Donal Carroll was born in the Republic of Ireland, left school early, did a TV engineering apprenticeship and after graduating as a mature student, his first post was teaching modern poetry at Clare College, Cambridge. He worked for over 20 years as a teacher and manager in Further Education, forming Critical Difference Consultancy in 1998. He has worked with many organisations in all sectors including NEC, Lucas, Ranger Oil, Lufthansa, NHS and over 100 Learning and Skills Providers. He has also worked for 10 years for the Open University Business School on their MBA programme ‘Creativity, innovation and change’. He is a poet, and blogs and tweets on business, management and how we learn/don’t learn. In his work as a teacher, manager and consultant, he has remained committed to developing critical, creative, independent individuals, team and organisations. He is the author of Managing Value in Organisations: New Learning, Management and Business Models, published by Gower in 2012.
Donal Carroll works for Critical Difference. www.criticaldifference.co.uk
Email: d.carroll@criticaldifference.co.uk
Blogs: http://www.criticaldifference.co.uk/blog.php
Twitter: @donalcarroll1
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Critical-Difference-Consultancy/143349879136178
