Jim Oswald

Current

• Senior Business Strategist/Professional Facilitator at Gensler

Past

• Director, LA Operations at MIG
• University Campus Planner at Stanford University

Education

• Stanford University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

• My article on Creative Ldrshp

Jim Oswald’s Summary

Organizational strategist/facilitator, work closely with for Fortune 100-500 profit, non-profit, institutional, and educational clients to assess, clarify and focus, and strengthen organizational culture, structure, and effectiveness; work collaboratively with management teams to develop strategic plans/business plans; design and facilitate a wide variety of company offsites and retreats around organizational goal-setting, strategic planning and alignment, and communication/collaboration; develop and facilitate small/large scale strategy, leadership, and teambuilding events (Inventive Eventing) throughout the US, Europe, Asia, and Australia; work closely with HR/Facilities and Real Estate Managers to strengthen the nexus between workplace design and organizational effectiveness. Most interested in maximizing organizational/individual effectiveness and success.

Most recent retreat/strategic planning facilitation projects include The North Face, Prana, PBS, AIA, University of Hawaii, Microsoft, Pricewaterhousecoopers, Merrill Lynch, Accenture, Fidelity, ANEW, City of Calgary Economic Development Department, Johnson & Johnson. . just to name a few.

Jim Oswald’s Specialties:

Organizational Design and Strategy; Organizational Effectiveness; Strategic Communication/Change Management; Strategic Planning; and Design and Facilitation of Executive/Management Leadership,Teambuilding, and Strategic Planning Retreats and Offsites; and Deliver Keynote Presentations/Interactive Workshops on Creative Leadership (see my article on the AIA website about "Creative Leadership" (http://www.aia.org/k_nwsltr_200610_feature)

Jim Oswald’s Experience

• Senior Business Strategist/Professional Facilitator

  Gensler

  (Management Consulting industry)

  1998 — Present (11 years )

• Director, LA Operations

  MIG

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)

  June 1985 — March 1998 (12 years 10 months)

  Developed and facilitated community outreach/public participation programs throughout the US for city, county, educational, non-profit, and corporate clients including projects pertaining to urban and regional planning; General Plans and zoning; environmental planning/environmental review; open space and conservation; long range development plans; transportation and circulation planning; long range housing plans; and city budgeting and priority-setting. Work included design and facilitation of workshops, meetings, forums, and symposia as well as preparation and delivery of complex communication/media plans; and preparation of educational videos/presentations and other collateral.

• University Campus Planner

  Stanford University

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Higher Education industry)

  June 1983 — June 1985 (2 years 1 month)

Jim Oswald’s Education

• Stanford University

  AB, Urban Planning/Policy Analysis and BS, Applied Earth Sciences/Strategic Planning emphasis , City Planning, Strategic Planning, Economics, Organizational Strategy, Earth Sciences , 1978 — 1982

  Activities and Societies:

  Newman Center, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alumni Fundraising

Additional Information

Jim Oswald’s Websites:

• My article on Creative Ldrshp