In my work and in everyday conversations, I hear more and more people talking about their experiences – good and bad – navigating our world in which everything is – or soon will be – connected.

As a researcher, consultant and executive, I have made it my mission to explore the boundaries that fuel – or limit –  our human capacity for solving pressing problems, spurring innovation, and transforming our organizations and communities.

For 20 years, I have drawn on the science of networks and the power of boundary spanning to help organizations tackle their toughest challenges. I’ve witnessed firsthand how once-limiting boundaries transformed into innovative new frontiers:

• A newly created boundary spanning network in Silicon Valley is guided through an innovation challenge and creates a breakthrough new product that is successfully prototyped at client sites within 6 months.
• A nonprofit in India transforms from a relief to a rights-based organization, able to affect the lives of nearly 500,000 children through advocacy and initiatives in more than 5,000 villages throughout the vast country.
• Two government agencies – with dramatically different cultures and operations – become a “team of teams” successfully realizing a massive, high-stakes joint operation in Iraq.

I’ve created this website to share some of what I know, projects I am working on, and resources that I hope are useful as you learn to live, work and lead in the new, networked world.