Curtis Friedel Frsa Email & Phone Number

At Virginia Tech, I am an associate professor with a teaching and research appointment, and serve as Director of the Center for Cooperative Problem Solving. I seek to identify ways to help organizations solve problems together through application of adaption-innovation theory. By identifying how people solve problems (their problem-solving style), effective teams may be formed to effectively solve problems arising from both inside and outside the organization. Evidence from research suggests that individuals have an innate, stable, and measurable preference in solving problems; either being more adaptive or more innovative. This preference in solving problems and managing change is measured with Kirton’s Adaption-Innovation Inventory (KAI), and uncorrelated with motivation, learned skill set, intelligence, values, ethnicity, nationality, culture, environment, situation, and many measures of ability/capacity. I am a co-instructor of the KAI Accreditation Course. See website at https://ccps.alce.vt.edu/kai-accreditation.html Courses I teach or taught at Virginia Tech:ALCE 4884: Youth Program ManagementALCE 5804: Scientific Procedures in Agricultural Extension and EducationLDRS 1015: Exploring Citizen LeadershipLDRS 2014: Principles of Peer LeadershipLDRS 3104: The Dynamics of LeadershipLDRS 5554: Leading Social Change

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