David Sibbet is the President and Founder of The Grove Consultants International — organizational consultant and information designer, building on years of experience in leadership development, strategic visioning, organization change, and futures study — author of leading-edge group process tools and models for facilitation, team leadership, and organizational transformation.
David holds a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a B.A. in English from Occidental College. He was awarded a Coro Fellowship in public affairs in 1965 to study metropolitan public affairs in Los Angeles. For eight years in the 1970s, he was executive director and director of training for the Coro Foundation, a leadership-development institute known for its pioneering work in experience-based education. He began his own organizational consulting firm in 1977. In 1985, he took a sabbatical to be a fellow at the San Francisco Foundation, working as an internal organization consultant. Also, during the 1970s and 80s he was a central member of the Arthur M. Young study group at the Institute for the Study of Consciousness in Berkeley, California, studying process theory. David is a long-time affiliate with the Institute for the Future in Menlo Park, a member of the Global Business Network in Emeryville, a long-time member for both the Organization Development Network and the International Association of Facilitators, and a member of the Thought Leaders Network.
David lives in San Francisco with his poet/teacher spouse, Susan. He is president of the Argonne Community Garden next to the building where they live. He is also a board member of the Coro Center for Civic Leadership and a pro bono supporter of California Poets in the Schools. He loves to kayak, play the piano, garden and cook with Susan.
Visual Leaders: New Tools for Visioning, Management, & Organization Change
Visual Teams: Graphic Tools for Commitment, Innovation, & High Performance
Visual Meetings: How Graphics, Sticky Notes & Idea Mapping Can Transform Group Productivity