Lawrence L. Lippitt, Ph.D. has deep professional as well as family roots in the field of organization development. He is president of Lippitt-Carter Consulting and cofounder of the Preferred Futuring Group, an organization dedicated to carrying on the work of Ron Lippitt, his father and one of the coinventors of the Preferred Futuring Process. As a leadership and change management consultant with over 30 years experience, he has helped Fortune 500 companies, health care organizations, schools, civic groups, and city governments across North America achieve their goals through strategic planning, cooperative teaming, cross-functional team training, and large-scale whole-system change methodologies. He is the author of Prefferred Futuring.