John Oliver

Experience

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  Practical Action

  Dec 1992 - Jun 1996

  Project Manager

  Overseas aid charity founded by EF Schumacher (auther of "Small is Beautifum", previously called Intermediate Technology Developement Group (ITDG)Initial role as Project Manager for the consultancy outsourcing division, managing the proposal, consultant selection and reporting process to funding organisations such as the UN, the UK Govt Aid programme and the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation).I was then assigned as an in-country project support manager to a renewable energy project in Nepal and the creation of a local-economy ceramics factory in Ghana. Show less

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  KROHNE S.A. and KROHNE Inc.

  Aug 1996 - Jun 2000

  Product Marketing Manager EU and USA

  1996 – 2000 (4 years) KROHNE S.A. www.krohne.com France (2 years) and Boston, USA (2 years) Sector: Industrial Instrumentation (Radar)

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  OneAccess

  Feb 2002 - Apr 2006

  Sales Manager for Northern Europe

  Sales Manager, Northern Europe (+ Projects in Middle East, S. America). 1st year as Product Marketing Manager Based in London and France. Initial business development phase to break into new territories. Product demonstrations, competitive benchmarking and product training. Achieved 1st OEM software contract sale (Norway), and Value Added Partnership status with top satellite companies in UK (British Telecom, Inmarsat), including the UK’s largest satellite retail channel to the Middle East. Revenue growth from €0 in FY2002 to €400k in FY2005, and target of €1m in FY2006. DVB-H Mobile TV customers include T-Systems, Siemens and BenQ. Responsibility for German sales territory, and in-country sales manager. - Speeches and papers given at major international conferences, International Broadcasters Conference, Amsterdam, Singapore (2003/2004). Show less

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  Organisation5point0.com

  Sept 2003 - Nov 2015

  Independent Researcher - organisational psychology

  Independent researcher on organisational development: www.organisation5point0.com: Collating my interviews since 2001 with CEOs around the world on their experiments with new organisational structures and cultures; reviewing the literature and theories of organisational design and leadership; creating a database of organisational practices.

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  Prodata-Partners Ltd.

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2009

  Telecoms Strategy Consultant
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  Human-Equity Ltd

  Mar 2009 - Dec 2019

  Organizational Development Specialist - narratives, developmental psychology, Sensemaking

  Human-Equity integrates an organisational development facilitation offer and large scale narratives collection, reflection and decision making - bringing new levels of collective and social discourse.Human-Equity is founded on principles of integrating cross-disciplinary approaches to organisational development in: i) individual development - cultivating continuous adult learning and; ii) collective development - leveraging social and complexity sciences to help organisations deliver on their purpose.In both individual and collective development domains, we leverage cutting edge natural language feedback platforms (Lectica and Sensemaking respectively), disrupting questionnaire based methods. From it's founding days in 2009 in working with investors for improving their metrics concerning the human factors in portfolio companies/start-ups, Human-Equity pioneered narratives methods that improved i) appreciation/visibility of founder team profiles and supporting team development; and ii) collective decision making processes within investor teams. Our service offer has evolved into larger scale organisational metrics, in providing a lens on collective dynamics, culture & values, through a variety of feedback platforms including narratives / Sensemaking.Clients in the USA, France, UK, Holland and Sweden across the investment sector (Smedvig Capital, Starquest Capital, Oddo Private Equity, Ardian (Axa Private Equity), XAnge (investment arm of the La Poste group) and BNP Paribas) and corporates (Inter-IKEA (group headquarters), Leaseplan and Airbus). Show less

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  Callisto-Space

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2015

  Strategy and Business Development Consultant
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  IGS RH, l’Ecole RH du Groupe IGS

  Mar 2011 - Nov 2017

  Visiting Lecturer - Organisational Development

  Lecturer in Organisational Design, Leadership, HR and Strategy to Masters students.Other activities include tutoring dissertation projects, and being member of the dissertation jury panels.

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  Inter IKEA Systems B.V.

  Aug 2016 - Apr 2019

  Consultant then Prime Contractor in Large Scale Narratives Mapping and Sensemaking

  Initially working on a project directly mandated by the three Kamprad brothers, to establish which measurement tools can support their worldwide roll-out of a vision of a “values-driven” organisation, i) within the 30,000 network of direct Inter-IKEA Systems employees, and ii) through their “Mandatory Requirements” contracts with the store franchisees (150,000 employees). Auditing of their current employee engagement tools; recommendations for a a Big Data framework applied across business, customer satisfaction and HR data.This then evolved into an opportunity to run 8 international projects as Prime Contractor in narratives capture and a breakthrough Sensemaking approach, providing new opportunities in integrating qualitative and quantitative data. Within a vision for replacing the current survey methods, the Sensemaking approach provides a compelling alternative, with powerful principles in how to increase engagement, reduce bias and create new levels of collective meaning and actions. Show less

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  InteriorTruth.com

  Sept 2019 - now

  Founder - InteriorTruth.com Video Micro Narratives

  A breakthrough approach to video narrative filming and editing, based on pure witnessing...providing a unique reflective space, that invites our inner wisdom and soul to fully express themselves.Serving a wide range of opportunities for personal development, leadership reflection/journaling, leadership communication, personal branding/marketing, and commnity and social initiatives. With a goal of mapping/curating emerging aesthetic, moral and rational principles that emerge from these uniquely personal and spontaneous portraits.Integrating training with Nic Askew (www.nicaskew.com) in the Soul Biographies Inner View Method and inspirations from Focusing (Gendlin) and Integral Theory (Wilber). Show less

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  Tyler.World

  Oct 2020 - now

  Artist

  Working with mixed media, sculpture, portraits, video: www.Tyler.worldRecalibrating my senses and wiring to feeling into the "whole" of our human experience. Experiencing the ego-journey in any creative act - through submission and devotion. Seeking how to build my "syncretic" senses (sensing of the complex whole) vs. all my education and career so far influenced by scientific principles.Drawing on inspirations that the creatives' role is to link and integrate - the study and expression of what connects the domains of our human experience. This includes integrating science, aesthetics and religion (or the Good, True and Beautiful).Trying to put all my philosophical interests into action! Show less