Panelist
Peter Vaill
University Professor of Management in the Ph.D. in Leadership and Change program at Antioch University
One of the nation's most influential organizational change theorists, Peter Vaill is University Professor of
Management in the Ph.D. in Leadership and Change program at Antioch University. There are few if any senior scholarpractitioners
in the field of organizational change and development that could bring more experience and wisdom to Antioch. Dr.
Vaill is internationally known for his innovative approaches to organizational behavior, and has written extensively, including the
well-known Managing as a Performing Art: New Ideas for a World of Chaotic Change (1989); Learning as a Way of Being:
Strategies for Survival in a World of Permanent White Water (1996) and Spirited Leading and Learning: Process Wisdom for a
New Age (1998). The Harvard Business School writes of its famed alumnus (MBA '60, DBA '64): "Cited in some circles as one
of the country's top ten organizational development specialists." Vaill is known for his ideas on what he has termed "permanent
white water, the turbulent social and organizational conditions that managerial leaders face today." Dr. Vaill has also
consistently broken new ground in addressing issues of spirituality in the workplace as well as on the importance of lifelong
learning. In fact, he argues that learning is a foundational element of effective leadership, and that learning is "a way of being." In
2003 he was given the Organization Development Network's Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2007 was the first recipient of
the Peter Frost Mentorship Award by the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society." Most recently, he has chapters in two of
the Sage Publications Handbooks: "Interpersonal Relations in Organizations and the Emergence of Wisdom," in (2007). The
Handbook of organizational and managerial wisdom. E Kessler and J. Bailey, (eds.); and "Process wisdom - the Heart of
Organization Development in (2007). The O.D. Handbook, T. Cummings, (ed.).
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Keynote
Harry Debes
Panelists
Stephen B. Young
Sara Criger
Bonnie Holub
Douglas A. Johnson
Mark Stutrud
Peter Vaill |
