Dr Jean Cooper is an Industrial Psychologist who specialises in the unconscious dynamics of groups and organisations. He consults to senior management teams tasked with leading their organisations through difficult change processes. In addition to his master’s and doctoral degrees in Industrial Psychology, he also holds a master’s degree in Applied Theology, all from the University of Pretoria.

Jean is the founder of TILT (The Institute for Leadership and Transformation) and works closely with the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (UK). Earlier in his career he taught full time at the University of Pretoria and later at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. He still teaches part time on the Master’s in Project Management programme of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Pretoria.

His other long-distance adventures include four Comrades Marathons, one Ironman triathlon, and several five-day hiking trails that he ran in one day, with friends – almost legally.