

Four Penn Center
1600 John F. Kennedy Blvd.
Suite 600
Philadelphia, PA 19103
t: 215.320.3200
f: 215.320.3204
1030 Massachusetts Ave.
Suite 330
Cambridge, MA 02138
t: 617.576.1166
f: 617.576.3015
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Mal’s academic training makes him sensitive to how people think—to why and how differences matter, and the impact those differences have on whether results are achieved or not. In his work with clients, he designs processes that harness the often unspoken attitudes of employees and managers, sweeping people into the process and working with, rather than against resistance to generate improved performance. Mal also studies the role and framing of play in the workplace or "playful work,” and applies his understanding of this idea in ways that help clients innovate in the service of productivity. His work has included system-wide change, board development, executive development, team-building, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, performance management and cultural diversity projects.
Ph.D. in Folklore, University of Pennsylvania
Faculty member, Program in Organizational Consultation,
The William Alanson White Institute, New York
American Folklore Society Long-range Planning Committee
Member, International Society for the Psychoanalytical Study of Organizations
Member, AK Rice Institute, Philadelphia Center on Organizational Dynamics
Nancy Drozdow
Tom Gilmore
Larry Hirschhorn
Linda May
Mal O'Connor
Lynn Oppenheim
Barry Dornfeld
Jessica Geiben Lynn
Jerrel Jones
Barton Parrott
Chatham Sullivan