Larry Raymond is the founder and director of the Metaphor Language Research Center LLC, based in Boulder, Colorado, USA. He is also co-founder of The River Leadership Resources, a not for profit consulting group based in Geneva, Switzerland. He has broad experience as a
Manager, Management Consultant and Educator. As a professional manager and executive at international companies for thirty years, he successfully delivered major projects, managed both small groups and global activities with several hundred staff members and budgets over $100M/year. He also led a small international consulting firm, taught management on the graduate level for ten years and performed research into how to overcome obstacles to planning, leading, organizing and controlling.
Larry holds both USA and Irish citizenship, lived in Switzerland for ten years and in Denmark for two, worked in more than 50 countries and published a book on
Building Effective Teams in Cross Cultural Environments. He has long-held passions for achieving sustainable economic growth and improving the lives of people in underdeveloped countries.
Larry also supported U.N. agencies and South Asian and African governments through consulting in
Health Care Management Systems and Economic Development. He has provided pro-bono service to the World Health Organization and other agencies for a variety of projects.
Services Offered:
Change ManagementProcess ImprovementCulture ChangeStrategy PlanningTeam BuildingTraining
Managing Culture Change in a Manufacturing Company
Those organizations most often interested in changing their culture are usually those performing poorly, facing a crisis, newly reorganized under a larger entity and those with new missions or new managers. The example organization here is an exception to the general rule.
Case Study: Improve Management Effectiveness with Metaphor Language
During the 1990's, the WHO was concerned that public health systems in less developed countries had weaknesses in their organizations and processes and were not serving their populations at the level they were capable of.
Larry Raymond
"Reinventing Communication" describes metaphor languages, a system of visual symbols that supplements words for communication and analysis and heightens creativity. This book shows how metaphor language helps people communicate on a deeper level, reconcile opposing ideas, and set common objectives
Larry Raymond
"Simplify" is the best overview of how to use metaphors for business change. This book shows you how to use all the Metaphor Mapping languages for tangible results in a repeatable manner.
