Alan Willett - Lead with Speed
https://exceptionaldifference.com/
Expert consultant, speaker, and award-
winning author of Leading the Unleadable:
How to Manage Cynics, Divas, and Other
Difficult People, and Lead With Speed, Alan
Willett is co-founder of Exceptional
Difference.
Alan works with clients around the world,
including the UK, Turkey, South Africa, China,
India, Canada, and Mexico, and of course,
throughout the United States. Alan Willett has
consulted with HP, Oracle, Microsoft, NASA,
General Motors, Intuit, NAVAIR, Orbital ATK,
OnStar, Cornell University, Rutgers University,
Technological de Monterrey, and many more.
Alan's passionate work has focused on
leadership and the unique challenges of
leading in the elevated pressure environments
of high-technology developments.
Alan was a member of an elite team at the
Software Engineering Institute (SEl), located
at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. At
SEI, Alan joined other renowned thought
leaders in developing cutting-edge
methodologies adopted by corporations
globally. Through this work, Alan was able to
establish a worldwide network of peers and
thought leaders that constantly push the
high-tech development world to
"do better." It
is from this position that Alan launched his
consultancy in 2012.
https://exceptionaldifference.com/
https://alanwillett.com
Expert consultant, speaker, and award-
winning author of Leading the Unleadable:
How to Manage Cynics, Divas, and Other
Difficult People, and Lead With Speed, Alan
Willett is co-founder of Exceptional
Difference.
Alan works with clients around the world,
including the UK, Turkey, South Africa, China,
India, Canada, and Mexico, and of course,
throughout the United States. Alan Willett has
consulted with HP, Oracle, Microsoft, NASA,
General Motors, Intuit, NAVAIR, Orbital ATK,
OnStar, Cornell University, Rutgers University,
Technological de Monterrey, and many more.
Alan's passionate work has focused on
leadership and the unique challenges of
leading in the elevated pressure environments
of high-technology developments.
Alan was a member of an elite team at the
Software Engineering Institute (SEl), located
at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. At
SEI, Alan joined other renowned thought
leaders in developing cutting-edge
methodologies adopted by corporations
globally. Through this work, Alan was able to
establish a worldwide network of peers and
thought leaders that constantly push the
high-tech development world to
"do better." It
is from this position that Alan launched his
consultancy in 2012. Alan has designed and taught many different
workshops at universities and corporations
around the world, reaching over 2000 people
directly. His personal backstory enlivens his
writing and his speaking. He grew up on a
dairy farm that had been in the family for over
170 years and which was honored as the dairy
farm of the year for New York State for many
years running. Alan has run across the United
States from ocean to ocean with his college
team, beating the record of the Pony Express
and earning him a spot in the Guinness Book
of World Records. He is a co-founder of
EcoVillage at Ithaca, the largest co-housing
ecovillage in the world, which is spotlighted in
the news on a global basis, including in Japan
and France, and featured in the book
"Ecovillage at Ithaca: Pioneering a Sustainable
Culture" by Liz Walker, (New Society
Publishers: 2005).
Collaboration with Exceptional Difference
Principal Julia Mullaney inspired him to double
down on his love for training the best
engineering minds in the world. Willett holds a
B.S. Computer Science from Rochester
Institute of Technology, and Master's in
Technology from Walden University.
Alan encourages everyone to get out there
and make a positive difference in the world.
https://alanwillett.com
Expert consultant, speaker, and award-
winning author of Leading the Unleadable:
How to Manage Cynics, Divas, and Other
Difficult People, and Lead With Speed, Alan
Willett is co-founder of Exceptional
Difference.
Alan works with clients around the world,
including the UK, Turkey, South Africa, China,
India, Canada, and Mexico, and of course,
throughout the United States. Alan Willett has
consulted with HP, Oracle, Microsoft, NASA,
General Motors, Intuit, NAVAIR, Orbital ATK,
OnStar, Cornell University, Rutgers University,
Technological de Monterrey, and many more.
Alan's passionate work has focused on
leadership and the unique challenges of
leading in the elevated pressure environments
of high-technology developments.
Alan was a member of an elite team at the
Software Engineering Institute (SEl), located
at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. At
SEI, Alan joined other renowned thought
leaders in developing cutting-edge
methodologies adopted by corporations
globally. Through this work, Alan was able to
establish a worldwide network of peers and
thought leaders that constantly push the
high-tech development world to
"do better." It
is from this position that Alan launched his
consultancy in 2012. Alan has designed and taught many different
workshops at universities and corporations
around the world, reaching over 2000 people
directly. His personal backstory enlivens his
writing and his speaking. He grew up on a
dairy farm that had been in the family for over
170 years and which was honored as the dairy
farm of the year for New York State for many
years running. Alan has run across the United
States from ocean to ocean with his college
team, beating the record of the Pony Express
and earning him a spot in the Guinness Book
of World Records. He is a co-founder of
EcoVillage at Ithaca, the largest co-housing
ecovillage in the world, which is spotlighted in
the news on a global basis, including in Japan
and France, and featured in the book
"Ecovillage at Ithaca: Pioneering a Sustainable
Culture" by Liz Walker, (New Society
Publishers: 2005).
Collaboration with Exceptional Difference
Principal Julia Mullaney inspired him to double
down on his love for training the best
engineering minds in the world. Willett holds a
B.S. Computer Science from Rochester
Institute of Technology, and Master's in
Technology from Walden University.
Alan encourages everyone to get out there
and make a positive difference in the world.
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Guest
Alan Willett
Alan Willett is the master of the "friction points" of organizations highly dependent on technology. This ranges from organizations that create world-class software products to the organization that uses those products to create their own competitive advantage. What is a friction point? It is the space where the technology needs and the business needs meet, sometimes with harmony and often with discordant collisions. Either way, there is always heat generated. Alan is the expert who transforms organizational friction points to produce positive results for the business and the people that create and use the technology.
