Meet Dr. John Inman

John Inman, Ed.D., M.A., Ed.M. Lecturer Milgard School of Business University of Washington Tacoma GWP 428 jinman2@uw.edu 541-497-3774 mobile and text Oregon State University:      B.S. Business Management      B.S. Animal Science/Pre-Vet Medicine      Ed.M. Adult Education and Organizational Development Fielding Graduate University:      M.A. Human and Organization Systems      Ed.D. Education Leadership for Change Certified professional in human resources, PHR, SHRM-CP Certified dialogue, deliberation, and public engagement, DDPE

Dr. John Inman-Wisdom to Lead in a Complex World

Education mission: Creating educational solutions where learners develop individual gifts and realize their potential

Leadership mission: Developing managers into leaders who thrive in complexity, uncertainty, and ambiguity

Practitioner Expertise

Conversational leadership: Conversational model on developing and leading high performance teams
Process facilitation: Unlocking the wisdom in groups through Focused Conversation, World Cafe, and other conversational frameworks
Leadership: Leading in complexity, uncertainty, and ambiguity
Management: Quality improvement, systems, continuous improvement
Organizational development: Dialogic OD foundation of practice
Team building: Building high performance teams 
Culture development: Mission, Vision, Values, and Value Target development
Communications: Conversational models to create trust, rapport, and learning
Social, learning, and psychometric styles: Assessment and analysis for personal growth and improved performance
People analytics: Using analytics to inform development, placement, and culture innovation
Service: Creating outstanding internal and external customer experience
Relationship building : Developing relationships based on trust, rapport, and respect
Consultative sales: Professional sales and strategic partnering to create and keep customers
Quality/process improvement: Authored Statistical Process Control workbook and drive to target model for quality/value improvement
Hospitality: Creating operations, teams, and team members that deliver outstanding guest experiences to cutomers in the hospitality industry

Visit my profesional web site to see my work outside of the university. I also welcome connections on my LinkedIn profile.

Scholar/Practitioner Research Focus

• Coaching as dialogue
• Consultative sales
• Conversational leadership
• Conversational learning
• Dialogic OD
• Dialogue and deliberation
• Multi-generational dialogue
• Organization as communication process
• Process organization studies (PROS)
• Universal design for learning
• Work assignment

Selected Publications

• Dissertation abstract
• Dissertation: Another Way to Understand Gifted and Dyslexic: Hypothetical Transformation Via an Indigenous Worldview
• Inman, J. L., & Thompson, T. A. (2013). Using dialogue then deliberation to transform a warring leadership team. OD Practitioner, 45,  35-40. ODP-V45,No1-Inman & Thompson
• Inman, J. (2011). The communication process model of organization (unpublished paper)
• Inman, J. (2011). Social change through multi-generational dialogue (unpublished paper)
• Inman, J. (2002). Con versare: To dance together (unpublished paper)

Background

• A practice based on conversational leadership and a diverse set of conversational strategies.
• Decades developing leaders who thrive in complexity, uncertainty, and ambiguity. Organization excellence fails without leaders who excel in building high performance cultures.
• A deep understanding of emerging human resources practices and strategies including the emerging field of people analytics.
• A personal history of and commitment to talent development for all team members. Dr. Inman’s first master’s degree is in adult education.
• Expertise in investor/donor relations, fundraising, and program management.
• An extensive background in business development, marketing, and communications.
• Background in developing, transforming, and/or managing organizations.
• A strong systems background including quality improvement and human and organization systems scholarship and practice.
• Industry experience includes, construction, biotech, medical, software, technology, call center, finance, telecommunications, retail, gaming, distribution, service, agriculture, insurance, property management, education, non-profit, government, museum, and hospitality.

Focus on Service

"The more one forgets oneself - giving oneself to a cause or another person - the more human he or she is. Happiness is the side effect of living out the self-transcendence of existence. Once one has served a cause or is involved in loving another human being, happiness occurs by itself." Victor Frankl

Giving back to the community is an important part of Dr. Inmans practice. He has and currently serves organizations such as Community and Parents for Public Schools (CPPS), Lake Washington Human Resource Association, South Seattle Community College Hospitality BAS Program Advisory Board, World Cafe Wiser Together, Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Oregon, Zion Lutheran Church ELCA Redmond Oregon, Huddle Up Community Engagement Initiative T-Mobile Redmond, Oregon, Seva Foundation, LAICO-Aravind Eye Care System, Plan Loving Adoptions Now, Inc., ASTD-Cascadia, Aspire, Oregon Student Assistance Commission, Sheridan School District, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, FFA Oregon and Sheridan Oregon, Rotary International, Junior Achievement, Forest Park Day Care Center

The picture is Dr. Inman with nurses and doctors in a remote village in South India during an eye camp while on a volunteer trip to Tamilnadu in 2004.