Paul Ryder, Ph.D., is an eclectic thinker and catalyst who has
designed and led ideas and projects on everything from sales
training for corporate managers to idea and book design for
business gurus to group process design for medical schools. His
approach to pattern recognition, principle discovery, learning
design, storytelling, and strategy development has been employed by
a wide range of clients, for the federal government (DoD, FBI, CIA,
NSA) to New Economy icons such as Tom Peters, Seth Godin, and Fast
Company. A startup veteran and member of the executive team at
Ninth House Network, Ryder went on to found two businesses,
RevoMetrix, LLC and RNM Global. In an attempt to understand the
widest range of ideas and modes of thought he has collected degrees
in physics (A.B. Harvard College) developmental psychology (M.S.
Rutgers University) and mythology (Ph.D. Pacifica Graduate
Institute). In 2005, Ryder joined the faculty at the University of
San Francisco, teaching graduate classes in creativity, innovation,
leadership, story telling, consulting, and Design Thinking. He is
the Academic Director for the Executive MBA program.
