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David Nadler
Founder and CEO of the Delta Consulting Group, Inc., which joined Marsh & McLennan Companies and became Mercer Delta Consulting. Recently appointed to the role of Vice Chairman of MMC.
Consults at the CEO and board level in the areas of large-scale change, corporate governance, executive leadership, organisation design, and executive team development.
Philosophy on OD
Design is one of the most powerful tools for shaping an organisation’s performance.
Relevant publications
Competing By Design: The Power Of Organizational Architecture 1997Organizational Architecture: Designs For Changing Organizations 1992
In both these books he argues that competing by design is the most reliable source of competitive advantage and that there is a need for creating organisation structures that can accommodate constant change. There are ideas for making changes and case studies.