Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA12309; Fri, 2 Dec 94 11:39:19 EST Received: from europe.std.com by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA09267; Fri, 2 Dec 94 11:39:18 EST Received: from world.std.com by europe.std.com (8.6.8.1/Spike-8-1.0) id LAA11152; Fri, 2 Dec 1994 11:39:17 -0500 Received: by world.std.com (5.65c/Spike-2.0) id AA09660; Fri, 2 Dec 1994 11:39:21 -0500 Date: Fri, 2 Dec 1994 11:39:21 +0001 (EST) From: "Debra J. Church_Smith" Subject: Here is the bio for J&J To: rdshydur@MIT.EDU Cc: Jessica Lipnack , "Debra J. Church_Smith" Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Jessica Lipnack and Jeffrey Stamps Jessica Lipnack and Jeffrey Stamps, Ph.D., are the principals of The=20 Networking Institute, Inc., (TNI) a consulting firm in West Newton,=20 Massachusetts. Founded by them in 1982, TNI helps people work together=20 better across boundaries, including geographic, organizational,=20 corporate, industry, and governmental boundaries. TNI offers consulting=20 services, public and in-house workshops and seminars, and provides=20 TeamNet Tools, software for networks of teams. Frequent keynoters at conferences, Jessica and Jeff have spoken and=20 consulted for a wide variety of organizations throughout the United=20 States, as well as in Canada, Europe, Japan, and Australia. They are=20 authors of four books on networking: The Age of the Network: Organizing= =20 Principles for the 21st Century (Oliver Wight/omneo, 1994); The TeamNet=20 Factor: Bringing the Power of Boundary Crossing into the Heart of Your=20 Business (Oliver Wight, 1993); The Networking Book: People Connecting=20 with People (Viking Penguin, 1986), foreword by R. Buckminster Fuller;=20 and Networking: The First Report and Directory (Doubleday, 1982). Jeff=20 is also author of Holonomy: A Human Systems Theory (Intersystems, 1980),= =20 which was his doctoral dissertation on general systems theory that=20 includes a foreword by Kenneth Boulding. Clients have included AT&T Universal Card Services, British Petroleum=20 Exploration, CSC Index, Digital Equipment Corporation (1984-1992), Hyatt=20 Hotels, KPMG/Peat Marwick, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Shell Offshore,=20 Inc., Steelcase, Inc., the United Nations, and Vice President Gore=D5s=20 National Performance Review. Jessica and Jeff have been working together since 1968 when they met at=20 Oxford University. Married in 1972, they are parents of two daughters,=20 Miranda and Eliza, and reside in West Newton, Massachusetts.