About Us

We are the founders of Open At Scale, Inc. The mission of our company is to provide enterprise platforms and tools that enable 10X improvement.

Our first product is Beacon™. Beacon enables coordination at epic scale, without meetings. Beacon automates coordination, leading to a 10X improvement in overall coordination performance.

We have over forty-five years of combined experience advising organizations on self-management and organizational development. Between us, we have authored seven books on these topics. These books have been published in eight languages. We are both frequent headline speakers at conferences that are focused on self-management and the future of work.

Individually, our prior and current consulting clients include names such as Adobe, Microsoft, ESPN, Morning Star, Capital One Bank, Zappos, Intuit, Yale University, United Technologies, and dozens of other notable brands.

Doug Kirkpatrick

Doug is an expert on self-management. He is an organizational change consultant, TEDx speaker, executive coach, and educator. He is the author of “The No-Limits Enterprise: Organizational Self-Management in the New World of Work,” an Amazon bestseller. With a background starting in the manufacturing sector, notably as a financial controller at The Morning Star Company, Doug has assisted companies in embracing modern work practices for over 25 years. He has served on the boards of the Association for Talent Development and the Leadership Institute for Development, Education, and Research. His work focuses on self-management, leadership development, and fostering environments where every individual can thrive.

DANIEL MEZICK

Daniel is an author and executive/agility coach with 25 years of experience. He is the originator of OpenSpace Agility, an engagement model that introduces and enables lasting organizational change. He has authored and co-authored three influential books on organizational change: THE CULTURE GAME (2012), THE OPENSPACE AGILITY HANDBOOK (2015), and INVITING LEADERSHIP (2018). Daniel’s work has focused on on maximizing results by maximizing employee engagement in self-management patterns and practices.

Doug Kirkpatrick and Daniel Mezick are the founders of Open At Scale Inc. The mission of our company is to provide innovative products that enable enterprise improvement at scale. Our first product is Beacon™. Beacons enables human coordination, at epic scale, without meetings. Beacon automates the process of human coordination. This reduces the cost of coordination by 80% while delivering a 3X increase in process efficiency.

We have over forty-five years of combined experience advising organizations on self-management, business agility, and organizational development. Between us, we have authored seven books on the topics of business agility, self-organization and self-management. These books have been published in three languages. We are frequent headline speakers at conferences that are focused on self-management, process improvement, and the future of work.

Individually, our prior and current consulting clients include names such as United Technologies, Microsoft, ESPN, Adobe, Capital One Bank, Zappos, Intuit, Yale University, and dozens of other notable brands.

DOUG KIRKPATRICK

Doug is an expert on self-management. He is an organizational change consultant, TEDx speaker, executive coach, and educator. He is the author of “The No-Limits Enterprise: Organizational Self-Management in the New World of Work,” an Amazon bestseller. With a background starting in the manufacturing sector, notably as a financial controller at The Morning Star Company, Doug has assisted companies in embracing modern work practices for over 25 years. He has served on the boards of the Association for Talent Development and the Leadership Institute for Development, Education, and Research. His work focuses on self-management, leadership development, and fostering environments where every individual can thrive.

DANIEL MEZICK

Daniel is an executive and business agility coach with 25 years of experience. He is the originator of OpenSpace Agility, an engagement model for organizational change. He has authored and co-authored three influential books on organizational change: THE CULTURE GAME (2012), THE OPENSPACE AGILITY HANDBOOK (2015), and INVITING LEADERSHIP (2018). A frequent speaker at industry events, his clients include ESPN, The Hartford, Capital One, INTUIT, and Adobe. His work centers on maximizing results by maximizing employee engagement in self-management patterns and practices.