What We Do

OCI assists companies in improving their financial performance and competitive advantage.

Depending on your specific needs, OCI assembles a Project Team that:

• Conducts a Risk and Opportunities Assessment of your company vis-à-vis several dozen key existing and emerging variables
• Identifies options, recommends actions and provides a roadmap
• Implements a Business Alignment Methodology for improved corporate performance
• Trains key staff on Dynamic Systems Thinking^TM and Nature's 100 Best^TM design innovations
• Recommends technology and product innovations that go beyond today's "green business" initiatives and that provide long-term business sustainability.

For more information, please review OCI's Portfolio of Services.

Who We Are

OCI is an alliance of consulting firms and non-governmental organizations who specialize in different aspects of today's complex and dynamic landscape. Individually, they have extensive experience in business strategy, management practices, financial investment, change implementation, Dynamic Systems Thinking^TM and biomimicry-based design solutions. Collectively, they contribute to perhaps the most objective and comprehensive picture of today's ever-changing business landscape.

Open Circle Innovations
OCI was founded by Harvey Stone, Ph.D. Harvey has nearly 25 years experience consulting with Adobe, Apple, Barclay's Bank, Bausch and Lomb, Cray, IBM, Nortel, Sony, Sun, Visa and many other companies.

OCI consultants are located in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. They have held business, scientific or engineering capacities within DuPont, JP Morgan, McKinsey, Nestle, Hewlett Packard, ICI/Akzo Nobel and many other industry leaders. Several OCI consultants are six-sigma black belts and specialists in performance-based innovative strategies, Kaizen Blitz, Balanced Scorecard and other business methodologies.

OCI consultants have access to the Nature's 100 Best^TM database of platform technologies and commercial solutions. In a world of rising demand for shrinking resources, these solutions substantially reduce costs, risks and liabilities.

Network of Experts
OCI draws upon a broader global network of businesspeople, scientists and entrepreneurs. They include recognized world experts in biomimicry and Dynamic Systems Thinking^TM.

Terminology
"Open Circle" reflects the reality that - in today's business landscape - everything is connected, and nothing stays the same.

"Innovations" refers to new technologies, products, processes, systems and business models that have the potential to transform the marketplace and tilt the playing field.