to 500+ including organizational teams, project teams, community groups, task forces, governing boards and committees, and leadership teams. His work is about transformation.
Jack has worked with all levels and functions of groups in Aerospace, Architecture, Automotive, Bio Tech, Communications, Consulting, Consumer Products, Commercial Products, Community Development, Design/Build Firms, Economic Development, Education, Sustainability, Finance, Government, Health Care, Industrial, Information Technology, Internet Startups, Leadership Development, Legal & Accounting, Manufacturing, Marketing, Non-Profit Services, Publishing/Media.
Jack continues to contribute to thought leadership in leading edge areas such as strengths-based leadership and organizations, asset based community development, social network development, and innovation, much of which is published in his books and blogs. He has recently been named as one of the top 10 experts in Social Network sciences in the world.
Collaborative Creativity (1997) suggests that creativity is an ability that can be cultivated and that innovation is more possible when we approach it as a collaboration. Accidental Conversations (2002) is a look at organization and community development from the lens of the new sciences including quantum physics, ecology, complexity and chaos sciences. Its theme is that when we have freedom in our connectivity, the best things in life happen unplanned.
Project Zen (2003) explores best project management practices from the three core Zen principles of interdependence, impermanence, and uniqueness. It's a practical guide to getting any project on time, on target, and on budget. Appreciative Leadership (2005) is a manifesto of 60 principles supporting an appreciative approach to all dimensions of leadership. It is a groundbreaking translation of asset and strengths based approaches, inspired by Appreciative Inquiry.
In Mountain Paths (2006), Jack applies the appreciative approach to core personal growth and development themes including creating focus and passion in your work, creating effective relationships, and making productive use of our time. Conscious Becoming (2007) is Jack's newest work. It's a series of meditations on what it means to be conscious in our everyday lives, written in the style of the Tao te Ching. It is based on the observation that conscious people are easier to work with, live with, love with, and play with. Jack's latest book with co-author George Nemeth, Instructions From The Cook presents a compelling, simple, and powerful model for building community.
Jack’s work with leaders and organizations focuses on issues including strategic planning, executive and life coaching, project management coaching, leadership development, organization development, board effectiveness, innovation management, and social network development. His community engagement work that focuses on economic and community development and capacity building is inspired by world-wide practice methodologies such as Open Space Technology, A Small Group, World Cafe, and Appreciative Inquiry.
Jack’s undergraduate degree is from John Carroll University (1974) and graduate degree from Goddard College, Vermont (1980). In his early training in his 20's, he was mentored by the pioneers in American, European, and Japanese models of personal growth and development. He continues teaching and curriculum design with undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctorate programs in colleges and universities including Kent State University, Vanderbilt University, and UC Berkeley.
Jack is a mentor with the Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows Program and acts as content and process expert to other national consulting firms including the Cobalt Group, the Capacity Institute, and the Rallus Group.
Jack has written for local and national publications including Smart Business and Projects@Work magazines and he has been quoted in Entrepreneur Magazine and Harvard Business Review. He continues to coach and mentor writers and book self-publishers.
Brief version of Jack's Bio
Jack Ricchiuto / rik-'u-to
Coordinates
- Phone / 216.373.7475 (EST)
- Email / jack at designinglife dot com
- Skype / jackricchiuto
- Address / 1020 Kenilworth Avenue Cleveland OH 44113
- Life & Learning Passions / Travel, writing, cooking, photography, music & the arts, meditation, yoga, tai chi, golf, new technologies, Web 2.0, design, intentional communities, new conversations, storytelling, fly fishing
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