Ashridge Consulting

Adrian was born in Melbourne Australia, but moved to England at the age of two. He now lives in Vermont, USA with his wife Marsha, with whom he has co-facilitated many projects. He also maintains a home base in Wiltshire, England.

Adrian’s first degree was in Social Studies (Salford), he has a Masters degree in Manpower Studies from Bath University (1975), and he is a fellow of Roffey Park Management College. He lectured at Bath University School of Management for many years, and was a founding member of the Centre for the Study of Organisational Change and Development. He has taught on various MBAs in the UK and overseas. At Ashridge he is a member of the founding faculty of the Ashridge Masters Degree in Organisaton Consulting and the new Doctorate programme.

As a consultant, Adrian’s clients include Lucas Engineering, Nabarro Nathanson, Wedgewood Crystal, Dartington Glass, Stoll Moss Theatres, Aerosystems International, Digital Computers, Berger Britain, Kent and Northamptonshire CountyCouncils, The Wrekin District Council, South Glamorgan County Council &Social Services, Heytesbury Holdings, Expandite, British Aerospace, Lucas Insustries, Natwest Bank, Inner London Magistrates Courts¹ Service, Ashridge Management College, British Airways, Nokia, Masterfoods Europe.

Adrian is joint author of a number of books on organisation development, management development and corporate cultures, has presented papers to conferences around the world, and spent a sabbatical working at York University, Toronto. His new publication, The Fourth Option, will be published in the spring of 2007.

• Facilitation of long term organisational change
• Supporting organisations through periods of cultural change
• Working with leadership, senior management and key personnel over a sustained period of time
• Coaching, counselling and team development

More recently Adrian has been working with Appreciative Inquiry as an approach to organisational change, having discovered that the ideas and methods very closely parallel those of his approach to cultural change, particularly in the use of social constructionist ideas.