Jim Austin heads JH Austin Associates Inc., Chicago, where he combines business strategy and organizational development theory with extensive industry experience to guide organizations. He is also an adjunct senior lecturer at Brown University, Providence, R.H., in the Executive Master of Healthcare Leadership program, and a faculty member at Duke Corporate Education, headquartered in Durham, N.C. Mr. Austin is a lecturer/consultant at the Aresty Institute of Executive Education in the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, where he tailors and delivers senior-level seminars on strategy, strategic execution, scenario planning and critical thinking at a number of leading companies. Mr. Austin is a former senior executive at Baxter Healthcare. Mr. Austin serves as faculty for the following ACHE seminar: Leading Strategic Change Mr. Austin also authored the following Health Administration Press publications:
Transformative Planning: How Your Healthcare Organization Can Strategize for an Uncertain Future