Jayson and the Corporate Argonauts: The Quest for the Golden Fleece of Transformation

by Tom DePaoli, Laurie Barrows (Illustrations)

In this business fable the author examines the Greek tale of Jason and the Argonauts and their Quest for the Golden Fleece. It delivers strategies for a modern day quest for corporate change and transformation. These adventures are used to recommend strategies for contemporary Corporate Argonauts trying to transform and radically change their organization.

48 pages, Paperback

First published November 8, 2013

About the author

Dr. Tom DePaoli is currently the Management Program Director at Marian University in Fond du Lac Wisconsin. He is the Principal (CEO) of Apollo Solutions (apollosolutions.us) which does general business consulting in the human resources, supply chain and lean six sigma areas. The company was founded in 1995. He retired from the Navy Reserve after over 30 years of service. In other civilian careers, he was a supply chain and human resources executive with corporate purchasing turnaround experience and Lean Six Sigma deployments. He has worked for over 10 major companies and consulted for over 50 organizations throughout my career. Some of his consulting projects included: transformation, information systems projects, re-engineering organizations, e-procurement, e-commerce, change management, global sourcing and negotiating. His industry experience is in the chemical, paper, pharmaceutical, IT, automotive, government, consumer, equipment, services and consulting industries. He has been published extensively in journals, magazines and books. He has been involved in many forms of communications including website design, marketing campaigns, political campaigns, radio advertisements, and scripts.