I applied resonance theory to rocket science — now I use it to spark extraordinary collaborations.
Titles Held
“A True Renaissance Woman”
– Philip Lader, U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom
“A Real Franchise Player”
– John Murphy, Boeing Vice President
Accomplishments
Speaker, TeslaTech Extraordinary Technology Conference: “Personal Resonance for Profound Connectedness and Extraordinary Collaborations”
Vice president, Rotary Club of Long Beach
Performer, “Dancing For Our Stars” Fundraiser
Award-winning screenwriter (unproduced movie, “Doc’s Holliday”)
Social media influencer
Practiced 11 fields of engineering
Founder, Compass Alliance LLC – Strategy Consulting
Award-winning novelist, “Risk” (unpublished)
Led a team to create an ethics curriculum for 8,000 middle schoolers
Member of the graduate school faculty at LMU teaching leadership
Provisional Patent: “System and Method of Generating Recommendations to Alleviate Loneliness”
Program speaker on Leadership; Collaboration; Resonance; Adventure
Performing improv comedian
Member of thegraduate school faculty at CSULB teaching research design, curriculum development
Interviewed for Los Angeles Times, CBS News, TeslaTech Radio
Performing Stand-Up Comedian
License holder, organizer: TEDxSoCal: The Alchemy of Transformation
Wrote the book, “The Alchemy of Trust”
Wrote numerous articles for the aviation industry simplifying technical concepts
Trained to fly as flight engineer on the 1st commercial rocket plane
PhD Strategic Decision Making at the Pardee-RAND Graduate School
Doctoral Dissertation: ” Multi-perspective Strategic Decision Making: Principles, Methods, and Tools”
Co-author of the book: “Presenting Uncertainty About Climate Change”
Featured soloist, Bellflower Civic Chorus
Board chair, Westerly School – led the first capital campaign that raised 2.3 million dollars in 4 months
Co-author of the book: “Identifying and Reducing Climate-Change Vulnerabilities in Water-Management Plans”
Patent: “Method and System for Providing Wideband Communications to Mobile Users in a Satellite-Based Network”
MS Policy from the Pardee-Rand graduate school
Write the book, “Challenges in Virtual Collaboration”
Patent: “Method and System of Utilizing Satellites to Transmit Traffic Congestion Information to Vehicles”
Business Development Director & Chief Strategist at Boeing Space Services Co.
Graduate studies in Psychology
CEO: Microflap Inc. Which sold an airplane fuel savings device
Program manager: Hughes Communications’ Spaceway Implementation
Performing tap and ballroom dancer
Acting Operations Leader: spacecraft bus system engineering
Served on team to re-engineer Hughes Space & Communications Co.
Led New Market Developments group which spun off Digital Cinema business
National champion, US Free Flight Association
Led the team to create first satellite factory at Hughes Aircraft Company
Chief Builder of an original wingless experimental airplane, the Facetmobile
Predicted destructive resonance on the Millstar satellite
Led the team to design the first digital unmanned spacecraft
Certified Scuba Diver
MS Mechanical Engineering from UCLA
Leadership Awards – Frank Saunders (Hughes Aircraft Co) & Ladies’ Elk’s Auxilliary
Created and implemented Personal Resonance Theory for extraordinary collaborations
Predicted destructive pilot-induced resonance on the Space Shuttle
Private pilot license
BS Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan
Design Engineer at General Motors
Publications
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Latest: Lynne’s Letter published in the Wall Street Journal
Books
How can we trust people and institutions in this global crisis of trust?
Using research findings and case studies, “The Alchemy of Trust” breaks trust down to its base element: Predictability, competence, and values — and provides ways to trust again — without being stupid
Praise for The Alchemy of Trust
“This book is a must read, for entrepreneurs, established businesses and government officials.
– Sir Cyril Taylor GBE, Chairman and Founder of the American Institute for Foreign Study
“Dr. Wainfan shows us the way to recover our trust and faith in people and organizations.”
-The Reverend Romal Tune, Founder, Faith for Change
Virtual collaborations can have different outcomes than face-to-face ones. Dr. Wainfan’s first RAND publication shows how to select the best communications medium (video, phone, text, face-to-face) for the task at hand, and how to avoid common, sometimes-insidious problems.
Choosing best communications medium
As part of their studies on decision-making under deep uncertainty, RAND researchers worked with California water stakeholders to find ways to characterize and plan for climate change. Together, they identified what actions, if any, were needed to address the challenge.
Key to the research was involving and understanding the perspectives of multiple stakeholder types: water managers, planners, board members, technical consultants, public officials, and consumer representatives.
Dr. Wainfan’s 2010 doctoral dissertation defines methods, principles, and tools to help groups agree on strategy despite widely diverse perspectives.
Increasingly, decision-makers must include perspectives (values, beliefs, and expectations) from diverse stakeholders & adversaries. These perspectives can be a barrier to consensus, but if managed well can contribute to a strategy that is relatively insensitive to change.
Lynne Wainfan, Ph.D. 