Arnoud Franken

Early in his career as a mechanical engineer, Dr Arnoud Franken appreciated that advanced technology alone cannot make change happen. Getting people to adopt new ideas and start behaving in particular ways requires more. Inspired to find out how to lead change that people are keen to rally around, he set out on a journey that bridged the worlds of engineering, the military, and business. As a Senior Lecturer in Change Management at Cranfield School of Management, he has worked with senior managers and executives of a wide range of organisations, including EMC 2, GSK, IHG, Jaguar Land Rover, L’Oréal, Rolls-Royce, NATO SHAPE, UK Ministry of Defence, Swiss Re and Virgin Atlantic. He has published his research with Harvard Business Review and California Management Review. In 2015 he was granted the Cranfield School of Management Teaching and Learning Award.

Education

• Cranfield University - Cranfield School of Management (2008 — 2008)
• Cranfield University - Cranfield School of Management (2007 — 2007)
• Cranfield University - Cranfield School of Management (2007 — 2007)
• Engineering Doctorate Cranfield University (2000 — 2004)
• MSc Technische Universiteit Delft (1996 — 2000)

Companies

• Senior Strategy & Change Consultant InContext Consultancy Group (2017)
• Senior Lecturer - Visitor Cranfield University (2016)
• Professor of Strategy Maastricht School of Management (2016 — 2017)
• Senior Lecturer in Change Leadership Cranfield University School of Management (2004 — 2016)
• Programme Director: Change Management - Accelerating Business Strategy Implementation Cranfield School of Management (2004 — 2015)
• Co-Founder and Assistant Director EVI-GTI (2000 — 2004)