About Christopher Avery

World-class expert on personal and shared responsibility...

Popular speaker, author, and mentor Christopher Avery PhD, is committed to redefining responsibility in all societies throughout the world.

He supports people and organizations in realizing exponential gains by recognizing and accessing untapped resources. Christopher broke new ground with his pragmatic and insightful research on individual and shared responsibility in the workplace. This work was readily adopted by groups in R&D and Supply Chain Management worldwide. His book Teamwork Is An Individual Skill describes the principles.

Christopher innovates in leadership development, organizational culture, personal growth, and coaching/teaching/counseling with two field-tested breakthroughs, the Responsibility Process™ and the Keys to Responsibility™. His intent is to accelerate performance, success, and sustainability while increasing personal freedom, choice, and power worldwide.

He earned a Doctorate in the Communication of Technology from The University of Texas at Austin. He's been president of Partnerwerks Incorporated since 1991 and a senior consultant with the Cutter Consortium's IT and Agile Project Management practices.

Christopher co-authored the Declaration of Interdependence, an integral set of values guiding agile and adaptive approaches to business. He is a co-founder of the Agile Project Leadership Network focused on supporting and developing great project leaders.

Featured or quoted in hundreds of news spots in such places as Fortune and Investors Business Daily, the media recognize Christopher as a leading expert on Responsibility, Leadership, Teamwork, and Change. Reporters value his ability to analyze complex topics and communicate their impact effectively.

He also authors a prolific stream of articles, columns, and essays read by professionals in more than 50 countries.

Christoper is an avid cyclist clocking 3000+ miles per year for fun and fitness. He's a certified shotgun instructor devoted to developing responsible youth and families through competitive clay target shooting.