Michael Clingan

I use systems thinking and other tools to help companies implement continuous improvement — transforming processes and results. My clients include tech, healthcare, manufacturing, and services.  

I earned my MS in physics doing experimental work in magnetic resonance at near absolute zero. Somehow I was recruited to pilot process improvements for a large electronics materials manufacturer and later moved to senior executive positions in product engineering, product management, sales, and marketing.

Moving to consulting and training, I took an internal training organization and turned it into a profit center, rebranded as the C-bridge Institute on the MIT campus to help organizations facing disruptive change. The Institute grew to 52 faculty and staff and included one of the largest Theory of Constraints (TOC) practices in the world. It also found notoriety with Forrester ranking it ahead of competitors such as IBM and Accenture saying “The firm is a poster child for great training — demonstrated by its educational seminars and the skills transfer built into engagements...”

That skills transfer for continuous improvement remains a focus in my work. My goal is to teach and coach teams to develop creative solutions to market and internal challenges, improve processes, and re-align their organizations.