Robert Peagler

Robert Peagler Connect More… Robert Peagler Robert has a premium account Click to upgrade to Premium Design-Driven Social Innovation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania See 500+ connections See contact info Social Innovation Associates State University of New York at Albany Experience Social Innovation Associates Chief Problem Solver Company NameSocial Innovation Associates Dates Employed2001 – Present Employment Duration18 yrs LocationGreater Philadelphia Area We work with clients to provide the shared understanding, strategic vision, organizational structure, and innovation processes they need to achieve their goals in the face of daunting social complexity and uncertainty. We draw on skills in strategy formulation, sense-making, human-centered design, service and experience design, process reengineering, organizational development, coaching, and facilitation to deliver elegant solutions to vexing challenges. Clients include: • Philadelphia Department of Public Health (Philly) • #MyGivingStory [Giving Tuesday, 92nd St Y] (New York City, NY) • The Banff Centre of Arts and Creativity, Leadership Development Program (Banff, Canada) • Buckminster Fuller Institute (Brooklyn, NY) • Center for Transformative Change (Berkeley, CA) • Cynefin Centre for Organizational Complexity (London, UK) & Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [DARPA] • Interaction Institute for Social Change, Big Democracy Lab (Boston, MA) • New York Restoration Project/New York Garden Trust (New York City, NY) • Park Slope Food Coop (Brooklyn, NY) • Seasons Fund for Social Transformation/Ford Foundation (New York, NY) • SMARTlab Centre (London, UK) • stone circles (Durham, NC) • UC Irvine Game Culture and Technology Lab (Irvine, CA) See less Common Practice Director Business Strategy & Sales Operations, Senior Designer, Co-founder Company NameCommon Practice Dates Employed2009 – 2016 Employment Duration7 yrs LocationGreater Philadelphia Area (Previously Action Mill LLC) BUSINESS STRATEGY • Led development of company’s strategy and business model; worked with Wh... See more 'Gaming' death: how to make end-of-life planning less heavy - NewsWorks 'Gaming' death: how to make end-of-life planning less heavy - NewsWorks Matter Designer/Strategist Company NameMatter Dates Employed2007 – 2009 Employment Duration2 yrs LocationAtlanta, GA Developed models and frameworks for large scale systems transformation, provided facilitation, mediation, and coaching to enhancing firm’s capacity to work productively in the face of high social and organizational complexity. Created a model illuminating root causes and identifying paths beyond a persistent impasse for a national-scale systems c... See more echo::system Project Griot, Designer-Researcher-Artist Company Nameecho::system Dates Employed2002 – 2008 Employment Duration6 yrs LocationPittsburgh, PA As chief project historian, sense-maker, and methodologist provided organizational development, business strategy, and knowledge management for the initial research and development phase of Grisha Coleman's transdisciplinary art/science/technology project. Created methods and tools to facilitate transdisciplinary collaboration spanning ... See more Design Studio for Social Intervention (DS4SI), Boston, MA Principal, Director of Design Practice & Organizational Research, Co-Founder Company NameDesign Studio for Social Intervention (DS4SI), Boston, MA Dates Employed2003 – 2007 Employment Duration4 yrs LocationGreater Boston Area Principal, Design Practice & Organizational Research lead. Co-founded this nonprofit start-up (incubated within the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology), developed and managed... See more Cynefin NA Affiliate Company NameCynefin NA Dates Employed2004 – 2005 Employment Duration1 yr LocationCambridge, MA One of small team of consultants launching the North American node of the Cynefin Centre for Organizational Complexity’s international network of consultants and researchers. (The Cynefin Centre was re-christened as Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd in 2005. www.cognitive-edge.com ) MIT Center for Reflective Community Practice, Cambridge MA Research & Development Fellow, Organizational Development Consultant Company NameMIT Center for Reflective Community Practice, Cambridge MA Dates Employed2003 – 2004 Employment Duration1 yr LocationCambridge, MA As a fellow and later as organizational development consultant, supported organization to expand its mission serving excluded communities. The Center sought to build on its expertise in knowledge capture and sharing, to include design-driven social and technical innovation. To this end, created and managed a program of human-centered and participato... See more Steelcase, Inc. Research & Development Team Leader Company NameSteelcase, Inc. Dates Employed2001 Employment Durationless than a year LocationGreater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area Contributed expertise in knowledge management and narrative-based sense-making as leader/collaborator for Knowledge Capture team, within major research validation and prototype development effort. Reviewed basic research and developed overall project plan. Managed an internationally diverse cohort of designer-researchers to develop ne... See more Razorfish, Inc. Knowledge Ecologist (Knowledge Management + Organizational Development Lead) Company NameRazorfish, Inc. Dates Employed2000 – 2001 Employment Duration1 yr LocationGreater New York City Area As internal consultant, worked for the Executive Vice President of Infrastructure while company was experiencing turbulent organizational change stressed relationships between employees and threatened to erode the quality of consulting delivered to clients. Identified systemic challenges to morale and productivity. Intervened on strategic level by ... See more IBM Research Knowledge Management/Organizational Learning (Internal Consultant) Company NameIBM Research Dates Employed1997 – 2000 Employment Duration3 yrs LocationYorktown Heights, NY As member of Market Analysis & Strategy Group based in Watson Lab, the Research Division's global headquarters, developed and implemented initiatives that built capacity for innovation and agility throughout this division of over 4,000 employees on three continents. Conceived, designed, and managed an integrated set of interventions to identify ... See more Show fewer experiences Education State University of New York at Albany State University of New York at Albany Degree NameMaster of Library and Information Science Field Of StudyComputer Based Instruction State University of New York at Albany State University of New York at Albany Degree NameMaster of Fine Arts Field Of StudySite specific conceptual art Activities and Societies: Graduate student council. Brown University Brown University Degree NameBachelor of Arts in Semiotics