The OrgChanger method
Organizations don’t lack ideas or talent. They lack idea pathways.
I help leaders and insiders find where their organization blocks good ideas – and build the pathways that get them funded and built.
42+ schools
teach the Ivey case on my work, in 23 countries
$700M+
value of a 75+ project innovation portfolio (2012–2014)
10x
return across that portfolio, calculated conservatively
25+ years
inside global pharma, from startups to Global 20
The book · January 15, 2027
Where the Ivey case stops, the book begins.
The case freezes at the 2012 decision point and asks, “What do I do now?” The OrgChanger answers: what I actually chose, what it produced, and what it cost.
“There are very few books written from the perspective of a seasoned researcher who actually did the work on the ground… Highly recommended.”
Chuck House, author of The HP Phenomenon
Why good ideas die
Every idea must survive three journeys. Most organizations block at least one.
It is rarely the people and almost never the ideas – it is structure.
BARRIER 1
Ideas can’t travel up
Good ideas need rank or a well-placed champion before anyone funds them.
BARRIER 2
Ideas can’t travel across
Functions guard their turf, and handoffs between silos are where ideas stall.
BARRIER 3
Talk doesn’t become action
Everyone agrees in the room – and nothing changes on Monday.
Work with me
From diagnosis to pathways that last
Advisory →
Program rescue, innovation ecosystem design, fractional leadership.
Workshops →
Teams diagnose their own barriers and leave with a decision.
Speaking →
Keynotes and “The Ivey Case, Live” for leaders and business schools.
Coaching →
For intrapreneurs and ERG/BRG leaders driving change from inside.
“He created the Boehringer Ingelheim School for Intrapreneurs, built sponsorship for it in difficult times … and coached the teams he assembled to achieve results that gave a 10 to 1 return on funds invested.”
Gifford Pinchot III, who coined the term “intrapreneur”
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