Mark Kennedy / selected workPEOPLE · CHANGE · OPERATIONS

MARK KENNEDY / OPERATIONS & ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

Understand the situation.
Connect the people.
Put insight into action.

Ambiguity is where I do some of my best work. I learn the context, identify what matters, and help people turn an unclear situation into practical action.

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Behavioral science foundation. Hands-on operational leadership.

THE PORTFOLIO

The work behind the words.

A look at the decisions, relationships, and execution behind each project.
Working drafts, shared here as the collection develops.

THREE CASE STUDIES · UPDATED WORKING DRAFTS

01 / OPERATIONS · DRAFTAn event rebuilt.
Relationships restored.
OPERATIONS · PROJECT MANAGEMENT 2025–2026 · 2 PAGES

Wild Game Dinner

Reconstructing donor and supplier records after a disrupted handoff, securing volunteer-team participation, and coordinating delivery under tighter venue constraints.

02 / ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE · DRAFTA changing structure.
Continuity preserved.
CHANGE MANAGEMENT · LEADERSHIP 2023–2024 · 3 PAGES

CYC District Realignment

Local implementation of a district consolidation: negotiating volunteer roles, managing resistance, preparing incoming leaders, and coordinating the operational handoff.

03 / AI ADOPTION · DRAFTUseful tools.
Independent users.
AI ADOPTION · STAFF ENABLEMENT 2024–2026 · 3 PAGES

CYC AI Adoption & Staff Enablement

Building task-specific AI workflows for operations, research, and audit preparation, then transferring capability through hands-on coaching, staff training, and peer teaching.

Three updated case studies covering operations, organizational change, and AI adoption.

WORKING THROUGH AMBIGUITY

Clarity before momentum.

My focus: understand enough to act thoughtfully,
then keep learning as the work moves forward.

01 / UNDERSTAND

Learn the situation.

Get close to the context, the people, and the constraints. Find out what’s missing.

02 / ALIGN

Make the next step clear.

Clarify priorities and responsibilities so people understand how their work connects.

03 / FOLLOW THROUGH

Act. Learn. Adjust.

Move from decisions to delivery, adapting as new information changes the picture.

Mark Kennedy

BEHIND THE WORK

People first.
Details matter.
Clarity in ambiguity.

My background brings together behavioral science and hands-on operational leadership.

With a Master of Science in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and experience leading district operations, I’m interested in how change works in practice: what people need, how responsibilities fit together, and what keeps execution moving. This portfolio shares that work, along with projects I’m continuing to develop.

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LeadershipChange managementProject management

LET’S CONNECT

Have a challenge worth talking about?

I’d welcome a conversation about operations, organizational change, or putting AI to practical use.

North Haven, Connecticut · Open to relocation