1993
Book
The Congruence of People and Organizations: Healing Dysfunction from Inside-Out
A foundational source for the firm’s language of congruence, organizational balance, and the relationship between people and systems.
Quorum Books
Founder Profile
Dr. Lloyd C. Williams
Founder, Industrial-Organizational and Consulting Psychologist, Clinical and Organizational Consultant, Author, Professor, and Method Developer
Founder Profile
Ph.D., Ph.D., D.Min.
Founder, Industrial-Organizational and Consulting Psychologist, Clinical and Organizational Consultant, Author, Professor, and Method Developer
Founder of ITTL and developer of the Williams Congruence Development System.
Founder
Dr. Lloyd C. Williams
Founder, Industrial-Organizational and Consulting Psychologist, Clinical and Organizational Consultant, Author, Professor, and Method Developer
Founder of ITTL and developer of the Williams Congruence Development System, Dr. Williams brings organizational psychology, consulting psychology, teaching, research, and publication to one central concern: helping people and systems become less enmeshed and more whole.
The Institute for Transformative Thought and Learning, LLC was established in 1990 as a continuation of consulting work that began in 1976. Dr. Lloyd C. Williams founded the firm to address a problem he kept seeing in organizational life: people being asked to serve systems that had stopped seeing them clearly.
His work brings consultation, training, development, research, evaluation, clinical insight, and organizational psychology into conversation. The point is practical and ethical: understand what is really happening before asking people to change.
The Williams Congruence Development System grew out of that work as a way to examine how people, leadership, culture, formal systems, and lived experience interact. It reflects a belief that integrity, truth, inclusion, and the responsibility to do no harm belong inside organizational change.
Background and Philosophy
The person behind the method.
Dr. Williams is the founder of ITTL and developer of the Williams Congruence Development System.
Selected Books
Featured published work.
A smaller selection of books is surfaced here for clarity, with the full publications page carrying the broader library.
1994
Book
Organizational Violence: Creating a Prescription for Change
A book-length treatment of organizational dysfunction and the need for deliberate, humane change processes.
Quorum Books
2002
Book
Creating the Congruent Workplace: Challenges for People and Their Organizations
A later book carrying forward the firm’s emphasis on congruent workplaces, organizational design, and the conditions people work within.
Quorum Books
Professional Recognition
Selected teaching recognition.
This recognition is presented modestly because the currently verified awards are concentrated in the 2008-2010 period.
2010
Award
Outstanding Professor Award
Teaching recognition from the 2010 period, included as supporting credibility context.
U21 Global, Singapore.
2009
Award
Outstanding Professor Award
Teaching recognition from the 2009 period, included as supporting credibility context.
U21 Global, Singapore.
2008-2010
Award
Excellence in Online Education Award
Teaching recognition listed for the 2008-2010 period.
U21 Global, Singapore.
Contact
Start with a focused conversation.
Share the organizational challenge, the context, and the decision that needs to be made. ITTL will help determine whether the next step is assessment, consultation, development, or evaluation.