Creating Resilient/High Performing Work Cultures
Red Kite Project brings resilience building and wellness principles from the frontline of war zones to US organizations.
Read MoreHi! I’m Zach Stone. Results-oriented team leader/Scrum Master with a passion for facilitating effective collaboration with cross-functional teams (including executives, HR, sales, marketing, operations, developers, designers) to create a shared product vision and reality. 18 years experience in group facilitation, design thinking, and process analysis. Expertise in leading multi-cultural teams and managing conflicts / crises in complex, high-pressure, corporate environments.
Trained to foster resilient scrum teams that produce valuable software. My Certied Scrum Master Accrediation Number is 701477.
Certificate program:
Graduated summa cum laude:
Certificate:
Training of Trainers Certified:
3/5 courses completed. Expected completion date: February 2018
Designed, facilitated, and implemented large-scale human capital development change Initiatives across all levels for several companies ranging in size from 400- 10,000+ employees
Mediated and transformed entrenched, multi-decade conflict between labor union leaders, members, and corporate management to foster a culture of trust and collaboration
Have facilitated timeboxed group process work for 15,000+ individuals from over 27 countries; groups represented multidisciplinary teams in both corporate, NGO, non-profit, and government sectors. Utilized design thinking, process mapping, and process faciliation to improve team productivity.
Using a hybrid model of organizational pyschology, behavioral science, and business analysis, helping organizations overhaul process/policy effeciency, and implementing cross-functional teams with improved lines of communication to enhance productivity and break down organizational silos.
Represented Red Kite Project/clients in multiple forums including radio, podcasts, television (news), print, and public/private engagements, e.g.: Department of State, CHOP, HUFFPO, NBC, CBS, NPR, Wharton School of Business, Association for Higher Education, Intl. Trauma Conference, Apple Inc. speaking to crowds up to 2,000+
Managed cross-functional teams (3-7 designers/developers) to effectively translate business goals into technical design of the website; led 5 Internal website overhauls and assisted in 2 small external digital web branding projects. Managed product backlog, engaged business stakeholders, and translated expectations/requirements between stakeholders and dev teams. Managed continuous content updates via wordpress and CSS/HTML.
Led & implemented strategic vision for resilience building consulting firm; head of branding and customer engagement, outreach & business development
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Facilitated teams of 6-27 through multi-day sprints/workshops to create organizational change, build resilience and agility, taught conflict management skills, removed organizational impediments, enhanced productivity, and increased collaboration amongst stakeholders. Have facilitated process work with over 10,000 participants in team based settings.
Facilicitated time-boxed workshops around conflict management and enhanced communication skills. Ran Mediations/negotiations between multiple (often hostile) parties including victims of crimes and the offender of crimes.
Facilicitated time-boxed workshops around conflict management, enhanced communication skills, and improving productivity with close to 5,000+ participants. Trained participants to facilitate their own "ceremonies." Ran Mediations between multiple (often hostile) parties including victims of crimes and the offender of crimes.
Red Kite Project brings resilience building and wellness principles from the frontline of war zones to US organizations.
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