I am an independent design consultant, coach, & social entrepreneur operating under the name “Strategic Organization Design.” In 2004 I interviewed a dozen people who have known me well about the contribution that I make 2 organizations from their experience & point of view. I compiled this statement from their feedback:"Pete is known for his ability to see the big picture, make sense of messes, & lead teams through the resolution of complex issues. He relates well to people from all stations of life, speaks frankly, & has a practical eye for getting things done."I focus on the future oriented, context sensitive, purposeful, intentional, & improvisational design of organizations, ecosystems, & empires, & implementation of change. I have worked closely with union, management, & employee teams at all levels of the organization. Most of my clients have been involved in innovation, growth initiatives, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, alliances, & outsourcing relationships that have become messes. My clients include publicly & privately held for-profit, non-profit, and governmental organizations.The last several years (January 2020 => March 2024) of the COVID-19 Pandemic have created a once in a hundred years setting for designing societies, nations, & organizations. All my conversations in these years have been influenced, & at times dominated, by the pandemic & conflict (including war). BTW: COVID-19 is airborne. Ventilation & filtration of air is essential. This is a complex, ambiguous, fast changing context.As a leader, consultant, & professor I have led cross-disciplinary, trans-organization, temporary teams of knowledge workers (discretionary coalitions) in grappling with the unknown and pressing forward designing innovation to meet the challenges of this pandemic era.The units of analysis & design have ranged from the macro “ecosystem or empire” level of organizing to the micro “deliberations” (conversations) of groups of people wrestling to find a path forward. Given the pandemic we have gone from working mostly face-to-face, to working mostly virtually, to working in a hybrid format. And it is not going back to that “old normal.”And the conflict and polarization amongst and between people has been stunning! Whether at the micro, individual level or at the ecosystem & nations level the consequences of disagreement, conflict, & war are complicated, complex, and dreadful!And did I mention that it has all been done at an extremely fast pace? And that technology, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been at the heart of it?