Andy Kanefield

Andy Kanefield is the founder and CEO of Dialect, Inc. Dialect helps CEOs and presidents manage the relationships between divisions or departments in order to achieve sync. Dialect does this through recognizing the impact of cognitive diversity--we are each wired differently and are motivated by different parts of an organization's identity.

The genesis of Dialect, Inc. was an integration of what Andy learned as the parent of a son, Parker, with special needs and as a partner in an advertising agency.

As a parent, Andy learned about the brain, development, strengths, and that there are certain patterns to how our brains are wired.

As an advertising executive, Andy noticed that often organizations weren't wired to deliver what they promised to customers and were often out of sync internally because there was no intentional, coherent system that tied departments and people together.

The integration of a systems perspective for organizations and the built-in filters of individuals led to the development of a model for promoting organizational sync.

Andy was a partner in a branding company for 14 years and is currently a member of the Sustainability Committee for the Missouri Botanical Garden. Andy served for many years on the board of Earthways, an environmental education and consulting organization, served as President of the St. Louis chapter of the American Association of Advertising Agencies, and was on the marketing committees of the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Belle Center, a non-profit agency dedicated to facilitating the inclusion of children with special needs and their families into their communities.

Andy received his B.A. in Sociology from the University of Colorado and has completed behavioral training from the nationally-recognized Judevine Center.