American organizational theorist who introduced the concepts of "loose coupling", "mindfulness", and "sensemaking" into organizational studies. He is the Rensis Likert Distinguished University Professor at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
JOSHUA COOPER RAMO IS CO-CEO OF KISSINGER ASSOCIATES, THE ADVISORY FIRM OF FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE DR. HENRY KISSINGER. HIS LAST BOOK WAS THE INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER “THE AGE OF THE UNTHINKABLE”
Based in Beijing and New York, Ramo serves as an advisor to some of the largest companies and investors in the world. He is a member of the boards of directors of Starbucks and Fedex.
A Mandarin speaker who has been called “one of China’s leading foreign-born scholars” by the World Economic Forum, Ramo is best known for coining and articulating “The Beijing Consensus,” among other writings on China.
His views on global politics and economics have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Time, Foreign Policy and Fortune. He has
Charles E. Heller, a former university administrator and adjuct faculty member, holds a doctor degree in United States history from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst. An Army Reserve Colonel, he returned to active duty to teach and write for the Army at the Command and General Staff College and the Army War College and has recently left military service to resume his civilian academic career. In addition to teaching Heller has numerous publications on United States history and national security issues. He is the co-editor of America's First Battles (1986).
