John Canfield
• United States: Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area
• management consulting
Current: President, Canfield & Associates
Past:
Director of Corporate Quality, Design Research, Herman Miller
Senior Engineering Manager, Intel Corporation
John Canfield
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Address: Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area
Current:
- President at Canfield & Associates
Past:
- Director of Corporate Quality, Design Research at Herman Miller
- Senior Engineering Manager at Intel Corporation
Education:
- University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- Williams College
People Network: 35
Industry: Management Consulting
Websites:
John Canfield’s Summary
John Canfield has worked as an independent management consultant with hundreds of company leaders throughout the world helping organizations build improvement and innovation capability since 1990.
John is an experienced seminar leader who has been trained to facilitate a wide variety of planning, problem solving, creativity, and project leadership processes and tools.
With thirty years of individual and organization development leadership experience in both the people and equipment sides of processes, John has an extensive background in working with all levels of employees in many types of organizations.
John has cross-cultural experience - 35+ countries in Americas, Caribbean, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and South East Asia.
John has earned a B.S. in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering from the University of Minnesota and a B.A. in Political Science and Psychology from Williams College.
Prior to 1990 John was a Senior Engineering Manager for Intel Corporation and later Director of Corporate Quality and Design Research for Herman Miller.
Partnering with:
Leadership Strategies: http://www.leadstrat.com/jcanfield.shtml
Lean Enterprise Institute: http://www.lean.org/WhoWeAre/People.cfm
MiBiz Article Series: http://www.mibiz.com/goodthinking.asp
Singapore Institute of Management: http://www1.sim.edu.sg
John Canfield’s Specialties:
Building High Performance Business Teams
- strategic planning
- scenario planning
- process improvement - waste search
- collaboration skills
- creative thinking skills
- meeting facilitation
- leading teams
- leading change
- leading an innovative organization
President
Canfield & Associates
(Management Consulting industry)
December 1990 — Present (17 years 5 months)
Lead and coach corporate change projects. Develop high performance business leaders and teams.
Since 1990 have led all phases of consulting engagements. Developed and presented 1400+ seminars and facilitated meetings to 120+ clients in North America, Caribbean, Europe, and Asia.
Eductional Details:
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1980 — 1982
Additional Information
John Canfield’s Websites:
- My Website
John Canfield’s Groups:
Leadership Strategies: http://www.leadstrat.com/jcanfield.shtml
Lean Enterprise Institute: http://www.lean.org/WhoWeAre/People.cfm
MiBiz Article Series: http://www.mibiz.com/goodthinking.asp
Singapore Institute of Management: http://www1.sim.edu.sg
- Executive Suite member
- Innovation People member