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David Boals
Editorial Board Member
The Global Organization Design Society

David Boals earned a PhD in Library and Information Management in an innovative program at the University of Southern California that was formed with the goal of developing a social science of information.  While enrolled in this program, he met Elliott Jacques in 1980 and completed a dissertation that duplicated Jacques' basic research on the relation between time span and felt-fair pay.  Boals became an original member of the Social Analytic Learning Society (SALS).  After graduation in 1985, Boals went to work as a Civil Servant with the U.S. Army in 1988 doing Organization Development, with a majority of that time spent working for the Army Corps of Engineers in Los Angeles.  During his time with the Army, Boals applied Stratified Systems Theory within an extremely broad range of projects and methodologies, to include organization planning, Action Research, Total Quality Management, the Malcolm Baldrige Award, conference facilitation and design, survey design and administration, customer information, leadership training, Lean Six Sigma, design of organization structures, and while working as a line manager.  Boals retired in December 2015, and now lives in Santa Rosa, California.

Degrees and certifications

Ph.D. University of Southern California, Library and Information Management, 1985

Certified Government Financial Manager

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

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Major organizations and consulting firms that provide Requisite Organization-based services

A global association of academics, managers, and consultants that focuses on spreading RO implementation practices and encouraging their use
Dr. Gerry Kraines, the firms principal, combines Harry Levinson's leadership frameworks with Elliott Jaques's Requisite Organization. He worked closely with Jaques over many years, has trained more managers in these methods than anyone else in the field, and has developed a comprehensive RO-based software for client firms.
Ron Capelle is unique in his multiple professional certifications, his implementation of RO concepts through well designed organization development methods, and his research documenting the effectiveness of his firm's interventions
Former RO-experienced CEO, Ron Harding, provides coaching to CEOs of start-ups and small and medium-size companies that are exploring their own use of RO concepts.  His role is limited, temporary and coordinated with the RO-based consultant working with the organization
Founded by Gillian Stamp, one of Jaques's colleagues at Brunel, the firm modified Jaques;s work-levels, developed the Career Path Appreciation method, and has grown to several hundred certified assessors in aligned consulting firms world-wide recently expanding to include organization design
Requisite Organization International Institute distributes Elliott Jaques's books, papers, and videos and provides RO-based training to client organizations