Mark Federman

An unconventional, yet strategic thinker, Mark Federman has more than twenty-five years’ experience in the high-technology industry as executive, manager and consultant, spanning disciplines including research and development, marketing, sales, operations and strategic leadership. This experience has informed and influenced both his master’s and doctoral research, leading to what has been described as “an important contribution to knowledge in this area.”

Mark earned his Ph.D. at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. The title of the thesis is “From BAH to ba: Valence Theory and the future of organization,” the manuscript of which can be found at http://valencetheory.pbworks.com . This work strives to re-theorize the concept and consequences of organization for our contemporary circumstances, providing a wider range of questions that can reasonably be asked of practical situations, and substantially more, humanistic options for decision making that are not readily available to managers.

Mark is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Coaching, Leadership and Organization Development at the Adler Graduate Professional School in Toronto, the first, private, graduate university accredited in Ontario. Under Mark's leadership, Adler will be seeking accreditation for a new Master's degree in Leadership and Organization Development and Coaching.

An internationally sought educator, speaker, facilitator and playshop leader, Mark consults to businesses and government agencies as a strategy advisor, using a variety of thinking tools and critical frameworks as approaches to gaining awareness, perception and insight into complex issues in an environment of continual change.

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