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Welcome to RIVERFORK, a home for remarkable people — glad to have you here! This page goes into more detail about RIVERFORK itself. You can click on the links below to learn more about me, testimonials, and RIVERFORK services and workshops.

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What RIVERFORK is About

RIVERFORK is about change by design.  Through trust, authenticity, and great tools and techniques, I teach corporations, non-profit groups, small businesses, and individuals how to change by design. RIVERFORK has been designed to provide brilliant content and services that teach people how to design + manage + lead change in work & life.

What Change by Design is About

Change by design is a combination of thinking from various disciplines, including: change management, design thinking, communication, and and most important — real world experience. 

My expertise in personal and business change was developed through many years working inside corporations such as Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Technologies, where I collaborated with thousands of executives, managers and employees.

What RIVERFORK Offers

RIVERFORK offers a unique range of services and products for your business and personal life., including:

A couple times a week I write on at least one of three areas: Life, Work, and Change. More specifically:

  • I write about personal development, organizational change, and life design, with the conviction that right thinking, right speech, and right mindfulness all contribute to happiness, achieving goals, getting great things done, and living in the moment.

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.”
Aristotle

  • I write about change and choice and business and life with the belief that change can be both fun and meaningful.
  • I write about horses, fishing, wide open space, and my life because that’s who I am.

The key theme that links each of these topics is change—change in life, change in business, and how change is a given and choice is an option.

The essence of my philosophy is this:

Change is not something to just be managed. Change is about how we think, how we speak,  how we use communication to connect and make a difference.  Change is about design. Change is about choice.

The Reason Why

I started writing and coaching for three reasons:

  1. I felt I had something important to say.
  2. I wanted to transition from helping a few people on an individual basis to helping more people through a broader platform.
  3. I finally listened to those around me and realized what I was supposed to be doing in this world.

The Origin of the RIVERFORK Name

The name RIVERFORK was chosen for three reasons. First, what better represents constant change than a river? Second: Fork represents choice. Third: The name represents my love for Colorado, the outdoors, and the fisherman. Change+Choice+Passion. Thus the name RIVERFORK.

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