People

Claudia Murphy-Bement

Managing Principal

My goal is to partner with my clients and help in creating their success. I believe that leaders and leadership teams need time to slow down, reflect, to ask questions of themselves and others, and to be asked questions that challenge their thinking, deepen their understanding, in order to make the best decisions they can. This creating of intentional, strategic space for conversations makes success come faster.

I want my clients to be smarter about themselves, their employees, their markets, and their customers. I aim to leave an engagement with the leader and the team stronger, and the organization ready to implement desired change. Whether it’s facing uncertainty, needing to explore scenarios, creating a vision, honing purpose, developing strategy or organizing to execute, individual or team coaching, my colleagues and I are here to help you achieve your desired results.

Education and Affiliations
Claudia received a Master of Science in Organization Development from American University in Washington, D.C and a certificate in Executive Coaching from the Hudson Institute in Santa Barbara, CA. She has been a guest lecturer on organization design at the Säid Business School at Oxford University in Oxford, England, has presented twice at the Organization Design Forum, the National Organization Development Network Conference, and the Socio Technical Systems Roundtable. She is certified in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, EQ in Action, and has advanced training in scenario planning, large group methodology and design.

E. Craig McGee, Ph.D

Craig has served in external consulting, corporate staff and line management roles, and blends a strong technical background with pragmatic, sound business judgment. A key focus is helping organizations with strategy execution and improving business performance.

Craig consults with companies on strategy execution and improving business performance through the alignment of systems, structures and processes. Services include organization assessment, organization design, business process improvement and leadership/executive development. Training/development are provided to support these efforts.

Education and Affiliations
Craig received a B.S., cum Laude, in Psychology from Tulane University and a Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Tennessee. His professional affiliations include the Organization Design Forum, Academy of Management, Socio-Technical Systems Roundtable, and Society for Industrial/Organizational Psychologists.

Cynthia Selin, Ph.D

Cynthia is an Assistant Professor at the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the School for Sustainability at Arizona State University engaged in research about the social implications of emerging technologies. She is keenly interested in how future orientation affects organizational change and managerial effectiveness. And, is also an Associate Fellow in the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford.

Cynthia has extensive experience with scenario planning and has helped multi-national companies, non-profits, universities, laboratories and cities with their strategy development. Dr. Selin is also fascinated with more theoretical questions about how people and organizations use the future as a resource to get things done and cope with uncertainty.

Education and Affiliations
In 2000 she completed a M. A. in Science, Technology and Society focused on technology assessment and foresight. Dr. Selin earned her doctorate from the Copenhagen Business School's Institute for Management, Politics and Philosophy in 2006. She is also formally trained in facilitation and conflict mediation. Dr. Selin has published broadly on foresight and innovation with publications in Science, Technology and Human Values, Futures, and Time & Society. Her chapter on the history of scenarios planning, "Professional Dreamers", appears in Scenarios for Success: Turning Insights into Action.appears in Scenarios for Success: Turning Insights into Action.

Regina Blakely

Tanya Spelts

Hannah Murphy

Regina designs learning solutions that help organizations deftly respond to change. New directions in business strategy, execution of new market plays, and integration of new technologies all require staff at all levels to think and work differently across the organization to ensure success. Regina’s role with CMC is to identify staff’s needs and address these with the right mix of communications, formal
learning and knowledge tools aligned to the flow of work. Organizations that do this well build confidence in individuals to participate in change efforts and activate the organization’s capacity to respond.

Regina has experience managing an internal training team for Schwab Institutional and has led external vendor teams on projects in the financial, insurance, hospitality, food and beverage and entertainment market sectors. She enjoys partnering with business leaders, HR, and internal learning and development to design for fit to the business environment.

Tanya is a seasoned administrator with 25 years as an office manager/executive assistant. Currently with a passion for providing support for small consulting practices and a professional networking non-profit community, she also offers more than seven years of experience supporting senior executives in a NYSE traded $100M+ corporation. Additionally, Tanya has proven to be a very capable corporate and non-profit event planner.

Tanya is an Arizona State University graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree in General Business. As an avid volunteer, she is actively involved in improving the education experience of the youth in her community.