Richard Axelrod
Sr Adjunct Professorial Lecturer at American University School of Public Affairs

Schools
- American University School of Public Affairs
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Biography
American University School of Public Affairs
Degrees
MBA, University of Chicago
BS, Purdue University, Industrial Management
Bio
Dick Axelrod is among the world’s top OD practitioners, specializing in whole-system change. The “Conference Model” that he and his partner Emily developed is used worldwide to engage organizations in system-wide change. A consultant, author, keynoter, and professor (Columbia, University of Chicago, AU MSOD), Mr. Axelrod’s writing on organization change has appeared in the Harvard Business Review, Leader to Leader, and the Conference Board Review. He has recently published Terms of Engagement: New Ways of Leading and Changing Organizations. His consulting clients range from 3M to Boeing, British Airways, Harley-Davidson, Hewlett-Packard and the UK’s National Health Service. Mr. Axelrod is the recipient of the Organization Development Network’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and an award-winner for teaching excellence. He is co-teaching the Group Theory & Change Facilitation course with Dr. Ruth Scogna Wagner.
Teaching
Spring 2018
PUAD-648 Methods and Models of Change: Methods & Models Chg MSOD 76
Summer 2018
PUAD-648 Methods and Models of Change: Methods & Models Chg MSOD 77
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