John Hovell

John Hovell is the CEO and co-founder of STRATactical. He is a practitioner, speaker, and author in OD/KM strategies and their application to current organizational challenges. John believes and practices the blend of OD, KM, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. John is on the team to converge these fields and create an emerging new discipline currently known as Conversational Leadership. Clients of STRATactical International report award-winning improvements in organizational performance, customer satisfaction and retention, and employee engagement and retention.

John led a team to win a Chairman's Award at BAE Systems in 2014. Previously, John was part of a team to win the prestigious NOVA award, Lockheed Martin's top recognition award. Additionally, he has been instrumental in the creation and execution of transformation change efforts in dozens of countries.

John volunteers as the corporate lead for the award-winning annual STEMmerday event where thousands of participants engage in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math related learning activities. John serves on several advisory boards including the International Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy, International Knowledge Management Institute, Training Industry Quarterly, and Synergy Development and Training.

John has led 5 different teams that have won awards from Chief Learning Officer magazine. In 2015, he was named the 8th most influential person in Knowledge Management. He published a chapter in a book titled "Making It Real: Sustaining Knowledge Management" and became a fellow with the Royal Society for Arts (RSA). In 2009, he was honored by Training Magazine as one of the "Top Young Trainers" after being honored in 2008 as one of the top “Young Trainers to Watch.”

John identifies as loving awareness and is particularly passionate in an emerging field called Conversational Leadership. Conversational Leadership is a blend of Organization Development, Diversity & Inclusion, Knowledge Management and Project Management. More information at https://conversational-leadership.net/.

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Certified Knowledge Manager (CKM)
• Relational Organisational Gestalt (ROG), European Accredited Gestalt Therapy (EAGT)
• Organisation Development Certification Programme (ODCP)
• TriMetrix/DiSC Personality Assessment
• Bachelor Science (Honors Distinction), Virginia Tech, Decision Support Systems
• Master Science (Honors Distinction), George Washington University, Management Info. Systems