Alan Green is an independent consultant associated with the Kaizen Institute of America, a consulting firm specializing in the repatriation and integration of Japanese and American quality improvement principles, concepts, systems, and processes; and with The Commonweal Group, concerned with enhancing the learning of organizations, and preserving the viability of small cities and towns. He has been a university professor at the University of California, Riverside, and executive director of the Irwin-Sweeney-Miller Foundation, and has held managerial and leadership positions in retail, manufacturing, and service organizations, including director of management and organizational development at Atlas Crankshaft, a Cummins Engine Company subsidiary, and vice president for organizational leadership and human resources at Schneider National. He is coauthor of The Way of Quality and author of A Company Discovers Its Soul.