Chris’s mission is to facilitate conversations and decision making across Interaction Associates by building strong relationships, alignment of process, and overall execution of our operational plans and company values. As a member of our senior management team, Chris appreciates that IA is a dynamic and exciting place to work, not only because of the range of services and clientele, but because IA is deeply invested in the overall success of each employee.
His background includes more than twelve years in the professional services space in business operations, recruiting, business development, and complex research roles. Prior work includes strategy consulting for Fortune 500 clients.
Chris believes in finding ways to serve his neighbors and our broader world. He is especially drawn to service opportunities that honor the dignity of people and the beauty of our natural world and dedicates time helping Habitat for Humanity and the JC Raulston Arboretum.
His favorite IA practice is “Desired Outcomes.” These brief, written statements are specific, measurable, and answer the question, “What will we walk out with?” He finds that starting meetings by building agreement around desired outcomes makes for a truly collaborative conversation that leads to powerful understanding and practical, clear action.
Chris holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master’s in Public Administration (MPA) from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Michael Reidy
Senior Consultant
Interaction Associates
Michael is passionate about teaching the skills that people need to work well with others in service of the greater good of humanity while on and off the job. Countless individuals, corporations, and communities have benefited from his commitment to developing collaborative capabilities.
Michael joined Interaction Associates in 1997 and has focused on designing and delivering customized learning processes ever since. Prior to joining IA, Michael led the Dublin (Ireland) Institute of Adult Education for 9 years. His responsibilities included overall management of the Institute’s 120 trainers, design and development of new adult education programs, and the continued education and training of his management team.
His published works include Principle and Profit-Corporate Responsibility in Ireland, Watch your Language…Words Really Matter, and Partners in Faith – A Program of Adult Faith Development.
Michael’s client experience includes engagements with Alkermes, Abt Associates, Baltimore Gas & Electric-Calvert Cliffs Nuclear, Biogen Idec, Bon Secours Health System, Catholic HealthCare Partners, Curtiss Wright Flow Control, Dell (EMEA), GE Capital, GE Crotonville (MDC) (ECLP), International Paper, Medtronic, Nokia, Library of Congress, and Sirtex.
In his spare time, Michael enjoys introducing conscious collaboration skills and tools to non-profits. As a European immigrant (and a US citizen since 2013), he is honored to work with immigrants from over 48 countries as a volunteer with The Irish International Immigration Center in Boston. He also serves on the Board of the parochial middle school his two sons attended.
Michael is particularly drawn to the “Sharing an Inspiring Vision” practice, and assisting individuals, groups, teams, and whole organizations frame their future in terms of what is possible rather than merely what is positive (What is POSSIBLE is without boundary and spirals upwards, while what is positive leads to binary thinking and a downward spiral).
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Michael holds a Master in Public Policy degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, a Master in Theology (STL) degree from the University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy, a Higher Diploma in Adult and Community Education from the National University of Ireland, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Philosophy from University College Dublin.