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Richard H. Carson, MPA
CARSON & ASSOCIATES, LLC
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Richard Carson is a consultant, practitioner, author, and academic researcher in organizational change management (OCM). He is CEO/President of Carson & Associates which provides consulting services to private-sector and public-sector organizations in change management, organizational development, strategic planning and performance management. Mr. Carson's recent experience was working with Citygate Associates helping local government agencies in the four Western states of California, Oregon, Utah and Washington.
Mr. Carson's post-graduate, doctorate studies were in organizational psychology at Washington State University He has a Masters of Public Administration form Lewis and Clark College and a Bachelor of Science in Urban Studies from Portland State University.
He has trademarked his People Sustained Organizational Change Management (PSOCM) three phase, 10-Step Model. The model provides a comprehensive, systematic, life-cycle approach to managing organizational change from organizational, technological and existential events. He also trademarked the Book of Change website which is both a newly published book and a change management resource website for practitioners and organizations alike. The site has essays, a glossary, and quotes on the subject matter.
Carson & Associates, LLC was established in the Spring of 2017 as a boutique consultancy servicing public-sector and non-profit organizations, and specializing in consulting projects in human resources, strategic planning, business process re-engineering, team building or executive coaching. The outcome is always greater performance efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Mr. Carson's experience in municipal government management, law enforcement and urban planning includes: Director of Clark County's Community Development Department (Vancouver, WA). Regional Planning Director for METRO in charge of land use, solid waste, open space, emergency management and storm water planning. He was the City Manager for the City of Cascade Locks and Damascus (OR) and Assistant City Manager/Community Development Director for the City of Oregon City (OR). He was Senior Policy Analyst for Oregon Governors Victor Atiyeh, Neil Goldschmidt and Barbara Roberts and worked on economic development, environmental, and land use legislation. Mr. Carson provides commentary on a variety of professional and political issues for international and national publications. For more information review his resume below.
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The Book of Change is now available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble! The Book of Change is written for both business and government executives, change management consultants, and university scholars and students. It provides state-of-the-art change management solutions for those who need to address change in the workplace. The book is designed to be a step-by-step instruction guide that the change management agent can use to manage organizational change. These could be internal or external impacts to the organization’s health or profitability.
The book provides the reader with the most comprehensive organizational change management (OCM) model to date. The People Sustained Organizational Change Management (PSOCM) model is a 3-Phase, 10-Step, 39-Action comprehensive, life-cycle series, change management model based on a systematic literature review and meta-analysis of the top 22 change management processes. It is the result Carson's doctorate research at a Tier 1 research university (Washington State University) and a literature review and meta-analysis of 153 publications in the post-war era since Kurt Lewin's ground breaking theory. (The Book of Change is a Limited Liability Company or LLC)
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EXPERIENCE
2018-Present
CEO/President
Consulting Projects which include human resources, strategic planning, business process re-engineering, team building or executive coaching. Rich can assemble a team of experts who can provide you with state-of-the-art recommendations
2007-2017
Senior Associate
CITYGATE ASSOCIATES,LLC
Citygate provides consulting services to local and state government in the areas of general management consulting, fire protection/emergency services, strategic planning, organizational development, and community development/planning services.
1999-2007
Director Community Development
CLARK COUNTY
Managed a staff of 165 and a $17 million annual budget. Responsible for long range planning, land use and engineering development review, building inspection, code enforcement, fire marshal’s office, permitting services and animal control.
1994-1998
Assitant City Manager
CITY OF OREGON CITY
Managed a department staff of 27 and a $25 million budget. Responsible for long range planning, building inspection, engineering, capital construction, urban renewal, code enforcement, park acquisition and GIS mapping.
1988-1994
Director Planning and Development
METRO
Managed staff of 27, a $5.7 million annual budget and the regional planning programs in land use, solid waste management, parks and open space, and domestic water/waste water for the Portland metropolitan area of 1.1 million people.
1967-1969
Petty Officer 2nd Class
UNITED STATES NAVY
Managed staff of 75. Logistic supply center (PI) for Vietnam War.
EDUCATION
2007-2014
Doctorate Studies
1994-1998
Masters in Public Administration
LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE
Public Administration for Government and Nonprofit Agencies.
1977-1982
Bachelor of Science
PORTLAND STATE UNVERISTY
Urban Studies, Regional Planning, Remote Sensing
MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
SOCIETY OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1982-1988
Senior Policy Analyst
OREGON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Managed staff of 15, and land use and strategic planning, site selection, and infrastructure funding programs. Chaired Governor's State Economic Advisory Team.
1967-1969
Petty Officer 2nd Class
UNITED STATES NAVY
Managed staff of 75. Logistic supply center (PI) for Vietnam War.
EDUCATION
2007-2017
Doctorate Studies
WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Organizational Psychology and Organizational Change Management
1994-1998
Masters in Public Administration
LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE
Public Administration for Government and Nonprofit Agencies.
1977-1982
Bachelor of Science
PORTLAND STATE UNVERISTY
Urban Studies, Regional Planning, Remote Sensing
MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
HOBBIES
COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK
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PUBLICATIONS (Amazon Author Page)
Carson, R.; Farmer, J.; Harris, J. (1980), Mt. St Helens Volcanic Weatherbook. Mountain Graphics, Marylhurst, OR.
Carson, R.H., (1986). Locating the factories of the future: A survey of determinants of high technology facility siting (IDRC research series), Norcross, GA.
Carson, R.H. (1988), Oregon Industrial Real Estate Handbook, Society of Industrial and Office Realtors and the Oregon Economic Development Department, Salem, OR.
Carson, R.H. (1998). Paying for Our Growth in Oregon (POGO Report), New Oregon Meridian Press, Portland, OR.
Carson, R.H. (2023). Book of Change. New Meridian Press, New York, NY.
ESSAYS
Mr. Carson has written over 100 essays and commentaries for national and international publications such as Arhcis, Architecture, ArchNewsNow, Business America, Business Journal, Cyburbia, Entrepreneur, Industrial Development, Land Development Today, Oregon Business, Oregon's Future, Planetizen, Planning, Planum, Professional Surveyor, Public Management, Reason, Smart City Radio, The Oregonian, and Urban Land. (Essays Page)
REPORTS
Metropolitan Service District (March 1, 1991). Housing Issues Report.
Metropolitan Service District (September 26, 1991). Regional Urban Growth Goals and Objectives.
Carson, R.; Thomasina,G.; Schell, S.; Stacey, R. (June 15, 1993). Transit Oriented Development in the Portland Metropolitan Area, Portland Progress Board, Portland, OR.
Carson, Richard H. (June 11, 1993). Metropolitan Greenspaces Campaign: A Strategic and Financial Plan,
Citizen Campaign for Metropolitan Greenspace, Portland, OR.
PERFORMANCE AUDITS
Citygate Associates (December 2000). Performance Audit of the Community Development Department, Clark County (WA).
Citygate Associates (November 2006). Permit Services Division Organization Analysis , Clark County (WA).
Citygate Associates (May 2008). Performance Audit of Planning and DERA, Sacramento County (CA).
Citygate Associates (September 2008). Functional and Organizational Analysis of Department Planning and Land Use. County of San Diego (CA).
Citygate Associates (December 22, 2008). Operational Review of the Development Permit Process, Solano County Department of Resource Management (CA).
Citygate Associates (March 2009). General Management and Operational Study of Ogden City Code Enforcement Program, City of Ogden (UT).
Carson, Richard and Erin Mahoney (May 2014 ). A Community Consulting Project Assessment of the Oregon Organizational Development Network. Oregon Development Network.