Donald Gould

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Donald Gould
Lead Reference Librarian
County of Los Angeles Public Library
Donald Gould was born and raised in New York City, attended local schools, and graduated from the University of Maine, Orono, Maine with a bachelors degree in History and Government, with a minor in Asian Studies, and was awarded a Masters of Library Service from the same institution.

In 1984, he received a PhD in Library and Information Management from the University of Southern California, and was the recipient of Doctoral Dissertation Award from the College and Research Library Association, sponsored by the Institute for Scientific Information, awarded annually to the most outstanding dissertation in the field of library and information science studies.

From 1984 to 1989, Dr. Gould served as adjunct faculty at USC's School of Library and Information Management, as well as working as an information systems and services consultant and contractor.

From 1989 to 1993, Dr. Gould was employed by Comalco Smelting, division of CRA, to work on the implemention of the SAP business information system. At the completion of his contract he worked as an independent systems and training consultant on various projects for Comalco and BHP Information Systems.

After returning to the States in 1998, Dr. Gould returned to the library profession, and was employed at the University of Louisville's Health Sciences Library. Following a move to California, Dr. Gould is currently employed as a senior reference librarian for the largest library system in the United States, the County of Los Angeles Public Library.

Degrees and certifications

  • Bachelor of Arts - History & Government - University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States
  • Master of Library Service - University of Maine, Orono, Maine, United States
  • PhD - Library and Information Management - University of Southern California, California, United States 1984

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Major organizations and consulting firms that provide Requisite Organization-based services

A global association of academics, managers, and consultants that focuses on spreading RO implementation practices and encouraging their use
Dr. Gerry Kraines, the firms principal, combines Harry Levinson's leadership frameworks with Elliott Jaques's Requisite Organization. He worked closely with Jaques over many years, has trained more managers in these methods than anyone else in the field, and has developed a comprehensive RO-based software for client firms.
Founded as an assessment consultancy using Jaques's CIP methods, the US-based firm expanded to talent pool design and management, and managerial leadership practice-based work processes
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Former RO-experienced CEO, Ron Harding, provides coaching to CEOs of start-ups and small and medium-size companies that are exploring their own use of RO concepts.  His role is limited, temporary and coordinated with the RO-based consultant working with the organization
Ron Capelle is unique in his multiple professional certifications, his implementation of RO concepts through well designed organization development methods, and his research documenting the effectiveness of his firm's interventions
A Toronto requisite organization-based consultancy with a wide range of executive coaching, training, organization design and development services.
A Sweden-based consultancy, Enhancer practices time-span based analysis, executive assessment, and provides due diligence diagnosis to investors on acquisitions.
Founded by Gillian Stamp, one of Jaques's colleagues at Brunel, the firm modified Jaques;s work-levels, developed the Career Path Appreciation method, and has grown to several hundred certified assessors in aligned consulting firms world-wide recently expanding to include organization design
Requisite Organization International Institute distributes Elliott Jaques's books, papers, and videos and provides RO-based training to client organizations