Alfonso Montuori, Ph.D. is a pioneer in the fields of creativity and transformative leadership. His bespoke Evolutionary Strategies program provides a set of successful career-enhancing tools for high-potential managers and executives across the globe, as well as coaching for personal development. The Evolutionary Strategies programs are based on a unique perspective informed by over 25 years experience in international consulting, extensive research publications, and an academic career marked by educational innovation.
Alfonso has consulted with numerous international corporations, government and educational institutions including: Procter & Gamble, Pacific Bell, UCB (Belgium) Kaiser Permanente, NetApp, Merqurio (Italy), Training Vision (Singapore), Stentor Group (Canada), U.S. Forest Service, ClimateXChange, Interstate Insurance, CABA (Climate Action Business Association), Omnitel-Olivetti (Italy), ENEL (Italy), U.S. Department of Labor, Pilkington Barnes-Hind, Progressive Insurance, and others.
He is currently Professor in the Transformative Inquiry Department at California Institute of Integral Studies, in the Transformative Leadership M.A. and the Transformative Studies Ph.D. Alfonso has been Distinguished Visiting Professor at Sapienza University of Rome, and Distinguished Visiting Professor in the School of Fine Arts at Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio. In 1985-1986 he taught management psychology at the Central South University in Hunan, China.
Alfonso Montuori is also the author of numerous groundbreaking books and articles on leadership, creativity and innovation, social change, and complexity. His work has been translated into French, Spanish, Italian, and Chinese. Books include Evolutionary Competence (1989), From Power to Partnership (with Isabella Conti, 1993) Creators on Creating (co-edited with Barron & Barron, 1997), Social Creativity, vols. 1-2 (co-edited with Ronald E. Purser, 1999), and Journeys in Complexity (2014). With co-editor Gabrielle Donnelly he is currently working on the Routledge International Handbook for Creative Futures, a collection of essays focused on ways to mobilize the human imagination to create better futures.
He has written articles in publications such as Academy of Management Review, Human Relations, Journal of Management Education, and Journal of Humanistic Psychology. Alfonso's work has been translated in Chinese, French, Spanish, and Italian. He is on the board of numerous academic journals and the Co-Editor of World Futures: The Journal of New Paradigm Research. Alfonso has contributed major entries to the International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies, The Encyclopedia of Creativity, The Encyclopedia of the Sciences of Learning, the Handbook of Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Performance, The Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, the four-volume reference work Complexity in Organization Studies, and the Handbook of Humanistic Psychology.
Alfonso’s father was Italian and his mother Dutch, and he was born in the Netherlands. He spent the first 23 years of his life in Lebanon, Greece, and England. He came to the United States in 1983 after graduating from the University of London, headed off to China to teach at Central South-University in the mid-80s, and came back to the U.S. to get his Ph.D. in 1991. While living in London he worked as an interpreter for Scotland Yard (London Metropolitan Police) and later as a professional musician starting his indie record label, Banana Records. An accomplished saxophone and flute player, as well as a producer, Alfonso has performed with or recorded artists such Joe Henderson, Roy Hargrove, Charles Brown, and Aztec Camera. He currently performs with his wife, noted jazz singer Kitty Margolis, in her touring band and produces her award-winning recordings. He is a voting member of the National Academy for Recording Arts and Sciences (GRAMMYS).