The members of the Flow Consortium represent some of the most respected names and experts across major disciplines in the consulting world.

The Flow Consortium focuses on applying scientific research in our consulting to develop methods for industry aimed at solving complex problems that restrict the flow of value to the customers, and that inhibit growth and innovation.

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John R. Turner, Ph.D.

Professor Turner is a researcher of team science, complexity thinking, leadership, and decision making at Texas A&M University.

Nigel Thurlow

Nigel Thurlow is the former Chief of Agile at Toyota NA and the current CEO of The Flow Consortium.

Brian ‘Ponch’ Rivera

Brian “Ponch” Rivera is a former “TOPGUN” and a retired U.S. Navy Captain.

The key individuals involved in the creation of The Flow System have independently led global transformational initiatives or are recognized for major contributions to the scientific and business worlds.

The Flow System is founded by John R. Turner, Ph.D., researcher of team science, complexity thinking, leadership, and decision making at Texas A&M University, Nigel Thurlow, the CEO of The Flow Consortium, and Brian “Ponch” Rivera, a retired U.S. Navy Captain and former “TOPGUN”.

More About Our Creators

John R. Turner, Ph.D.

Professor Turner is a researcher of team science, complexity thinking, leadership, and decision making at Texas A&M University.

Nigel Thurlow

Nigel Thurlow is the former Chief of Agile at Toyota NA and the current CEO of The Flow Consortium.

Brian ‘Ponch’ Rivera

Brian “Ponch” Rivera is a former “TOPGUN” and a retired U.S. Navy Captain.

Our consulting and training provides an alternative to large transformational change initiatives that often fail in Fortune 500 organizations due to universality.

Some of our key expertise includes: evaluation, needs assessment, leadership development, methods training, intervention design and implementation, talent management, team coaching, executive coaching, teamwork training, team evaluation, team effectiveness development, organization design, organization development, and complexity awareness, and sensemaking.

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Learning and Development

The Flow System includes a comprehensive ADA compliant learning and development platform.

The learning and development platform consists of a body of knowledge that includes, books, peer reviewed published papers, training courses, a learning management system, educational tools, and an accreditation body.

Both our online and in-person training will help your organization learn and implement The Flow System.

Our training will help your organization develop deep expertise in the key disciplines needed and demanded by today’s organizations.

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Learning and Development

The Flow System includes a comprehensive ADA compliant learning and development platform.

The learning and development platform consists of a body of knowledge that includes, books, peer reviewed published papers, training courses, a learning management system, educational tools, and an accreditation body.

The Flow System includes a comprehensive ADA compliant learning and development platform.

Our learning and development approach includes a body of knowledge, training courses, a learning management system, educational tools, and an accreditation body.

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Learning and Development

The Flow System includes a comprehensive ADA compliant learning and development platform.

The learning and development platform consists of a body of knowledge that includes, books, peer reviewed published papers, training courses, a learning management system, educational tools, and an accreditation body.

The Flow System represents the first comprehensive approach for dealing with complex adaptive systems.

Created as a joint approach between Toyota Connected NA and the University of North Texas (UNT), it is an elevation of the Toyota Production System when dealing with complexity in business.

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Complexity Thinking

Understanding uncertainty and complex adaptive systems.

Distributed Leadership

The behavior pattern of those who lead people and teams.

Team Science

The science of teams, their interdependencies and interactions.

Both our online and in-person training will help your organization learn and implement The Flow System concepts.

We create tailored learning programs using The Flow System curriculum to fit your organization’s needs. Our 6-10 month program includes training, ongoing assessment, and multiple coaching levels for optimal results.

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Complexity Thinking

Understanding uncertainty and complex adaptive systems.

Distributed Leadership

The behavior pattern of those who lead people and teams.

Team Science

The science of teams, their interdependencies and interactions.

The Triple Helix of Flow interconnects the methods in The Flow System based on context.

The Triple Helix of Flow is the first holistic methodology to recognize the utility in all tools and their bounded applicability (limits of usefulness) in a given context.

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Complexity Thinking

Understanding uncertainty and complex adaptive systems.

Distributed Leadership

The behavior pattern of those who lead people and teams.

Team Science

The science of teams, their interdependencies and interactions.

Hexi is a tool to actualize the Triple Helix methodology in the physical world.

Exploration, defined as the action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it, is a way to make sense of your environment and discover potential options for execution; the carrying out or putting into effect of a plan, order, or course of action.

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Complexity Thinking

Understanding uncertainty and complex adaptive systems.

Distributed Leadership

The behavior pattern of those who lead people and teams.

Team Science

The science of teams, their interdependencies and interactions.

Essence is an open source standard for the creation, use and improvement of software engineering practices.

Essence enables practices and related knowledge to be expressed in a simple and visual way that ensures that they can be easily shared, understood, adopted, adapted and applied both independently and in combination with other practices. The Flow System extends the OMG (Object Management Group) standard beyond software and digital engineering applications.

Explore the Approach

Complexity Thinking

Understanding uncertainty and complex adaptive systems.

Distributed Leadership

The behavior pattern of those who lead people and teams.

Team Science

The science of teams, their interdependencies and interactions.

Workbench adds a digital canvas to TFS to actualize the Triple Helix in the digital domain.

Workbench enables remote and hybrid exploration and execution through the interconnections of the methods in The Flow System, with exploration landscapes to be saved and return to after action for detailed reflection and further exploration.

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Complexity Thinking

Understanding uncertainty and complex adaptive systems.

Distributed Leadership

The behavior pattern of those who lead people and teams.

Team Science

The science of teams, their interdependencies and interactions.

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