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Irma Tyler-Wood


Irma Tyler-Wood is a Partner with Ki ThoughtBridge. She is co-author of the book Expand the Pie: How to Create More Value in Any Negotiation. Prior to her work at Ki ThoughtBridge, she practiced corporate law in Washington, D.C., and had careers in education and government. While at Harvard Law School, she worked as a negotiation Teaching Fellow with Roger Fisher and served as the Assistant Director of the Conflict Clinic at the Harvard Negotiation Project.

At Ki ThoughtBridge, Ms. Tyler-Wood consults nationally and internationally with corporate, government, and other public sector clients in resolving complex, high stakes disputes. She has advised and trained corporate and government clients to enable them to implement major change initiatives, resolve complex multi-party disputes, and create, enhance, and repair strategic business relationships. Ms. Tyler-Wood has done extensive work in education, training, and advising educators in universities and public school systems in areas ranging from collective bargaining contracts to school reform initiatives. She has also applied conflict resolution frameworks to help individuals and organizations address “glass ceiling” issues and diversity as it impacts team effectiveness.

In a decade of experience in this field, organizations with which Ms. Tyler-Wood has worked include IBM, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Eastman Kodak Company, Polaroid Corporation, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, AT&T, Bell Labs, Smith College, and Boston Public Schools.

Education
B.A. American History, Ball State University
J.D. Harvard Law School

“Individuals and organizations waste enormous amounts of time and resources because they lack tools, skills, and processes in three key areas: negotiating differences and opportunities (such as mergers), leading and implementing change, and building and maintaining strategic relationships. We created Ki ThoughtBridge to end this waste.

Using Ki ThoughtBridge's considerable intellectual property, we've helped two organizations with very different cultures merge successfully; helped public sector and private sector organizations reach agreement on potentially contentious labor contracts; and helped a group of leaders whose task is to bring major change to their health care institutions work effectively as a team. We've saved our clients enormous amounts of time and money, and most importantly, we have helped them maximize the potential benefits of each deal and build the relationships necessary to implement the agreements and changes they need to achieve their goals.”

- Irma Tyler-Wood

"The Board Retreat that Ki ThoughtBridge facilitated for us was the best I have ever attended."

- Board Member
Marin Community Foundation